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Summary: WARNING
Review: It crashed my computer. It is worthless. You buy it , i feel sorry for you!
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Summary: Best Vampire Game I've ever played
Review: For those of you who enjoy a mix between classic vampire fantasy and an Anne Rice novel, this game is for you. Even if you've played Diablo till your fingers are numb, or you have never pick-up a game of this kind before, you will not be let down.
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Summary: I'M DYING , I'M IN A DUNGEON, AND I CAN'T SAVE.
Review: 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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Summary: A worthwhile game - almost...
Review: I would have gladly given this game 4 stars - without even trying the multiplayer side, which I hear is very awesome - if it wasn't for one great flaw. I was almost 6 hours into the game, kicking vampire booty and taking no prisoners. Then, something happened. With my usual grace I accidentally clicked on the "New Game" button at the menu screen. I thought it was little problem, and allowed it to accelerate me through the first few cinema scenes. I waited until it allowed me to control Christof, then I opened up the menu to escape and load my old game. Instead of seeing my old saved game, I saw "Convent". Well, needless to say I was very frustrated and angry, mostly at the absolutely thoughtless save-game feature. I still may try the single player game again, but not anytime in the near future.
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Summary: Beautiful but boring
Review: I love role-playing games, and Vampire: the Masquerade is a game that I've looked forward to for a while. The graphics are beautiful and the concept is intriguing. What a shame that the game just isn't much fun to play.My biggest complaint is that the game is absolutely linear. The story line is linear, the dungeons are linear, and character development seems to have no impact on gameplay. Although the cut scenes allow you to make choices, those choices don't seem to make any difference at all. And the voice-acting and script are sometimes laughably bad--which give the impression that the character you play is a bozo. Once I lost interest in my character, I lost interest in the game. I don't want to be too negative. The game is beautiful to look at, it seems to be bug-free, and it can be entertaining, especially when you enter new environments that are undeniably stunning. If you have a thing for vampires, you'll probably enjoy the game, but if you are looking for the next great role-playing game, this isn't it.
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Summary: Could have been a contender ...
Review: Pros: -great storyline, kept me wanting to learn more and to progress throughout the story. Well-written. -the most beautiful graphics I've seen in a game to date. Shadows! Great, great lighting. -Great adaptation from the pen and paper game. Cons: - BAD, BAD save game problem. Cannot save at will, must use save points. I downloaded a fix that some person made, allowing me to save everytime I equipped with a torch or a flashlight. And the designers will release a patch that fixes this problem. HOWEVER, it should never have been released like this. - Horrible party AI. Your team members are SO stupid. It's party the problem of the game engine. Most of the time your party will get stuck, and won't help you as you're being attacked by Monster X, Y, or Z. Narrow corridors are enough to cause screaming fits, what with all the stupid AI problems. - Ranged weapons are useless. The stupid party members can't use them right. They either shoot you or they are shooting through a wall. It's very rare, very very rare that they actually hit the enemies. I gave up and equipped everyone with swords. This applies to Dark Ages and Modern weapons. - Little role-playing choices. You have a few dialogue choices that you can make, and some affect your humanity, but overall, the storyline is very rigid. Vampire is another case of a game being released two weeks too soon. I would have rather waited for those few weeks, than deal with all the problems (that will be fixed in a patch, presumably). My ideal game? Take the worlds of darkness, and a vampire background, and use the Deus Ex model. I'm not too interested in the Deus Ex story, but the gameplay is superior.
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Summary: Haste Makes Waste
Review: As a fan of the paper and pencil V:TM game, I was delighted when I saw the ads for this program. Upon playing this game, however, my delight turned quickly to disillusionment and then to the desire to put a stake through the game CD and bury it somewhere. My main complaint is that the game seems to have been released before it was truly finished. The most annoying example of this is the lack of an in game save feature. You can only save at your "haven" or use the autosave which saves each time you change levels. This results in having to either (a)re-fight numerous battles if you happen to get killed or (b) run back to the start of the level after you make some progress so the autosave function is triggered. Frustrating and repetetive to say the least. Also, trying to control up to four Vampires and their myriad powers in real time combat without a pause feature is frustrating, especially given the poor AI for non-player vampires(eg. casting auspex when 1 rat shows up). I have heard that the programmers are working on a patch that will address these problems but it's really something that should have been worked out before the game's release - another case of rushing the release a flawed product and trying to fix it later. I gave the game 2 stars instead of 1 because it is beautiful to look at and the plot is somewhat faithful to the original RPG even though dialog is limited and has little effect on the outcome of the game. Bottom line: unless you like retracing your steps numerous times, refighting confusing battles and poorly programmed ally AI's, I would wait until they fix the game or spend my money elsewhere.
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Summary: It captures gothic roleplaying very well.
Review: I found this game very worthly of the genre. The graphics are among the best, and it's not as gory as you are led to believe. The single person game is unique, and full of story plot. The various puzzles in the game are challenging but not overly difficult, and the creators did a good job in trying to bring the entire VAMPIRE game to the computer. It is a fun game. On the down side, you must go into a different area or find a certian scroll in order to save the game, which can be a problem and frustrating at times. I also wish that the game could have come with the ability to print out the characters you make in the multi-player games. All in all - Not bad.
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Summary: Absolutely GREAT!
Review: This game is terrific! Excellent character animation, intresting weapons, and the movement between different eras of time is rather intresting. Though i must admit, single player leaves something to be desired, it isnt enough to hamper the game to the point of it losing a star. Its realistic, and multiplayer games are a true statement. I see Vampire as a game to be played online rather than by yourself, as in the tradition of it's original pen and paper format. Multiplay contained everything i ever needed to run a smooth game. Though it isnt as smooth as a real life WoD game, such things can be expected, with the limited communication ability of the internet (not like you think. it just takes time to type stuff up, send it in and wait for a response, rather than in real life, where you say something, and its heard and responded to instantaneously), Anyhow, i believe i prattled on long enough. This game is great. Like Diablo in 3D. Get it and get it NOW!
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Summary: Hours and Hours of fun.
Review: I followed this game through its stages of development and was very very anxious for it to be released. I'm not a big fan of RPG's, but I love games with great storylines and fantastic graphics and Vampire: The Masquerade is one of them. I was hooked from the first time I popped the CD into my drive, all the way until I (sadly) beat the game. I have never played the P&P version of Vampire, so I was afraid that I would be confused by the storyline and not know what the characters were referring to. But the game explains everything with excellent voice acting and an extensive manual. Alot of people get frustrated with the save feature and the difficulty of the bosses, but would you rather breeze through the game easily or be challenged to earn the right to finish the game? Also, Activision is releasing a patch that is going to allow a "save anywhere feature" and is going to lower the difficulty of the bosses. All in all, this game is !great! and is worth the money.
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