Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - An Updated Review

[@Gggmanlives]

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[@dotanuki3371]

"Kill a giant squid-monster with a Japanese schoolgirl". Clearly a shark. Now that's a hentai-freudian slip if I ever heard one.

[@ethanmueller8218]

GmanLives He did an awesome job.

[@IVPixel]

@@ethanmueller8218 If you have no taste and you like the extremely generic bootleg anime style then yeah he did a good job. lmao Therese's face looks all kinds of fucked up tbh and her mouth is placed too high.

[@BeastMaster46]

@@IVPixel Well that's like your opinion tho. Like Patrick Star once said "Its just a drawing." No need to get triggered by it.

[@skeletonking4119]

You forgot about The Tremere!!

[@Nomad-bl4yw]

When you're about to reinstall and find out you never uninstalled

[@roppedipoppedi4776]

When you die for israeli interests.

[@LordVader1094]

@@roppedipoppedi4776 USS Liberty.

[@ls200076]

@@LordVader1094 protecting Israel at all costs

[@DeadManSinging1]

This is one of the games you absolutely MUST have installed at all times if you want to make yourself apart of the PC Master Race.

[@Nomad-bl4yw]

@@roppedipoppedi4776 some times i feel like the germans would have been better

[@tim36d]

"Let me leave you with some final advice: Don't open it" Damn. That hit my nostalgia hard.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

it's the sarcophagus, right?

[@cristianolicciardellotilts5982]

@@CathrineMacNiel yep.

[@ParasiteXX]

You reeeeeally should open it though. Some nice tasty candy inside ;)

[@AsaelTheBeast]

@ Well, it's believed that an antedeluvian sits inside. Seeing as them waking up is supposed to cause the end of the world, it might be best if you dont. Slightly spoilerish: In all seriousness though, there is an ending where you get to see it's contents. I don't care for it, since I feel it devalues a lot of the effort you spend chasing the thing. Some people probably got a laugh out of it though.

[@Spaced92]

Yeah, definitely help Ming Xiao and the Kuei-Jin to stop them from opening it.

[@StrikeWarlock]

I was wondering why Jeanette's voice actress sounds so familiar and it turns out she also voiced Azula from Avatar.

[@hulmhochberg8129]

No shit? Wow

[@drgnmstr44]

which is pretty amazing considering Azula was also a psyco

[@mikfhan]

Nova from StarCraft II also :) anyone interested, see also: www.moddb.com/mods/vtmb-camarilla-edition Some tweaks here and there for a different playthrough.

[@raymalik5171]

She also voices Daphne from Scooby Doo

[@morbid333]

There's one line she says as Therese with a sombre tone that reminded me of someone I couldn't put my finger on. I was sure I remembered it from a Bioware game. Turns out I was thinking of the Handmaiden from KOTOR2, and maybe a little bit of Asajj Ventress from Clone Wars ( she plays her, too.)

[@kinkrow6221]

"And aside from one of the wonkiest dancing animations ever." Whatchu talkin' bout? That's up there in the greatest dances, right next to Commander Shepard, Best Dancer on the Citadel.

[@slegyras]

Yeah. It was even modded into Skyrim.

[@rosvlinds]

Better dancing than The Sims that's for sure

[@Marinealver]

Jiggle

[@0mnicide]

I’m so sick of people who are intolerant of unusual human motion.

[@luizbertoncini]

I roleplay as a malkavian who is stuck in a infinite time lop that resets each time i replay the game

[@hanks_2210]

@@ThisBirdHasFlown you come back when you have a reason to play again.

[@pnutz_2]

@@ThisBirdHasFlown plot twist - they actually got killed at the theatre and they're in hell

[@Sinner987]

Groundhog masquerade

[@janesmith1840]

@@Sinner987 I'd watch that movie

[@CathrineMacNiel]

Stop!

[@diegowushu]

One of the most immersive games ever. The city feels like a real place.

[@bal-main915]

i agree. every time i played it it felt like i was visiting a place, not just opening a game.

[@Spaced92]

Yeah there's like 2 or 3 people on the massive streets yet it feels realistic, despite me growing up in a city full of nightlife. They really nailed the atmosphere.

[@leeboi222]

Yeah if you're ridiculously autistic true.

[@ReganousTheGrey]

Agreed, brother! VTMB has such an incredibly well made atmosphere, and story. So impressive, especially after learning their production team was rushed by EA!

[@taxfrauddaily4238]

I wish Los Angeles were real :(

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

Still one of my favourite RPGs, let's hope the sequel doesn't suck.

