The haunted mansion level is eerily atmospheric, filled with all sorts of scripted events that will keep you on your toes, as well as a fair bit of puzzle-solving. But on the high end, there are very interesting missions, such as an investigation of a haunted mansion. On the low end, there are some standard fetch-style quests that populate most role-playing games-the kind where you simply have to find and retrieve an object for someone. The quests in Bloodlines range in quality, though for the most part there are some excellent missions in the game. Keep in mind that Bloodlines is a mature-rated game and it contains profanity and sexual themes, although it never feels too gratuitous. The dialogue itself is sharply written-there are many memorable lines and phrases uttered by the characters. The game itself is populated by all sorts of interesting characters who come to life thanks to the Source engine's amazing facial expression technology (though the characters in Bloodlines don't look as good as the characters in Half-Life 2). In turn, this gives the game quite a bit of replay value, as it will probably you take at least 20 to 30 hours to get through Bloodlines the first time. This makes for added incentive to go back and replay the game to check out different story paths.
The game also has a cool twist of four different endings, so you can decide how the story will eventually conclude. Part of the fun is figuring out which of the factions you want to ultimately align yourself with. The story itself is filled with all sorts of intrigue, and you'll be caught between the major vampire factions as they battle for supremacy. But before too long, you'll be drawn into the game's overarching story, which deals with the vampiric end times.
You'll start the game in Santa Monica, carrying out all sorts of low-level missions for your vampire lord. And while you can select a gender for your vampire (which affects the kinds of characters you can seduce), you won't actually be able to customize your vampire's appearance, aside from the kind of clothes he or she wears.īloodlines takes place in modern-day Los Angeles, in four major sections of the city. The options range from sophisticated vampires that can talk their way past most situations, to burly vampires who like to intimidate people and pick fights, to demonic vampires who prefer to skulk in the shadows. The idea is that you can create a vampire suited to your style of play. You start Bloodlines by creating a vampire, which you'll do by conforming to the seven major vampire types found in the pen-and-paper game. Now Playing: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Video Review By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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