And after you do, get the latest community patch: http://www.gamefront.com/files/20386516/VTMBup75_exe
 
Everyone I know who's played this has said it's one of the most incredible RPG's they've ever played. I've only played for about four hours and am already loving it.

This game is really old, it should be cheaper, though I am interested

One of my favorite games of all time. Get it NAOE.
 
Also, use these unofficial patches, it is unplayable without them.

I really genuinely have wanted to play this since it came out...but I still can't justify spending more than 5 bucks on it. And I actually feel kind of guilty about that.

It's a good game,but it has some major problems.

I can attest to the greatness of VTM: Bloodlines.
 
It's probably the only PC game to come close to matching the depth of Deus Ex.

Play as a Malkavian.

I enjoyed VTM: Redemption more, but it's a different type of game, and older. Bloodlines is good too though!

Hell yes & highly recommended, after playing through (if new to White Wolf Vampire the Masquerade) try one of the balanced clans like the Tremere, Brujah, Gangrel just because there's a decent amount of combat & once you're familiar with the gameworld as others have put it. Try out the malkavian (insane & insightful) clan, pref. female. The dialogue alone with the malkavian is drop dead funny & quite memorable.

Play as a Malkavian.

Hmm... I have heard very good things about the game... but very, very bad things about the bugs... Tough call...

@ATrevelan said:

@VelvetLore04 said:

Play as a Malkavian.

...the second time around. It's nice to go through as a sane character the first time, allowing you to appreciate the absolute madness of the Malkavians on your return visit.

I'll second this: when you play as a Malkavian the second playthrough, you realize that the Malkavian knows what's going to happen before it happens. Plus all the puns and wordplay make more sense when you already know what's going on.

You have an La noir avatar so i dont trust your taste in games

Hmm... I have heard very good things about the game... but very, very bad things about the bugs... Tough call...

Hell yes & highly recommended, after playing through (if new to White Wolf Vampire the Masquerade) try one of the balanced clans like the Tremere, Brujah, Gangrel just because there's a decent amount of combat & once you're familiar with the gameworld as others have put it. Try out the malkavian (insane & insightful) clan, pref. female. The dialogue alone with the malkavian is drop dead funny & quite memorable. 

 
@fox01313 said:

Hell yes & highly recommended, after playing through (if new to White Wolf Vampire the Masquerade) try one of the balanced clans like the Tremere, Brujah, Gangrel just because there's a decent amount of combat & once you're familiar with the gameworld as others have put it. Try out the malkavian (insane & insightful) clan, pref. female. The dialogue alone with the malkavian is drop dead funny & quite memorable. 

Interesting. Thanks for the info. I started my first playthrough last night as a Tremere. The whole story with their blood magic and how it makes the other clans wary of them sounded really cool.  I've only done a few quests, but I already have a good chunk of playtime behind me. The conversations in this game are SO good. Amazing dialogue from almost every character I meet.

@fox01313 said:

@Kyle:
The unoffical patches fixed most of the bugs for me as I played it not too long ago & had very little buggy moments. Those patches cleaned up the game quite well & I probably couldn't have made it through the game now without them.

Can also grab them all from fileplanet.
http://www.fileplanet.com/100454/0/0/0/1/section/Patches

@Fjordson said:

@Kyle said:

Hmm... I have heard very good things about the game... but very, very bad things about the bugs... Tough call...

Years ago you'd be right to be wary, but this now has over half a decade worth of fixes and tweaks from the community. It' runs great today.

Okay, I'm convinced.

Man I love that game, but I'm still not buying it for 13 bucks. Not when significantly newer and bigger games are 5$ on sale.

Get it down to like... 9,99 or something and I'd have a hard time saying no though.

I have it, and I didn't enjoy the combat at all. Not even "Oh, this game is an old RPG" not enjoying, but a sincere distaste. That coupled with a few early missions that are heavily focused on combat equals a game I became heavily disinterested in, despite loving the actual White Wolf RPGs. I think it's a really interesting port, but being a game that has so much early combat that SUCKS, I was struggling for the first portion. I really wish I had the patience for shitty combat anymore, but it was just too much. I doubt I would have enjoyed much more of the game, unless the setpieces became noticeably better.  
 
Oh hell, I'm going to install it now. 

I was going to do an L.A. Noire "doubt-option" interview joke, with the comment that was posted... but decided the previous picture had already done the comment enough justice.

