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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.1
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5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

You wake up one morning and discover that you are dead. Well, not exactly dead, but turned into a vampire - "sired", as the vampires themselves call it. Before you are able to reflect upon your new existence, you are taken to a court room, where you get acquainted with Camarilla - an organization that maintains order among vampires. Apparently, your sire turned you into a vampire without permission, so Prince LaCroix, the head of Los Angeles Camarilla branch, decides to execute both of you. Your short vampire life would have come to an abrupt end, if a mysterious person hadn't stepped in and convinced the Prince to spare it. The Prince takes responsibility for you from now on, and decides to test your abilities, sending you to Santa Monica. Before long you become involved in a net of intrigues between powerful organizations and vampire clans, and have to choose your own place in this terrifying new world.

The game is based on the pen-and-paper RPG Vampire: The Masquerade. In the beginning, you create your character, choosing between vampire clans, each one with its own unique abilities. You receive many quests during your adventure, and gain experience points for completing them. Those experience points can be spent to raise parameters of your characters, as well as various vampire feats. You can make your character stronger in combat, proficient in computer hacking or stealth, more powerful in vampire disciplines, more attractive, more intimidating, and so on.

Many quests can be completed in different ways, and it will also be possible to choose with whom you want to side during the game. The combat is action-based. You can fight unarmed, use melee weapons, or guns. Melee combat is viewed from third-person perspective, but you switch to first-person if you are using a gun. Blood is used to activate your vampire disciplines. You can feed on humans; but there are two things you should watch for. First, if you do it openly, you violate the rules of Masquerade, which dictates all vampires to conceal their true nature. Five Masquerade violations lead to instant Game Over. And second, if you kill an innocent human in process, you'll not only be chased by policemen, but also lose a point of your humanity, which will raise your chances of becoming an uncontrolled beast.

Alternate Titles

  • "吸血鬼:避世之血族" -- Chinese title (simplified)

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User Reviews

Buggy Yet Beautiful, an RPG to be Savored Bet Bronze Star Contributing Member (633) 4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars
Once again, pure RPG bliss courtesy of Troika Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (53164) 4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars
See beyond the bugs. St_Martyne Bronze Star Contributing Member (3557) 4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars
Patch Me Once, Patch Me Twice, Patch Me Once Again. Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5239) 3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars
Spooky! Melody (119) 4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars
A fitting epitaph for a passionate, yet flawed, development house. Dwango (292) 3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars
A good one from Troika Games, but again with some flaws. Der.Archivar Bronze Star Contributing Member (601) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
Enjoy This Game, No Matter How Hard it Tries to Stop You Tom Cross (31) 3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars
An extremely intelligent example of "postmodern entertainment" worldwideweird (49) 4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars
Ann Rice + Brian Lumley + John Carpenter = This Game Santa Bronze Star Contributing Member (817) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars

The Press Says

Game industry News (GiN) 2005 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Game Chronicles Nov 22, 2004 9.3 out of 10 93
eXp.de - Extreme Players Nov 26, 2004 8.4 out of 10 84
2404.org PC Gaming Dec 12, 2004 8.4 out of 10 84
Strategy Informer Jan 21, 2005 8.3 out of 10 83
videogamer.com Jan 05, 2005 8 out of 10 80
Gamernode Dec 29, 2005 8 out of 10 80
Playback Feb, 2006 8 out of 10 80
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) Dec 08, 2004 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Netjak Feb 16, 2005 6.5 out of 10 65

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Can't Stop playing this game! 1 Santa Bronze Star Contributing Member (817)
Jan 03, 2009
What kind of bloodsucker do you think you are? 9 St_Martyne Bronze Star Contributing Member (3557)
Oct 26, 2008
Odd Vampire at Cafe? 27 Schadenfreude (578)
Jul 30, 2007
Werewolf part 2 Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (53164)
Jun 19, 2007
Amazing 5 Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (12749)
Jun 05, 2007

Trivia

An easier one of many literary half-quotes to be found in "Vampire: Bloodlines": The quest received right at the game's beginning "Wherefore art thou Mercurio" is obviously derived from the more famous original "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" (Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", Act II., scene 2). Note that one of "Romeo and Juliet"s main characters is appropriately named Mercutio.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by HandofShadow (48) on Nov 26, 2004.
 

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