Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

This is the best vampir game

I have problem with price here, what we actually get for our money as bonus, in comparision with other store, where game was for 4,5 EUR? 17 EUR for such old game is joke, more when you already own it. Its shame that game is still full of bugs and even gog version i afaik dont game has game code fixed.. I have problem with unofficial patches, i prefer vanilla game as state of something which authors wanted to express. Unofficial patch i my eyes changing too many aspects of this game. Otherwise is great game with a bit too much fighting and too much enemies, dialogs maybe in games ever, same as player characters variability and game replay value. Also game world lore is reused from one of best paper rpg settings.

They finally added it. Everything there is to say about this wonderful game has already been said here, on the Steam discussion boards, in magazines, websites in all languages and from critics over a decade ago. This is one of the best there is. Buy it. Patch it. Play it. Love it. I don't care if you're a fan of Troika, a fan of Vampire, a fan of RPG's, or none of the above; play this masterpiece.

Bloodlines has its roots in a pen and paper RPG system called World of Darkness. The basic premise of WoD is that it's a world much like ours, but something went wrong. The streets are a little bigger, the angles are a little more crooked, life holds a little less value, and terrible once-human beasts beyond Salvation lurk in the shadows of the fringes of society. World of Darkness has the issue where the RPG books are written in a way of goth/punk ubercoolness, but the RPG in play with a group unfortunately usually turns into horror super heroes or struggle sessions (Wraith, I am looking at you.) Bloodlines thankfully strives to remain faithful to the coolness of the core texts, but ends up leaning hard into the vampire super heroes. Troika had the issue of their reach exceeding their grasp, so much so that it's taken like 15 years? of unofficial patching to get it into a realized state. There are 7 clans. Two social clans, two combat clans, a mage clan, a stealth clan, and a comedy gimmick clan that's best for a 2nd playthrough, however, you can build your characters any way you want to. The game's plot largely plays out a certain way, but for most of the game you're given a lot of freedom to solve quests as you see fit, with a fairly decent degree of reactivity. What this game has in spades is atmosphere. The environments are fun to explore and the moody music really makes you feel a part of the urban decay dolor. The character graphics haven't aged too well, but they're done in a rather cartoony stylized way that doesn't make it as bad had they tried for full realism. The voice acting is absolutely superb. Combat stinks, which wouldn't honestly be so bad, but the last 20% of the game is just pure mindnumbing wave combat. The game has issues that can't easily be solved even with the mighty efforts of Wesp5. Troika was like a shooting star, leaving three brilliant but supremely flawed games in their wake. No game did vampire politics better than VTMB. 5/5

I don't care about Vampires and anything related to Vampires. What I care about is atmosphere, charisma, good writing and a good story. This game got it. You absolutely don't need to be into occult to love this game. The music is great. The characters are very varied, charismatic, smart, sexy and outstanding voice acted and written. You will see the life and death of the cities where beauty and horror collide (sounds cheesy but I think that fits pretty well). The less you know about the game the better. Anything you know before playing through it the first time would ruin a lot of the many side stories. Just keep in mind that the game is not for kids. It contains snuff. The game has a perfect ending, even thought there are multiple endings. But the main ending shows the big reveal, which is a nice end for the story, without taking away from anything else in the game. As said before the game is best played without ANY spoilers, and only the original story fix patch. There are some patches which add additional content, I prefer the original game. Because the added content doesn't fit that well to the rest of the world. This games world is so fantastic that I would love it to replace the real world. Play the game undisturbed in a good athmosphere alone.