[@garretwoeller7669]

It has taken so long and the devs seem to have a passion because why make a sequel to a game which sold poor

[@garretwoeller7669]

@Sightless_Seeker I don't think it's only SJW bullshit it might be a faction but now all of em

[@Juhdefr]

@@tenaciousrodent6251 So because someone criticises something for being "progressive" in a time of shallow lip service and virtue signalling that gets dumber each day only to pander to whatever group a corparation wants to squeeze the most money from, they are automatically "week-end waffen ss"? Did your piss poor parents punch you in the head as a kid or did they just raise you like a mouthbreather to begin with?

[@Zeon081]

>gay muslims characters it's gonna suck, I feel it

[@joshuagrahamcrackers]

@@tenaciousrodent6251 You do remember where the game was set, right? Of course you can "confess" to having voted republican. The game was taking the piss out of how blinded by party loyalty that region, and especially that city, is.

[@maliamayf]

It's insane how many amazing voice actors they got. John DiMaggio (Jack) became Bender and Jake the dog and Grey Delisle (Jeanette) was Azula of Avatar. LaCroix was Doug from Weeds. Wack.

[@J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle]

This game had terrific writing and some really good, professional voice acting, considering it's 2004 game.

[@mistamethylbrot2187]

@@J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle writing (and voice acting) is not something that became better with time, more for the contrast. AAA titles nowadays mostly neglect that aspect. but the people from troika worked on the original fallout(s)

[@Brissles]

Wack.

[@AB-xd8hm]

The game is Deus Ex's horror loving younger brother.

[@voodoodolll]

Feels like a younger sister to me

[@ian260672]

Yep, Vampire the Masquerade and Deus Ex are amazing experiences.

[@richardadams8036]

Deus Ex, System Shock 2 and Bloodlines, i thought all 3 were trash back in the Days, now all 3 are in my Top 10.

[@acoustichitman4544]

Oh my God, JC! A bomb!

[@BeautyIsJustAMask]

@@richardadams8036 how did you ever think Deus Ex was trash even back at launch :o

[@patmurf1]

I skipped this game in '04 due to the atrocious reviews it got. I literally just finished it last month. Holy shit. One of the best RPGs....physically possible?

[@mofinebovine1597]

@@NeilusNihilus when the game was first released it had a bug that made the game crash during one of the cutscenes 2/3rds into the game. For a lot of people, until they patched it, the game was not able to be finished. This was also before the days of day 1 patches and always online. Games were expected to work out of the box. The game is also just a bug ridden and janky mess, it's animations were terrible. Even people that love the game understand how bad it was as well.

[@DeadManSinging1]

Gaming critics are about the biggest fucking casuals there are. Gamespot or IGN gave Alien Isolation a 5 out of 10 or some shit because he said it was "too hard" (He was a pussy and couldn't play the game for shit)

[@Spaced92]

@@mofinebovine1597 Yeah you had to use console commands to beat the game, it wasn't just a bug some people found, everyone had it. People knew it was special at the time, but critics did their job and noted it was unplayable, it was a flawed masterpiece.

[@patmurf1]

@Starscream91 Gotta understand, this came out a year after Morrowind, which, while fantastic, took so much work under the hood to make that game a solid experience. And that game wasn't literally broken and unfinishable at launch. No one I knew who bought this in '04 had anything to talk about other than how hilariously broken it was. Because it was hilariously broken. So I just kept playing HL2 and never looked back. Trust me. Time and a loyal fanbase have been very kind to this game that essentially launched as dead on arrival.

[@aiden_macleod]

We played the PNPRPG and did the Mind's Eye Theater LARPing and picked this up as soon as I heard about it. Now, just waiting for the W:TA game's release.

[@salokin3087]

Hey hey boomers, Gman here

[@crazytiger800]

The Merchant’s Guild approves, Salokin

[@therasslintheatre2960]

Gman - Australian Gaming Warlord Part of the Merchant's Guild kangaroo division

[@leon30517]

Ah i see you are in the Merchants Guild as well.

[@coco76066]

Merchants rise up

[@firewarrior776]

Ahh I see you are a man of culture.

[@aruan7sp]

"Melee is a pretty effective choice" Laughs in Ming-Xiao

[@zackhype]

Melee only stops being effective once get the auto shotty and the AUG. But yeah fighting Ming used up all my ammo for everything.

[@gravellergear4703]

Melee was my first build. I maxed out everything melee and breezed through the game.

[@chillhour6155]

eat a flamethrower you keijin bish !!

[@BeckettBaladas]

Ming-Xiao with only melee is an absolute nightmare, took me half a billion attempts to kill her that way - it´s why I always recommend a clan like the Gangrel or Tremere that has a ranged single target attack for a first playthrough, a couple blood packs and a full odious chalice and you can just shred her the second the fight starts.

