Vampire:the Masquerade - Bloodlines (PC)

Virtual vampires get no sunlight either You are a lowlife. A scum. A walking curse. A bloodsucker. You are a vampire. Enter the dark, dreery world of Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines and there'll be no daylight for you, both in the game (it's always night so your *fairly* safe) and back in the real world, our world, as this game more than sinks it teeth into your social life. Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines is the sequel to the original RPG (role-playing ...
...a good hack and slasher) following in the footsteps of games in the style of Diablo. The original enjoyed moderate success, but lack of hype and the linearity of the game held back the game from achieving the amount of recognition that it deserved. The tables have now turned, and VTM:Bloodlines was perhaps one of the most hyped games of 2004, falling just behind games such as Halo 2 and Half-Life 2. Utilizing the revolutionary Half-Life 2 engine, ...

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I bought this game three months ago, having despaired of Morrowind and Oblivion as being too much universe-simulators and not games. Despite comments from my mother that I was going gothick (spelt with a k deliberately) I had resolved to try the game, as it was described as a 'cult hit' in various sources. It took me five attempts to install the game, and that is not because I am computer-illiterate. It crashed four times, refused to recognize its ...
...to install it by wrestling the game to the ground and force-feeding it into my computer (metaphorically). Once installed, I restarted and attempted to play it, This, it transpires, was my biggest mistake. Every time the game would crash to desktop and produce a new error log. Despairing, I hunted on the internet for details of why this was so. It turned out I had to apply two patches - an official and an unofficial - just to get it working. Would ...

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Set in a World of Darkness, a wold much like our own, but for the underlying society of supernatural beings, Bloodlines gives the players a refreshing plethora of options. While the old fans of WhiteWolf games might disagree with some deviations from the WoD system, most would agree that Troika's rendition of the atmosphere is true to its origins. Creating the character, the player is presented with a choice of all the Camarilla clans, each significantly ...
...the player is presented with the distribution of points on the character sheet. This, in combination with clan selection will define how the game world will react to your character. Ranging from a delighted surprise at meeting you to barely tolerating your presence, the feel of the game varies drastically depending on your choices. Like most games based on a pre-existing system, it will be familiar to those of us that have experience with the World ...

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Vampire of the Masquerade Bloodlines Graphics - This game was ran on the early source engine, so those of you who have played Half Life 2 image those graphics but a tiny bit poorer (sometimes blocky pixels), but overall graphics when compared to other games are top notch. I mean it is not near the top like Doom 3 but probably the third best graphical game released this year, as you can tell I am blown away (this is after reading so many peoples ...
...underdogs do come out on top). Sound - Imagine a game that absorbed what was happening in the game and played the correct sound to fit its mood, I mean you may be thinking well all games do that, well the thing is there this game is a free roaming game, there is no invisible buttons where once you pass a certain point the game knows what you are doing next, for all the game knows you can walk into a house and walk out without ever knowing what is ...

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If you have been longing for an exciting PC RPG experience since the release of Morrowind a couple of years back, then VtM Bloodlines may be the game you are looking for. Casting you in the role of a newly sired vampire, you are thrown into a world of warring vampire factions and a Prince who is trying to bring everything together. As with most RPGs you are then required to perform various tasks (ranging from menial to downright murderous) for different ...
...you most feel at home with in your character. The game is set in a suitably gothy environment (and it's always night-time, so you have no fear about being fried by sunlight) with several characters to interact with. This is one of the games most successful areas - there is a wide range of dialogue options (and these can seriously vary depending on which type of vampire you chose to play - e.g. fighter, magician, solitary, lunatic...) so you can get ...

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When I first heard about this game (a couple of months ago) I rushed out and bought it, only to find that my PC was not quite good enough to run it at its best. So I upgraded my old geforce 3 to a geforce 5600 fx. My processor is an Athlon 2600+. This made the game run smoothly. I find that these games are the best type. They make you think, they give you choices, and they get you involved. This game begins by letting you choose your type of character, ...
...from a number of different clans. Throughout the game the story will involve lots more detail into the different roles these clans have and how they came to be. After watching the initial cutscene where you are rescued from execution to become a slave of the vampire prince, you must learn how a vampire lives, and blends in with humans. It's great being able to explore places to find clues and talking to different kinds of people, especially when ...

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