Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

I bought this because of the hype and praise given here. Don't be fooled like I was. I assume this game is over hyped from people who love the tabletop RPG  . There are many good things about this game. Story, characters, factions, voice acting. In fact this part is great! I never liked vampire lore. Sucking blood. Not very creative. Bela Lugosi and Twilight say it all.  But the characters, story and lore in this game made me rethink vampire possibilities. The sad part is you will spend 5% of your game with the good stuff. The rest of the time you will be doing the fighting. 95% of the game is fighting. Fight mechanics felt like playing with oven mitts on even when you level up.It got so bad after 35 hours I just turned on god mode so I could enjoy the story.If you reached 35 hours and the game play and levels still stinks, the game stinks. The graphics and level design, meh.... Don't get me wrong. All things considered, it is an OK game, but it is not the great game it could have been.

Was enjoying the game like ever. But when you reach Giovanni Mansion (Sarcophagus Room) at the middle of the story the game crashes and it´s impossible to continue. I can´t recommend to buy this version.

The game is very fun to play and so on and so on... Until you get stuck on a lift. Yep - a lift. Well known, old bug near the end of the game, when you are unable to call a ride. If you know about it you can install a patch, but if you are playing it for the 1st time - guess what - it is necessary to advance in a game, so you can't finish it. Fun fact - the only way to repair the bug is to reinstall the game and start it over. 1/5 for this.

Got bored quickly. No challenge whatsoever, just "talk to person x". Combat's just way too easy. The atmosphere is depressing. Conclusion: maybe it's just not for me.

This game has great concept and intriging settings. No one can deny that. The first two chapter are great. And the first comversation in game is really amazing. But just after the first 2 chapter, the quality of content is dropping. And the side quest become like typical videogame errand quests. Though the dialogue and personnage are still not bad. BUT, the terrible combat system killed the game. I simply can't stand the combat anymore. There're no depth in the combat. It simply feels bad. The melee and gun fight are -10/10. If the impressive first two chapter is still enough for me to endure the -10/10 combat system, yet then the dropping quality of content since the 3rd chapter doesn't worth all these anymore. Besides, there're always some combat in the main quest, I just can't avoid it. Also, there're bugs. I've been blocked by passengers two times. And at the middle of the 4th chapter, the phone call that introduce the next main quest never come. I've tried relaunch the game but it doesn't work. I'm fed up with all these. Even worse, as an Chinese, I feel kind of insulted by the stereotype asian faces and funny Chinese accent in the 4th chapter. Therefore, I can only give a two star for the game.