[@Spellweaver5]

As Gangrel, her only achievement was to make me switch from tearing her ass in pieces to using my blood bags, like, twice. Admirable effort for someone of her ambition. What clans are you guys trying to make into a melee fighter, Toreador?

[@Crazy_Borg]

To all these "time to reinstall..." folks: Why would anyone in this world uninstall it in the first place!?

[@brandonvortex995]

Space saving

[@carintus908]

I dont have less than 10gigs of free space to spare

[@unocualqu1era]

Exactly It's less than 4GB, who doesn't have space for keeping these kind of games? I can understand uninstalling modern games even if you like them because of their huge size, but old ones? Not needed.

[@handbanana5888]

No no, it's kinda like New pc who dis.

[@r.m.2598]

Bugs?

[@hanchiman]

I prefer Velvet Valour, has a soft spot for red hair and also despite being a vampire, she is probably the most likeable character as she has a soft spot of a nerdy script writer in one of her quest

[@chillhour6155]

the devs themselves had a thing for red head as well, there are alot of em in this game Also VV was the original thot

[@hanchiman]

@@chillhour6155 Hahaha yeah she is a bit drama Queen but she is actually the benevolent Vampire who is likeable though

[@chillhour6155]

@@hanchiman yeah I can't hold it against her but she sure knows how to get what she wants, she has all the moves

[@hanchiman]

@@chillhour6155 yup.. She is a Toreador after all, another fave character in there is the movie producer who is also a Toreador. He is one of the likeable character as well also he mention "I only make influential movies not excremental"

[@dive_bomb3r]

I liked interacting with her as a Malkavian. Because of clan's crazy 'insight', you're able to tell her real name. She's not happy about it, because, apparently, the only part of her body she doesn't like penetrated is her mind.

[@CowboyKing]

I was one of the first 80k buyers! Worship me!

[@Estorium]

We're not worthy! We're not worthy!

[@broomy1610]

There are ten divines! You are but one!

[@tenaciousrodent6251]

I got it when it came out too! But i got a Steam version later because my DVD player sounds like a turbine.

[@Mueslinator]

It was this or Half-Life 2 at the time. Mmm. Vampire boobies.

[@aaacowsad6388]

Also one of 80k who gives it a bad review get him!

[@hellohello-zn5im]

"Don't open it." Truer words have never been spoken.

[@maxamillianmiles9382]

Prince is always so nice to bite that bullet

[@jonasamorim4958]

what is it?

[@princesstinklepanties2720]

@@jonasamorim4958 its a sekret

[@jonasamorim4958]

:'(

[@omnical6135]

i opened it... i won't spoil it, i'll just say that it made me very, very sad

[@dannyboythelastman1944]

2:45 ...when your character entered the room with that shirt I chuckled hard

[@SuperLumipallo]

This is indeed one of the best RPG's ever made.. what I love the most that the choices you make actually do affect the outcome of the ending.. multiple choices, clans, the world, charecters, politics, plotting (and the plot overall)

[@cootersnooter3059]

The haunted hotel was by far, the best area in the game. It still makes me jump and uneasy

[@Zontar82]

this and that hospital too

[@richardadams8036]

I loved the short Werwolf Sequence, i shit my Pants there every time when the motherfuckers breaks tzhrough the Walls and the sounds.. damn aht a great game.

[@Texelion]

It's just a bunch of scripts. I can see the matrix.

[@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933]

@@richardadams8036 That werewolf part is an absolute nightmare. It's almost guaranteed to turn you to dust unless you play as a clan with Celerity

[@sinenomine8739]

Man, after Shalebridge Cradle level in Thief 3 this is just pathetic.

[@theenthusiast9708]

I remember playing this at my grandmas house alot (yea she's cool) when I was 13 or something.. Looking back at its' great exploration, rpg element and character dialogue it now makes sense why I've always felt slightly underwhelmed with every game I've played in the 14 years since xD

[@Zozi_og]

Every time Masquerade is mentioned somebody somewhere is Reinstalling it.

[@DraftySatyr]

Sheeit, I am that man ...

[@s0uls4nd]

literally reinstalling rn

[@461Masterchief]

Just like with Deus Ex everytime someone mentions VtMB someone re-installs it... If you are one of those people who wants to re-install this masterpiece I'd like to recommend two incredible mods that'll give you a whole new experience and extend your play time, these mods being the Clan Quest mod and The Final Nights mod, both are on Moddb.

[@kriegmusikkorps8768]

What does "the final nights" mod do?

