Vampire: The Madquerade - Bloodlines

[Boomstick]

Anyone played this gem?

I've just got around to it recently and it's pretty great. There's a lot of character customisation and all the missions have multiple strategies you could employ.

I jumped out my skin playing the haunted hotel mission in bed last night, waking my girlfriend up who was getting up early for a job interview. Needless to say "I saw a ghost on this vampire game" didn't sate anything.

 

[SPCTRE]

It is incredibly popular (and for good reasons) with the hardcore cRPG crowd.

In some ways it has not aged very well (including some issues with sexism), but it is still a seminal RPG.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Remember to patch it and add some mods, there are a lot out there that improve the games visuals dramatically.

 

[Evil Twin]

I jumped out my skin playing the haunted hotel mission in bed last night, waking my girlfriend up who was getting up early for a job interview. Needless to say "I saw a ghost on this vampire game" didn't sate anything.

On subsequent playthroughs I just mute the sound (which contributes about 75% of the creepiness) and rush through it. Although my personal scariest game experience is still Shalebridge Cradle in Thief 3. *shudder*

But yeah, fantastic game with lots of replayability due to the different clan abilities. Finally did a full Malkavian playthrough earlier this year.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Good game, wish there were more like it. Although all the mods and stuff really help a lot!

 

[John Clark]

Enjoyed it very much back in the day. I haven't tried it with mods or even most of the patches yet but I generally had the most fun playing as a Malkavian.

 

[Boomstick]

It is incredibly popular (and for good reasons) with the hardcore cRPG crowd.

In some ways it has not aged very well (including some issues with sexism), but it is still a seminal RPG.

I'm really enjoying it, currently investigating the apparent snuff film in Hollywood.
Personally I think it has aged quite well, or maybe I'm just old. A lot of RPGs out there now look pretty, but you really don't have that much control over character development and the like. I got a big shock when I finally got around to Legend of Grimrock recently and you couldn't get to far by evenly spreading your stats.

I see what you're saying about the issues with sexism, it's not the worst example I've seen. Unfortunately a lot of games, even important classics have a pretty juvenile attitude toward women.

 

[Skywalker]

If you're gonna get it, get it on GOG because their version comes automatically with the unofficial patch that fixes a lot of issues with the game.

 

[Twilight Phoenix]

I should really try this game ! I loooove Vampires : The Masquerade as a table RPG ! Can't get enough of it !! So I'm sure I'd love the video game version ^^