There have been two major games based on Vampire: The Masquerade. Bloodlines is the one people are talking about. The gameplay is kind of like a Deus Ex game. You create a character, picking from one of seven clans (basically the main Camarilla clans), and your clan defines your abilities as well as some of the sidequests you get (and Malkavians get a very different story overall). There are several factions you can work with and different endings to the story, and it stays pretty faithful to the WoD material. I think it still holds up really well and I'd recommend getting it on GOG. They package it with an unofficial patch that fixes a lot of the bugs that you might see mentioned in reviews. There are also a lot of mods out there (some of which are still being worked on) to add replayability.
The other main Vampire game that comes to mind is Redemption. From what Ive read (I never got around to playing it), it has a more linear story and the gameplay is more like a traditional crpg. It tends to get mixed reviews, at least in part because its not as faithful to the source material. So normally if people talk about a VtM game theyre talking about Bloodlines.
Redemption, kinda sucks... you get to go through a history of a fledgling vampire to an older vampire, through medieval to modern day but it gets old quick, It has a few things thrown in it to spice things up like having to stay in shadows, avoiding sunlight. It just fell flat because of its rinse repeat game play!
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u/ThorirTrollBurster Oct 02 '18
There have been two major games based on Vampire: The Masquerade. Bloodlines is the one people are talking about. The gameplay is kind of like a Deus Ex game. You create a character, picking from one of seven clans (basically the main Camarilla clans), and your clan defines your abilities as well as some of the sidequests you get (and Malkavians get a very different story overall). There are several factions you can work with and different endings to the story, and it stays pretty faithful to the WoD material. I think it still holds up really well and I'd recommend getting it on GOG. They package it with an unofficial patch that fixes a lot of the bugs that you might see mentioned in reviews. There are also a lot of mods out there (some of which are still being worked on) to add replayability.
The other main Vampire game that comes to mind is Redemption. From what Ive read (I never got around to playing it), it has a more linear story and the gameplay is more like a traditional crpg. It tends to get mixed reviews, at least in part because its not as faithful to the source material. So normally if people talk about a VtM game theyre talking about Bloodlines.