[@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933]

@@kriegmusikkorps8768 A bit late, but I'll answer anyways. The Final Nights is essentially a harder mode for the base game, and it also allows you to play as different clans. The clans are Assamite, Salubri, Ba'ali, Samedi, and a few others I forgot, each with it's own new disciplines. It also gives you a lot of new quests and unique dialogues. I'd recommend this mod if you're already bored with the vanilla gameplay. The Clan Quest mod is almost essential for me now. As it's name state, this mod adds unique quests for each clan. But the main highlight of this mod is allowing you to join the Sabbat, complete with your own haven in a new hub (East L.A), a lot of new voice-acted characters, even the ability to diablerize a vampire (Basically stealing another vampire's power). The Sabbat storyline is so well made I might have thought that it's actually a part of the game. And every character in the mod is so well written that it truly enhances the VtM experience. I'm serious, after you buy the game, the first thing you should do is head over to moddb and install this mod. If I'm not mistaken, the mod there also includes the Camarilla edition mod, which gives some essential bugfixes and scrapped features that should be in the game during release

[@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933]

And I might add the Antitribu mod. It allows you to play with yet another roster of clans. Clans that are not playable in vanilla such as the Tzimisce (and the Old Tzimisce), Lasombra, Ravnos, Giovanni, and even the flesh-eating Nagaraja. I've only played with it once but it's actually quite fun. The mod is quite buggy and the development team has gone silent for some time now, but it's worth a try

[@HuyGaming96]

Do not ever compare that shit deus ex to this legendary masterpiece. Deus ex has linear storyline and the choice doesn't matter in that shit whenever u do u would ended up in those 3 endings while this game have at least 5 ending and ur choice really affects ur ending

[@thatguythere8737]

I toke a sidequest, before the severlevels, wich gave me an item that would collect bloodpoints when you killed enemey, lt saved my live down there sereval times

[@BeckettBaladas]

ah yes, the Odious Chalice, probably the best non-weapon item in the game xD

[@captainmurphy4948]

Yeah the flesh-eating vampire under the abandoned hospital.

[@aeroga2383]

I didn't discover that quest until my fourth playthrough (I haven't finished it yet) I was like "holy shit"

[@tentacle_bear6941]

Also for those that don’t know, Vampire the Masquerade is also a tabletop game. It’s pretty good, but the lore is ridiculously deep and uses the world building of several other tabletop games (a werewolf and a demon one are all I’ve found thus far) that are compacted into one absurdly interesting universe.

[@Chamele7n]

One of the top 10 games ever made. A Deus Ex-tier masterpiece.

[@bobbobson110]

The last hours of the game kind of ruined it though.

[@HuyGaming96]

This game alone destroys that shit clown deus ex 2000

[@MegaHellstrike]

Not even kidding, I thought this was one of those "so bad it's good games" when I heard people talk about it. Never looked much into this game, but now I will.

[@uncertaintitle4116]

Have fun, dude! Only advice i'll give is don't play Malkavian first time througg - they can have visions, which usually spoils parts of the game.

[@uncertaintitle4116]

@@TinyMonkeyBrain fair point, fair point

[@lehelisbored]

I wouldn't say "so bad it's good". I'd rather describe it as "so good it's great". The GOG version comes with the fanmade patch (with over a decade's worth of updates), or if you get it on Steam, it's easy to install the patch separately. That way you get rid of a lot of the issues and unfinished feel and you'll see it's one of best and most unique WRPGs ever. And it's a true roleplaying game with the amount and variety of options it gives you.

[@sketchstevens5859]

You're going to want to get one of the unofficial patches. The game was patched up by former devs and dedicated fans so it's playable without any game breaking glitches. The vanilla game is good, but it does need those patches for the leftover content (there's a ton of content) and go without bugs And have fun.

[@bloodypommelstudios7144]

Can't comment on the current state of the game with the patch but when it came out it was a horrifically buggy borderline broken mess. What it did well though was so good you didn't care. I'm going to buy it again now and get it patched.

[@SzatanistaDzezowy]

Its just like first Deus Ex, so replayable

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

Nice profile pic.

[@ian260672]

Yep, these 2 games are amazing.

[@richardadams8036]

Dont forget System Shock 2, i played through all 3 countless times.

[@Hirnlego999]

Thief 1 and 2 too

[@richardadams8036]

Thief 3 is realy good too, we dont talk about the last one.

[@mofinebovine1597]

The music in this game was dope.

[@somerandofilipino6957]

Who's the thumbnail artist? For research.

[@GenosectKingRevived]

Some Rando Filipino He posted it on Twitter a couple of weeks ago.

[@Germania9]

Mila the Mute

[@Medicesca]

mobile.twitter.com/Ggdograa/status/1206095775043706881

[@lj_maestro3391]

Mila The Mute. They're mostly known for their erotic rainbow six siege art but they do a lot of other great art along with it

[@AverageDoomer69]

@uberkogle right ? Every thing you can think of pretty much exist in multiple forms .

