The games has issues with AMD's driver and thus does not load shaders. No water, issues with troops, no shadows. At this stage, one should not buy it unfortunately.
There's a severe lack of Vampire media at the moment. Thus, I wager some people might be interested in this old "gem". The game itself is fine, although it has aged like milk. Before even attempting to play it, I'd suggest informing yourself about the necessary mods to make this thing enjoyable in 2021. First, there's the issue of widescreen resolution. This one is easily fixed by getting a patch. Secondly, there's the AI. Your companions are as braindead as you'd expect undead creatures to be. They have trouble both with pathfinding and fighting. Luckily, there is the Age of Redemption mod which might as well be included in this version, as it adds patches to these issues and adds some features for comfort. Once you've done that, you'll have a rather nice Vampire: The Masquerade game.
I won't give a complete history over why this game is buggy; I believe other reviews already did this. I had VTMB on my wishlist for a solid year and recently decided to finally purchase it. From a technical perspective, this game is far from perfect. The combat is flawed and rather unresponsive. Although the game is supported by a massive community, there are still a lot of bugs that need you to reload from time to time (save early, save often). Fortunately, GOG provides the community patches to counter this issue as good as possible. Nonetheless, this game is great. The story, the characters, the setting; everything just works in a way that keeps you in front of your monitor. If you brush aside the fact that VTMB is 16 years old and not all mechanics aged as perfectly as you'd think, you'll be able to experience one of the best RPGs ever made.
