Vampire: Bloodlines Preview

GamePro has whipped up a quick preview of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Troika’s upcoming CRPG set in White Wolf’s World of Darkness. A snip:

Another check for wanton acts of evil is your “Humanity” stat, which goes down when committing more malicious acts such as sucking a person’s blood to death. If a player’s humanity stat reaches a certain low point, the character will enter a frenzy stat when low on hit-points, causing the computer to temporarily take control of your character and go wild–disastrous if outside on a street.

Combat is action-oriented, though not as intense or demanding as other 3D button mashers. The fighting can be divided into two categories–melee and shooting. Players can evil get medieval on their foes with swords and axes, or take the high-tech road of automatic weapons and flamethrowers.