[@sanderdavid8626]

4:25 'combat soundtrack is just perfect' *proceeds showing combat without soundtrack*

[@unregisteredassaultbutterk1185]

"you can always sneak in through a vent" *mankind divided flashbacks*

[@OfficialDJSoru]

No flashbacks of the original Deus Ex? If you haven't gotten the game yet and are ok with old graphics then you missed a great sale on GOG, that one was going for a dollar or 2

[@zacharytracy3797]

Half-Life flashbacks.

[@AndreyFadeev-rw3jx]

@@OfficialDJSoru, when I play Portal, I get original Deus Ex flashbacks (the companion cube).

[@OfficialDJSoru]

@@AndreyFadeev-rw3jx because of carrying the large boxes?

[@AndreyFadeev-rw3jx]

@@OfficialDJSoru no, the small one. :)

[@kamildrazek2618]

"what's in the Box" seven scene the game

[@dotunfadairo8496]

If there is any game that needs a remake, it is this one.

[@vespenegas261]

Not in this climate. Leave it be.

[@dotunfadairo8496]

@@vespenegas261 A fan made remaster then🥲

[@vespenegas261]

@@dotunfadairo8496 Hey! There're some pretty good patches, restoring cut content. VtMB unoficial, it's hard to miss it. So if you're not familiar with it id say give it a go, should scratch that itch. I had high hopes fo VtMB2, first trailer looked great, Gehena references and all that kind of good stuff. Gameplay footage looked servisable for "still in development". Some twicks here and there, modders are up to fix mechanical problems, so little by little we would have a successor. Right? And then I learned they (Paradox) droped, fucked over really, Mitsoda who worked on the storyline for like 5 years. New factions, interesting background of underground Seattle, the whole out secret vapire war and antedeluvian plotting. They were going to rewright it so I quit. I'm not the only one upset. There where people who tried to be hired to make this game possible and now it's in a coma. I don't know what caused this travesty -- Paradox being misers, Mitsoda taking too long or real Seattle riots making it banned, but what I do know -- I don't care now.

[@dotunfadairo8496]

@@vespenegas261 I was really looking forward to the sequel. I don't think it's going to happen now as it looks dead. If it does get released, i reckon it will be a case of "Putting it out to die". Only thing t hat reignite my interest is if Mitsoda is rehired. Anyhoo, i'll see the unofficial path you mentioned. By any chance, does it also fix the combat? That was a complaint

[@vespenegas261]

​@@dotunfadairo8496 There are PLENTY of new guns and they some how reworked it in from shit to somewhat useable conditions. If u have a skill. Some alterations with melee weapons. Me? I'm a broken record. If I can talk it it out -- I will. Even with a STOP sign P.S.: VTMB Patch will cover you. I understand why it was loose but it is still interesting to look at

[@eezys]

You mate, by now realised your mistake but somebody gotta' do this: Sonny Jim you done goof'd Protean is not usable by anybody except Gangrels in the game.

[@steps3344]

He also keeps mentioning the Dominate and Ventrue in a manner that implies they're the only clan that has it. Tremere have Dominate as well.

[@lunaticeagle3007]

@@steps3344 and the Malkavian insanity Disceplin is the same thing basicly ( other reason but same effect in the end )

[@FredSpade]

Fake review. If GmanLives, how can he be a vampire?

[@dankcatsmemes9219]

Clip We have been cheated and lied to for the last time

[@captainufo4587]

Tourette is not Camarilla, she's the Anarch Baron of Santa Monica. (and the Anarchs are not small by any means, LA is Anarch terrotory. The Camarilla's presence is rather weak, shaky and very new. Tourette is a rather power hungry Anarch Baron, so she kinda does the unthinkable for an Anarch and tries to suck up to the Camarilla (yeah, the "small faction who mostly align with the Camarilla" doesn't really stand up well, if you consider that that the Anarchs fight the Camarilla at any opportunity) to get a bigger share of power in the city.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

the music of this game was amazing..........damn Troika Games was great. It is a shame their games always had a lot of bugs/glitches. Wish companies still made PC only western rpg games like this. Jeanette was so hot

[@M0rshu64]

I remember Little Kuriboh's playthrough of this game way back in the day.

[@90maducc]

*another mention of VtMB* “Ah shieeet. Here we go again.”

[@FredSpade]

And again

This was the first game I felt my own, it was something really new when I played it, No one in Colombia spoke about it so lol... I am thinking in playing it again... Thanks for the review

[@vatroslavmorbidovic4105]

Correction: only Gangrel has Protean.

[@spectral_force5097]

Ah, that bit with Samantha. Brings a tear to me eye, every time.

