Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

When compared to other games in the classic "RPG-Immersive Sim" genre of the late '90s/early '00s, such as System Shock 2 or Deus Ex, VtMB is a buch of steps behind. The world is more shallow, you don't have too many little nice things to discover, the combat is much more awkward. The combat is simply not fun: or it's incredible easy, or you die due to awkward controls. It's truly a game about role-playing and dialogues, not so much about finding creative solutions to problems. It's undeniable that it does the role-playing very well, sure. Unfortunately, even after 20 years of community patches, it's still buggy as hell. It's playable, sure but still prone to crashes and glitches, even with the basic version of the most recent patch (the plus version is even worst in this regard). To be fair, what made me stop playing mid-game was crashes related to the HD texture pack, but the game looks really bad without it. I finished it once, but in this second playthrough, I just think it's not really worth the trouble.

I love Vampire and this game takes me straight in the world of darkness

I could go on and on but honestly you have to try it, it is a game every person should play at least once in their life.

Still good 20 years later. A bit janky in some places due to its age, but super good anyway

sure the graphics are dated, but this is till a great game! replayable