Vampire: Bloodlines Preview

WorthPlaying has put together a preview of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, based upon what they saw of the CRPG at a recent press event. A snippet:

Bloodlines, due to the flexibility of its character creation and the sheer amount of missions crammed into its cities, is fairly addictive and immersive. The controls will be familiar to anyone who’s mastered an FPS, and there are enough differences between it and the tabletop RPG to set it apart from its source material. No two players will get through the game in exactly the same way. With the right Disciplines, skills, and decisions, Bloodlines can be used to tell whatever story you damn well feel like. You can be anything from a self-loathing vampire who refuses to feed on humans, to a cheerfully monstrous serial killer.

I’m not a big fan of Vampire (remember what I said about redlining the angst-meter? There you go), but from what I played of it, Bloodlines is actually pretty cool. Each run through the game could easily take you sixty hours, and once you finish, you can try again as a totally different kind of character. If you’re looking for a good way to use up a few weeks at a time, Bloodlines has you covered.