[@Trener_Artem]

You know well what to put on the thumbnail. Also, i hear "nosferatu gameplay is like real life" too often, and its still funny. =(

[@somedude7701]

Nosferatu gameplay is like real life - why does it mean?

[@Hyenajaws]

“You’ll never find yourself doing the same thing more than once.” Sadly, the same can’t be said about more recent games.

[@aiden_macleod]

What, I've never climbed the SAME tower twice in ANY Ubisoft game...

[@vogonp4287]

Fallout New Vegas is probably the only recent game that I can think of of that has such extreme replay value.

[@mechadragon931]

I almost want to play this to find out what "Don't open it!" applies to.

[@SHAX516]

You would have the right idea, its not just a random meme side character joke. Don't open it literally applies to the whole story and the game, another example of why the writing is so good

[@guilhermebraga9773]

Mecha Dragon You should. One of the best rpgs I ever played.

[@morbid333]

It's definately worth playing, one of my favorite RPGs, along with KOTOR2. Interestingly, both were rushed and unfinished, and both have fan patches (though KOTOR2'S one was mostly to restore cut content.)

[@contr4dixion]

Good. Play it...

[@Christian-oi7sd]

@@morbid333 I just heard of this game for the first time today i feel I missed out. As a kid I played the shit out of halo 1 and they came out around the same time so I missed this one. I wanna get this but I'm worried about all the bugs and stuff I need to find out about all the mods I need to download to make it worth it but this game looks so good i can tell ill love it

[@MistahZeraphan]

'Don't Open it' ...As someone who just got done with his first playtrough of the game...YEAH.

[@frenki4130]

I literally watched Your old review of this game not more than an hour ago.

[@TheFixer_1]

Stealthy Tremere is fucking badass you can literally assassinate 95% of all enemies in the game so long as your stealthier than a ninja.

[@augustvalek]

one of the most replayable games that exists, time to reinstall it, sometime in the foreseable future

[@schleem]

My god I absolutely love your game reviews your voice is so damn easy to listen to and there’s always something entertaining about each one

[@TheBitingIrish]

>Squid monster Gman, I hate to tell you, but that's a shark

[@HuyGaming96]

This game alone destroys every shits of Larian Studio has ever created. All hail Troika

[@kelnhide]

That haunted house quest really scared the shit out of me

[@prague5419]

I am 44 years old, I was 30 when I first played this game and due to the endless replayability of the game had to do that damn haunted beachhouse 7,000 times. Each and every time it made me about shit my underwear. I actually have a text file in the game directory called "skip beachhouse cheat.txt" that I type into the console when given the mission to instantly bypass it. 44 years old...and I still don't want to walk my ass back in there. They did a GOOD job making that one.

[@endobai]

Hey G, youre one of my favorite youtubers, just wanted to say I hope youre safe and hope all of your family and friends are too, those fires are insane. Love ya man, never stop uploading

[@skeletonking4119]

“Don’t open it” is that you Friend?!

[@CturiX.IREALLY]

oh man what a flashback, this game is how i discovered your channel

[@mecca6801]

THIS GAME WAS THE TITS! I hope the new one lives up to the hype!Lest we forget.... The Soundtrack is still excellent!!!

[@Helghastdude]

VTMB, Deus Ex, Unreal 1 and Clive Barkers Undying. Games you always can play and never become boring

[@rinnegansr5980]

So many of these "immersive sims" are coming back with sequels, it might do me good to get their current installments but then again if the bioshock series is anything to go by it doesn't matter but then again again dishonered had a continuous story (sequel and prequel are properly connected) so really was thinking of getting this game and saw this in my notifications.

[@lehelisbored]

I guess you could say it's an immersive sim, even though that's a bit vague, but I'd rather say it's a true roleplaying game with the complexity of gameplay systems and options it has. It does use the same RP systems from the tabletop games it was based on, after all.

[@olegcherkasky2755]

I gotta say, this is the most in depth review of the game I've ever seen. Then again you've had over a decade to play it multiple times. It definitely overshadows any other reviews I've seen, you made me decide to get the game, which is something people who reviewed it on launch couldn't do.

[@darkhaven9119]

I love this game and I’m so excited for the masquerade bloodlines 2. I really hope they don’t cancel it or ruin it. It’s been years since it was announced I want it to come out so bad.

[@فايزالمطيري-س3م]

wasn't it cancelled a few months ago?

[@Malethar185]

i picked this game back up a few days ago and decided to watch some people review it. lo and behold, this one's only a few weeks old, and from a reviewer i haven't seen before no less

[@dancomics5]

Any chance for a "VTM: Redemption" review?

[@Gggmanlives]

Maybe.

