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Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Title: Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Content: Vampires (duh), supernatural creatures, etc
Link: Go buy it on Steam. Get unoffical patch here
Description
While having sex with some random guy/chick off the street in L.A., you get turned into a vampire. You immediately become acquainted with ancient vampire societies and factions all vying for control in L.A.
These aren't any pansy Stephenie Meyer or Anne Rice vampires either. These vampires are heavily armed, can get people to do things for them with the powers of their mind, run faster than a cheetah, turn invisible, or make people explode violently just by looking at them. You chose from one of the eight vampire clans at the start of the game, and each offers a pretty unique experience. The three clans with the most difference from the other five are the Tremere who offer unique blood magics, the Nosferatu who can't interact normally with people (due to being really freaking ugly), and the Malkavians who are just generally batshit crazy but have unique powers of insight (all of your dialogue is replaced with mad rantings, a lot of non-supernatural NPCs think you're on drugs, and if you pay enough attention to your dialogue options you can figure out the entire plot of the game in the first fifteen minutes).
Personally, I favor the Malkavians because of their unique approach to the game. Their Dementation discipline is basically a slightly less powerful version of Domination in combat, but the dialogue options it provides can be pretty hilarious. They're also one of only two clans with the ability to turn invisible, which is a huge help for certain missions where you get bonus XP for not killing anyone. You also get a bunch of cool scenes that you wouldn't get in a normal playthrough (like figuring out things about characters when you just met them, or arguing with stop signs or your television).
Pros: One of the best western RPGs ever made. The experience system as quest rewards works wonderfully. The voice acting is some of the best I've ever heard in the game. The story is really well written. Loads of different options for playstyles. Awesome level design that favors multiple different approaches but not having any of them really be better than any other (instead of the Deus Ex method of having multiple ways to advance through a level but having one that's so obviously superior to the rest that there's really no point in doing anything else in the first place). Facial animation is great and provides for a wide emotional range.
Cons: Some of the game's later levels aren't as good as the earlier content (the sewer/Warrens level is pure torture unless you have a very combat-oriented character, otherwise be prepared to run a whole lot). Combat isn't terribly well implemented. Two of the optional boss fights early in the game are incredibly difficult for the point where the player will usually first access them. The game is extremely buggy. Although most problems are fixed by the unoffical patch that I linked above, it'll still probably crash a couple of times during your playthrough.
Playing as a Tremere is pretty sweet
Shego probably has this game already, but if she doesn't she's going to run for it after watching this
And yes, you can have lesbian crazy vampire sex if you play all of your cards right (and level up Seduction a few points REALLY early in the game, which I consider to be a pretty useless skill since outside of Jeanette's dialouge trees the only purpose it serves in the entire game is to make it easier to feed on humans, which is never really a problem in the first place).
Jack shows a Malkavian character the ropes
Title: Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Content: Vampires (duh), supernatural creatures, etc
Link: Go buy it on Steam. Get unoffical patch here
Description
While having sex with some random guy/chick off the street in L.A., you get turned into a vampire. You immediately become acquainted with ancient vampire societies and factions all vying for control in L.A.
These aren't any pansy Stephenie Meyer or Anne Rice vampires either. These vampires are heavily armed, can get people to do things for them with the powers of their mind, run faster than a cheetah, turn invisible, or make people explode violently just by looking at them. You chose from one of the eight vampire clans at the start of the game, and each offers a pretty unique experience. The three clans with the most difference from the other five are the Tremere who offer unique blood magics, the Nosferatu who can't interact normally with people (due to being really freaking ugly), and the Malkavians who are just generally batshit crazy but have unique powers of insight (all of your dialogue is replaced with mad rantings, a lot of non-supernatural NPCs think you're on drugs, and if you pay enough attention to your dialogue options you can figure out the entire plot of the game in the first fifteen minutes).
Personally, I favor the Malkavians because of their unique approach to the game. Their Dementation discipline is basically a slightly less powerful version of Domination in combat, but the dialogue options it provides can be pretty hilarious. They're also one of only two clans with the ability to turn invisible, which is a huge help for certain missions where you get bonus XP for not killing anyone. You also get a bunch of cool scenes that you wouldn't get in a normal playthrough (like figuring out things about characters when you just met them, or arguing with stop signs or your television).
Pros: One of the best western RPGs ever made. The experience system as quest rewards works wonderfully. The voice acting is some of the best I've ever heard in the game. The story is really well written. Loads of different options for playstyles. Awesome level design that favors multiple different approaches but not having any of them really be better than any other (instead of the Deus Ex method of having multiple ways to advance through a level but having one that's so obviously superior to the rest that there's really no point in doing anything else in the first place). Facial animation is great and provides for a wide emotional range.
Cons: Some of the game's later levels aren't as good as the earlier content (the sewer/Warrens level is pure torture unless you have a very combat-oriented character, otherwise be prepared to run a whole lot). Combat isn't terribly well implemented. Two of the optional boss fights early in the game are incredibly difficult for the point where the player will usually first access them. The game is extremely buggy. Although most problems are fixed by the unoffical patch that I linked above, it'll still probably crash a couple of times during your playthrough.
Playing as a Tremere is pretty sweet
Shego probably has this game already, but if she doesn't she's going to run for it after watching this
And yes, you can have lesbian crazy vampire sex if you play all of your cards right (and level up Seduction a few points REALLY early in the game, which I consider to be a pretty useless skill since outside of Jeanette's dialouge trees the only purpose it serves in the entire game is to make it easier to feed on humans, which is never really a problem in the first place).
Jack shows a Malkavian character the ropes
