Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

I'd recommend this if you're looking for something that is carried by its main character's plight and world. Christof Romuald (voiced by Nicholas Guest) is a phenomenal character, a crusader whose black and white sense of morality is constantly tested after being placed into the world of vampires. There is some prime dialogue in Redemption, it's really quite exhaustive and often goes deep into the lore of the setting. It's rare that you have a set protagonist so engaging that they add their own quality input to the scenes they're in. My only real complaints with the game are the buggy pathing for the AI, where your party members become stuck or just stop moving all together for no apparent reason, and the inventory management. Neither of these issues ultimately ruined the experience for me, but I thought it would be best to note them.

Une histoire intéressante. Des graphismes plutôt beaux pour l'époque (nous sommes en 2000 pour rappel). Une très bonne bande son avec des voix françaises corrects (un patch mettant le jeu en français intégral peut facilement être trouvé) même si elles restent en déca de la version originale. Hélas, le jeu souffre de bugs comme vos alliés qui se plantent devant vous pendant le combat vous empêchant de passer ou ramasser un objet, ça peut très vite être énervant. Ce qui est original est que le jeu est divisé en deux parties, deux ambiances totalement différentes. Malgré cela, je le conseil fortement, il y a 3 fins possibles, donc, bonne re-jouabilité.

This is a classic with deeply immersive, well written story that spans centuries and presents a stark entertaining difference between VtM in the dark ages and the modern world. I highly recommend adding the Age of Redemption to upscale your game to higher resolutions (and add a more options to your gameplay)-- and then go nuts. It is deeply atmospheric and charming for those that appreciate the occult or VtM.

So after all these years the graphics of course look like garbage, but still the game manages to keep you excited long enough to finish it, even though it's not exactly short. Let me walk you through this: Players who played this game at the time when it was first published spent more time finding bug fixes, than actually playing the game - we still played it. The first version had no saving outside the hideout, so players spent a considerable amount of time running back and forth, just for saving - we still played it. When the players died - and the players died often - they reawakened at the hideoud, not seldomly quite far from where they died, having to run all the way back to that boss they were fighting - only to die again - we still played it. The dungeons were partly so messed up, that players got stuck and couldn't break lose without losing a considerable amount of playtime since their last save. Also after finishing a dungeon, you usually have to walk back through all its' levels to get back to the overworld - WE STILL PLAYED IT! So the fact that so many people played it from start to finish often times more than just once, despite the myriads of frustrating flaws it had, ought to tell you how good a game this is. Surely today the graphics look like garbage alright, but in turn you don't have to cope with all the bugs and best of all: you can save anywhere anytime. It's a vampire story, but not one for the little girls. instead it's very coherent and deals with a lot of ethical and moral aspects of being something like a vamipire with all the potential consequences in a relatively adult manner. So while it doesn't always take itself too seriously it's made in a believable fashion, which definitely makes it an enjoyable RPG even with the outdated graphics.

I remember this game fondly as it was my introduction into the World of Darkness 20 years ago. Sadly, it's aged like milk. The XP system is confusing at best (the system used in Bloodlines made it much more understandable, much more similar to the TTRPG), and because of various bugs even with the 1.1 patch pre-installed, having your frenzy meter go all the way up in less than a second is not an uncommon occurrence. The storyline is cool (but having your main character speak in 'thee's and 'thou's throughout the entire thing gets a little annoying) and the music is dope. If you can live with some frustrating bugs I say go for it, but otherwise you're better off playing Bloodlines to scratch your World of Darkness itch.