[@schmatzler]

It's one of the worst games I've ever played. Yes, please do a review! :D

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

One of my favorite RPGs of the mid 2000s. And it's about damn time we got a sequel too! And I remember your review from way back then. That was the episode that brought me to your channel.

[@itsthatoneguy5]

Ministry did a song for this game and it slaps.

[@mistamethylbrot2187]

i hope not the Massive Attack rip-off

[@itsthatoneguy5]

@@mistamethylbrot2187 nah Bloodlines

[@mistamethylbrot2187]

@@itsthatoneguy5 awesome track

[@Manufan-og1xg]

For the PC gamers out there, how much would an older/weaker laptop cost that could run this at high settings? Besides this, The Witcher 2 and the Half-Life games I'll mainly be playing games like Morrowind, Planescape: Tournament, the Baldur's Gate games, Deus Ex and System Shock 2.

[@scarletfoxxie9710]

I'm really looking forward to the second game.

[@entropicflux8849]

lol forever

[@andrewkang7157]

The Camarilla are kind of an equivalent to the Illuminati but Lacroix has kind of built a pyramid and put himself on top (even Strauss plans to overthrow him)

[@Csumbi]

i just know that the new game will be inferior to this one, when it comes to options and dialogue.Almost every new game that comes out these days, especially if its sequel to an old franchise, is an inferior version to its previous installment, the only thing that improves are the graphics.

[@constantin5509]

Yeah, sadly I agree, I'm not at all optimistic for the sequel.

[@Texelion]

Except for RE2 which was a real improvement on almost everything. But yeah, I fear especially for the "adult" content, the SJW crowd will go batshit crazy if the game is even half as adult as the old one.

[@constantin5509]

@@Texelion RE2 was one of the best surprises in 2019 gaming, I admit.

[@Ajee02]

@@Texelion Who cares if it's SJW anyways? The game's set in SJW Land so it only makes sense. The whole SJW/Anti-SJW died in 2019 because a lot of people stopped caring.

[@Dasqal]

Texelion 3D prints I don’t see how it’s related . Sjws are very pro sex. Only thing I could see happening is it being even more adult equally across the board.

[@childofysmault3548]

I randomly came across an article about the sequel coming out this year. Never heard of or seen this game before. Watching this video has my excited about playing both of these

[@pickleinspector5948]

Malkavian was my first playthrough and I loved it

[@zackhype]

Yeah but the spoilers from the voices though

[@pickleinspector5948]

@@zackhype You'll probably not know they are spoilers on your first playthrough though

[@dubiouswellwater1873]

Same here

[@milenakecman8731]

Oh my God! Second review of my favorite game from my favorite reviewer! Is it New Year already!?!? I thought it just passed!

[@milenakecman8731]

4 minutes 31 seconds in... did you just say a sequel is coming?!?!??!?!?!?!?!? Holy Jesus Christ on a fucking stake!

[@milenakecman8731]

WAIT! When you said "don't open it" did you mean about the sarcophagus? I NEVER OPENED IT! :O NOW I MUST replay the game just to open it!!!!!

[@milkman1026]

I was hooked with the menu music alone when I was setting up my character. The haunted Mansion is still one of the best quests I've played in any game. It's a shame all the bugs with it out of the box. Very enjoyable to play know because of the morning community.

[@Nos7algiK]

Played this game a few years back after a relatively small KZbin channel praised the hell out of it. I usually don't enjoy playing games from the early 2000's because they feel a bit dated. But, hands down was one of the greatest gems in gaming I played in a long time. Captivating and Immersive are two words I would describe it and the level of choice in the game is pretty damn great. Makes me sad this isn't a game that is universally known by the common gamer because it sure as hell deserves all the praise it can get.

[@rabidrivas]

Took me a second to realice what the "Don't open it advice was about" I did open it in my first playthroug

[@lilblock3564]

Same

[@StygianWolf]

I make it a habit to pay and finish this game at least once a year since 2005, since it was the first PC game I ever owned. Mods and unofficial patches continue to (ironically) breathe life back into this dead game every time I play it. Malkavian all the way!

[@leoprzybylski3115]

Hey can you do a review on Redemption as well? I know that you mostly do FPS games so this isn't your target audience, but it would be nice if redemption got a bit of love as well since it is kinda the forgotten child of the RPG world.

[@zackhype]

Outstar did a good series on it but then again her audience is mostly existing VTM fans

[@fossilfern]

One of my favourite RPGs ever and I’d say my favourite RPG of the 2000s. Very fond memories getting this game on a cold and wet November night in 2004 and the glow of the CRT keeping me warm as I played.

[@alangeorge5592]

Severance Blades of Darkness???

