Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

This game is great. I loved this game. It was a fun rpg that exposed White wolf's RPG to the world. The politics the depth of the classes where unheard of for a Vampire game. Before this there weren't many vampire themed games. Most rpgs take place in one time while this game spawned many different ages. Good story and fun gameplay. The only reason this game didn't do better was because it came out right before Diablo II. I remember one reviewer said they didn't like hack/slash rpgs (yes it has hack/slash) so they were waiting for Diablo II, which was a hack/slash game and wasn't anywhere near as good as this one. If you didn't play it before now is your chance. Don't miss out on one of the most interesting and original PC RPGs.

I love this game, it is a classic and though I appreciate the effort of bringing it to Windows 7, it's unplayable. When I die and load a game, enemies don't respawn and loot doesn't go back to its place. Also, I have no XP. It's completely impossible to play the game like this. Also, it doesn't help to save a lot. I can't overwrite a save so when I load one where I though I was deep inside the first dungeon I end up at the start of the game again. You can't delete save slots and you only have ten. I tried re-installing several times but the saves are still there for some reason. And the enemies I killed never return so I'm stuck without that precious first XP. It's unplayable, I'm sorry.

Dobrze że oprócz tej świetnej gry jest także Bloodlines. Ale wracając do Redemption. To kawał porządnej gry opartej o world of darknes wraz z tytułową maskaradą w tle, gra ma spójną całość, walki bywają emocjonujące ale dzisiaj dla wielu graczy sztuczna inteligencja będzie czasami zachowywać się co najmniej nieracjonalnie gdy otrzymają za dużo obrażeń. wtedy biegają bez celu jak dziecko we mgle. Detekcja kolizji czasami również może dostać sporadycznego świra ale przy bossach jest ok. Bossowie są trudni a zwłaszcza na samy początku zabawy ( kto stoczył walkę z Mnichem w klasztorze ten wie o czym mowa). Fabuła jest super i rozkręca się stopniowo bez nawału informacji od początku zabawy. Zasady gry dowiadujemy się z filmików zrobionych na silniku gry aby nie wybić grającego z rytmu ( podobnie jak w Half Life miało to zastosowanie). Mimo że jest długa a fabuła ładnie przedstawiona to niestety gra jest wściekle liniowa pomimo otwartości miasta. Grafika na wyższych rozdzielczościach nie straszy brzydotą ale widać styl gier tego okresu. Postaciom zdarza się zablokować gdzieś dlatego polecam częste zapisywanie stanu rozgrywki zanim dokonamy podziału funkcji dla naszych podopiecznych. Zagrać jak najbardziej warto :].

I like to think of this game as 2 in 1. First half is set in Dark Ages, where I personally believe World of Darkness setting is at its most interesting, and the second half is set in contemporary late 90s which is also interesting but nowhere near as cool as vampires in plate armor. You start off this game as a human who then gets embraced after showing he's worth - which is destroying a Tzimisce vanguard consisting of tons of szlachta and a single young Tzimisce Vampire infesting a silver mine. Some may think that it's not "lore friendly", but we have to keep in mind that humans like Christof who dedicated their entire lives to combat, are on top of tht boosted by "faith" and have access to armor + holy water are more than a match against young inexperienced vampires. Sure if this was an experienced vamp Christof would get his ass handed to him, but lorewise it's a warsetting between Ventrue/Tremere alliance and Tzimisce, which means that both sides are gonna be embracing footsoldiers like crazy and they aren't exactly toptier combatants when they're this young - so it makes sense (sorta). Gameplay is archaic, but enjoyable. I grew up with mid to late 90s and early 2000s games so I felt at home. It's point and click mostly. The difficulty comes from managing party, its builds and its abilities/blood, which was sort of interesting. A wrong build will suck, while a correct one will make game stupidly easy. I played lorewise, so I maxed potence/celerity and physical stats and ignored everything else and Cristoff was destroying everything solo - especially after he got the magical 2h bloodstealing sword. You get access to many companions who will join and leave you through game, which I found to be a breath of fresh air. Situations and self-interests often clash which is why it makes no sense that companions should stick with you throughout entire games - it's a shame that industry moved away from this (though I understand why they did). Dungeons can drag on tho

The start is a bit hard but the game gets more enjoyable further on. Great Game. Already owned it once...had to have it again.