I was very anxious to play this game as soon as I heard of it. I played it two years ago and I am planning to play it again. This is mainly because from the release date of the Vampire Bloodlines since the present day I didn't find any other RPG title to be such intriguing as this one. Almost all the new (and old, as well) RPG titles are proposing knights, dungeons, fantasy worlds etc. Vampire Bloodlines have very promising premises: you are a vampire and the ordinary surrounding world is full of vampire clans fighting each other to gain control over Los Angeles city. This is one of the most strange, creepy and fascinating RPG game I ever played. The athmosfere is great and sometimes superbly done though some levels are poor realised. The action is taking place in a strange and freakish modern Los Angeles city and some locations in his suburbs. One of the scariest levels I ever met in a videogame is The Haunted Mansion mission at the very beginning of the game. If you are not fond of RPG's games, you have to play the first part of the game only for this mission, but, after playing it, I bet you'll choose to play all the other missions too, wich by the way, some are greatly realised, some are very poor. The graphics are excellent, the game being realised on Source engine of Half Life 2 and it shows it without any doubt. You'll encounter some memorably, complex and good looking characters in the game and especially a lot of hot, good looking vampire girls. The developpers are trying and succesfully approaching on psichological aspects of the characters, one of them has a double personallity (very exciting character), this way adding more depth to the interactions with the characters. The acting voice is well done, there are some great lines in the game.
The bad parts of this game are numerous as the good parts. Unfortunately, the developpers failed to put them in a balance. It seems the developpers were unfortunately very rushed to release the game due to poor financial situation of the Troika Games who have definitively closed the gates after the release of the game. The game has numerous small bugs and glitches, but, if you can past over them, this game could be a very interesting experience. The game has also several different endings, so, you should give it a try.
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