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Get the patch first

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Overall, I would say I loved this game. The plot was great, the world and characters richly developed both visually and plot-wise. You begin as a crusader in the middle ages, and become a vampire, the demon you once fought. The game continues into modern times as Christof still searches for his love, Anezka. The weapons and powers are interesting, although most weren't of much use. Towards the end especially you got a lot of extra experience you could place in any old thing. The guide was helpful and detailed; the pictures were also beautiful. And it was helpful, not confusing. I liked how the game included a variety of places and characters.

The glitches I came across included a horrible save feature (you got an auto-save every time you went into a new world, but you could only save directly from your haven). Also, occasionally you would be clicking away, moving with your main character, and the ones following would get trapped up, sometimes getting 'stuck' in walls or tables. Most times I just had to manually select them and redirect them, but then there were those tiring times when I had to go out of the level to get them unstuck. By the way, the first time I had a patch from online where you could save from any place and the glitches were fixed.

Sometimes, also, the dialogue could get tiring. You could use the space bar to skip it but then you lose the great plot aspect. The one thing I liked about its sequel, Bloodlines, was that you could do something so that the dialogue appeared as words...and you could go along at your reading pace. And, there were several members of the coterie that were pretty pointless, just extra arms to fight, I guess.

This game was a lot of fun; you are pretty much locked into one plot line but there are a few different endings. Great game, get the patch first.

RPG a major misnomer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Heres the deal. People who liked the pen and paper version bought the game expecting an RPG but what they got was a clickfest akin to Diablo. This disapointed many hardcore RPGers but pleased those who like action games. If you want a good AD&D based RPG wait for BGII, pools of radiance, Icewind Dale, or better yet NeverWinterNights, for an action game which hasd very few RPG elements, buy The Masquerade.

I love this game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

First let me say I am really into First Person Shooters i.e. UT and Q3. I saw this game and said to myself, "Let's give it a try". I am so glad I did. It is a nice change of pace.

Pros: 1. Great story 2. Great Graphics 3. Reminds me of playing Zelda on NES. (You got to around and talk to people, listen to clues, and find stuff) 4. You get to follow a course of action. 5. It is really fun. 6. Lots of gore.

Cons: 1. Steep requirments: You need 1.25 gigs to do full install. 2. Controls are cumbersome compared to UT and Q3, but then again this is not a first person shooter. 3. You must download the patch that is out. It fixes some bugs.

Overall, this is a good game.

A nearly complete beauty

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Detailed in every way, this game will steal your breath with intricate graphics, heart-wrenching storylines, realistic sounds and music worthy of it's own seperate soundtrack. (Thankfully, the songs are easily grabbed... mp3 format!) Though the single player game is highly frustrating with respect to controlling other party members, multi-player with a good story-teller is both absorbing and flexible. Entire campaigns come to life with endless options in a world filled with the perfect gothic ambience. Get your D&D group together for this one...

This is fun to play and i wish they'd make a sequel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game, Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption, is one of the most excellent role playing games i have ever owned. I recommend it to anyone who loves vampires and other gothic subjects. The game really sucks you in, i've played the full game three times and will play it again. One downside is sometimes the dialogue can drag on a bit and seem a bit overwritten, but it doesn't take too much away from this great game thats best to play late at night. Have fun if u buy it!...

An inspirational desire

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is not just a RPG, it is a inspirational game. Over time during the game you move from medieval time periods to modern France and New York. The game has awesome NPC's and grasps you into the game as the character and revolves it's enormous world around you. Alas, this game does have it's few faults... it can be very slow on low-end machines and still can cause some slow down on high-end users. There are some various pathfinding bugs and AI glitches but not enough to spoil your time through this very involving story.

The story, music, characters, and plot absolutely re-define in my opinion... what can be done in a game. This game not only involved me in the game but it touched me. It brought forth emotions from me IN A GAME~!@~!@ There have been few games to do that to me. Some various games that did include; Unreal , Doom, Quake II, Star Craft and Diablo I and II, etc. The music was designed by a very itelligent person because if the game for some reason does not touch you... the music will. There was a lot of work put into this game and not a lot of people know it. The graphics deserve an A and so does the gameplay. I recommend this game to ANYONE and is very much well worth your [money]!!! Buy it imediately and tell me if I am wrong. It is a long game so be prepared for some endless nights but none the less, maybe some of these other people who rated this game should actually try beating it before hand. Best regards

Overall great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

In this game we find a new storyline among the vampire world that is brought to life in this tale. However, the saving of the games in progress are horrible and sometimes it doesn't save and a whole section needs to be redone because of it. Although, that part is a CON for the game, the Pro for the game is that you get to see a character move through history and his way of trying to gain some sort of redemption for himself because of what he is.

One word: WOW!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

That's what I said as I was playing this game - WOW! Everything about this game screams quality. Here's the story: You are a crusader of light that falls in love with a nun, and then, the next night, you are "embraced," and are thrusted into the world of Vampire: The Masquerade.

The graphics are the best I've seen in a long time, especially on the characters...their features and faces are so smooth that you could hardly tell they were made of polygons!

The sound, with the proper EAX or A3D supported card, match the environments.

And the plot? It plays like a drama that Shakespeare himself would've wrote! The love scenes between the main character and the nun are especially moving, because they are both bound by their religious beliefs and cannot be lovers. As you can imagine, after the character is turned into a vampire, then it REALLY gets tragic. Your character's life spans from 1100 A.D. to the present. Now I'm not going to give any more plots away. :)

I've read the RPG books that this game is based on, and I've always wanted to try out Vampire: The Masquerade, but I could never get into it because of the steep learning curve and "politics" of the game. Well, V:tMR does a great job of introducing this world to beginners like me, and with a "Storyteller" mode, even I can make my own stories and campaigns.

Overall, this game is a MUST BUY, for veterans of the pencil & paper Vampire, and for PC gamers looking for a solid RPG. Here's hoping that the upcoming Werewolf: The Apocolypse Heart of Gaia is as good as this!

Don't Waste Your Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: March 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This has to be one of the biggest computer game dissapointments and waste of money ever. This game does not run - I tried to install it on three different machines, two of which had graphics cards which the game claims to support. Every time, the install routine crashes. I don't care how good the hype or the potential may be if you are one of those lucky ones who have managed to get this buggy disaster to run. I was so disgusted with the product that I sent an angry letter to Activision's CEO with the product.

I'M DYING , I'M IN A DUNGEON, AND I CAN'T SAVE.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

How many times do we have to tell game designers that game saves are an integral part of any game. Game designers, this is a PC game you're designing and not a console game. Let's start with the bad points as Im sure all the readers would like to read first. The game committed the most sinful act of not providing a save game feature accessible anytime and anywhere in the game. You could only save the game when it loads a new scene or level. I was in a dungeon for 2 hours (real-time), dying, and I couldnt save the game because you have to walk out of the dungeon to make the game reload the level and save your points. This is crazy! This is an RPG we're playing here. I mean, Final Fantasy III (console game) had built in save points in the dungeons. Why cant a PC game like this have one? This is a real turn-off. Next is the interface. I still have to figure out how to properly move the character. It's so hard to control the camera as you move the character in the game. The view pans out then suddenly pans in. The game tried to make its interface unique and it ended up making the game more complex. Graphics are good. Nice colors, voice acting was ok. You need a good sized system though to run this game like a PIII 600 and 32mb video card. Story: well, this game completely ignored the pen and paper version with too many battles in it. I beat the game in 30 hours. So there really isnt much there to expect. Will you buy this game? I say, dont buy it until they patch the game with a save feature. If you're after a RPG, then look somewhere else.

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