[@richardadams8036]

Damn Dark Souls Grandfather, i loved the Game to Death and showed every Friend these epic Shadow and Lightning Effects. ^^

[@alangeorge5592]

@@richardadams8036 i can't belive many people don't know about this!!

[@richardadams8036]

I mean it was kinda unknown even back in the Days and didnt had so many Fans or Mods like Bloodborne.But still Severance is a real Gem.

[@dixon8902]

Oh my god that game... I played countless hours of it when I was a kid. Goddamn those dark knights and the lord of chaos, fuck that guy.

[@CernobilRS]

This! Blade of Darkness review when?

[@Matti2ooo8]

I love how you pronounce "Protean" like "Protein". It suits the physical attribute boost skill

[@connollybrosproduction8838]

I feel like this is a game that needs to be remade I would love to experience this if I had a decent working PC

[@James_baxte.r]

The voice acting feels ahead of its time

[@MikeRetroModz]

This game is rough around the edges but god damn once you start getting into it the lore just sucks you in, it is a underated masterpiece imo.

[@mattbauman55]

"Larrrr and ordoar" God i love Australia

[@A7XKoRnRocks1]

Gimme that thumbnail.

[@naomy1701]

wish they would make a remaster of this, is such a good game, just imagine it with modern day graphics... glorious

[@jjaarr3208]

Love the Malkavian run through, the part where you piss off VV is halarious, and talking to mailboxes was truly novel.

[@Calabresa022]

Thank god the Unofficial Patch added a secret door in the Holywood Sewers you can use to just skip the whole thing and get to the Nosferatu base.

[@Clariselol]

i played this as a child. I enjoyed it. now im dead inside and i cant enjoy anything anymore.

[@deathmetalswag]

Bruh

[@svenbrede6151]

You're not playing games to have fun anymore. You're playing games to avoid the rest of your life... that's what it was for me.

[@H41030v3rki110ny0u]

@@svenbrede6151 :(

[@svenbrede6151]

@@H41030v3rki110ny0u it's weird. As long as i need to do sth and would procrastinate by gaming, i just can't enjoy it. But if i've already done sth on the day, i can enjoy it again :)

[@Christian-oi7sd]

I feel you

[@dusandragovic09srb]

Love your advice :D

[@brianbleakley4679]

"Everyone always says you have to replay the game as a Malkavian because it has the kind of dialog that makes the people on reddit spit out their soylent" lmao

[@amirbahrami2950]

You are one of the few reviewers that I really like in KZbin Keep up the good work sunny Jim!

[@kisnyirati]

My favourite RPGs of all time: 1. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2. Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines 3. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 'Nuff said...

[@marcoschiavetti1276]

“Vai a farti fotare” just blow me away XD Thanks White Wolf, I nearly forgot Giovanni are an italian clan of vampires.

[@TANGER840]

A question, how your HUD ingame is so clean, my health bar and power bar are really big and pixelated.

[@ian260672]

Same here, I had that when last played it. I'm assuming one of the mods will make it better.

[@kelnhide]

Mods

[@XTORD1]

I dont put out to many comments on YT anymore, reasons. Anyway i loved this games. I have never watched any of you vids before as far as i remember. But when me and my friend just now talked a bit about this game, trying to get him to play it i think he will eventually. And then i saw it recommended on youtube for some reason and it being from this year i said i will take a listen even tough i will probably disagree with alot and what i can is no not really. A very good review of a game that has turned out to be one of my all time favourites. So looking forward to the second game. As me and my friend said i really miss when game , gave you alot of freedom. Variety, Great characters, a unique setting. Great music . A really like when i game just give you all those choices this game does and say is up to you to figure out how you do stuff. I really liked this game and this is one of the few games i think about these days from time to time, some other games too. Is one of the few games i want to replay such a good game. And characters with alot of charm and so on. Btw what do you mean with " dont put you dick in a crazy character"? Oh yeah i remember that shotgun such fun to use. I tried to play most of the game in stealth and it actually works. Were in the game is 19.09 from again? Nice to see it in your top 10 what is the others?

[@danielmortensen450]

remember palying the game first time i played hunted house was middle of night scared the living #!"# out of me.

[@Ovog95]

Oh god, the nostalgia is coming to me again. This is one of the best games I have played ever in my life. I might have to replay this again before bloodlines 2 comes next.

[@XAPDPOK]

bruja have never had protean - it's gangrels' signature discipline, like thaumaturgy for tremere

[@prague5419]

I said out loud "In what universe did Brujah ever have Protean?"

[@XAPDPOK]

@@prague5419 well i guess you could possibly imagine some wild homebrew sabbat bloodline of feral brujah with protean instead of potence and animalism as option instead of presence (now more I think of it more I want to try it out)