Man, I remember playing through this game with some of the... less complete patches.  Still a blast through all of the bugs and issues, and the sheer opportunity they gave you to screw with people in the dialogue was fantastic.  That prince was an asshole, The twin nightclub owners were awesome, the supposedly haunted mansion was fantastic... I really wouldn't mind another go at this.

13 bucks isn't that big of a deal. It's a substantial game that you can play through multiple times (the different vamp clans are cool), and even though the combat is problematic it's a great RPG in many respects

For those who feel that $13.99 isn't quite low enough, wait it out. This should be on sale until the 10th I believe, or somewhere around there, so there's a chance it could get a daily deal between now and then and go down in price even more.
 
Though I have to say, there seems to be a lot of game here. And for less than the cost of most downloadable games these days that are a fraction of the size.

I miss playing the LARP version of VTM. That was some funny shit. Brujah (sp?)  all the way.

It's a pretty awesome game, Fallout 3 reminds me of it, mostly through the dialogue system.

I got it because I figured it wasn't going to get any cheaper (because if people remembered that the game existed at all, they would've dropped the base price from $20 years ago), although it still has problems running on my computer despite me jacking all the settings down (and despite newer games performing fine). If I get it to run smoothly, you can bet that there will be a blog about it somewhere down the line. I'm not guessing it will grab me the same way Temple of Elemental Evil did, but I might as well see the full extent of what Troika has made for myself.

Who owns the Vampire-license right now? Would be cool if Obsidian could make one of these games. One can dream..

Just purchased it for the sole purpose to have it sitting in my digital library. For the sake of a backup.

I still have the original disk lying around somewhere in my old collection.

It's definitely one of the greats. Games like this are remembered.

The early haunted house mission is one of the best levels ever. There's some excellent character design (the sisters that own the nightclub) and dialogue sadly let down by a reliance on combat in places and bugs.

I've never managed to complete it (blocked on the last level with a buggy door that wouldn't open), so you'll definitely need the unofficial patches.

@Getz said:

@ATrevelan said:

@VelvetLore04 said:

Play as a Malkavian.

...the second time around. It's nice to go through as a sane character the first time, allowing you to appreciate the absolute madness of the Malkavians on your return visit.

I'll second this: when you play as a Malkavian the second playthrough, you realize that the Malkavian knows what's going to happen before it happens. Plus all the puns and wordplay make more sense when you already know what's going on.

Well, that's the whole thing with Malkavians innit, they gave up their sanity to see the world as it really is?

The early haunted house mission is one of the best levels ever. There's some excellent character design (the sisters that own the nightclub) and dialogue sadly let down by a reliance on combat in places and bugs.

I've never managed to complete it (blocked on the last level with a buggy door that wouldn't open), so you'll definitely need the unofficial patches.

Wasn't it cheaper a few days ago?
 
Hmm, -33% discount either means that it did, or it is yet to go down in price.

14$ for a 7 year old game? No thank you.

Wasn't it cheaper a few days ago?  Hmm, -33% discount either means that it did, or it is yet to go down in price.

14$ for a 7 year old game? No thank you.

Bought it and enjoying it.

I bought it.  STOP BEING FUCKING CHEAP.
 
This game is fucking amazing.  With the community patch, I have run into no bugs, or any crashes at all.  While the combat isn't perfect, everything and I mean EVERYTHING else in this game is top notch.  Buy it.  Buy it now!

Waiting for it to drop price this week.
If not, I'll get it last day.
 
I love the style and atmosphere in the game, its so dark and gritty!

I feel bad that I bought this game for $5 from D2D in 2009 and still haven't played it yet. Curse you backlog!

I bought it.  STOP BEING FUCKING CHEAP.  This game is fucking amazing.  With the community patch, I have run into no bugs, or any crashes at all.  While the combat isn't perfect, everything and I mean EVERYTHING else in this game is top notch.  Buy it.  Buy it now!

Waiting for it to drop price this week. If not, I'll get it last day.  I love the style and atmosphere in the game, its so dark and gritty!

14$ for a 7 year old game? No thank you.

Can not recommend this game enough. If you have the spare cash and time buy this game.

@Venatio said:

This game is really old, it should be cheaper, though I am interested

It is one year older than the 360, it's not that old. Besides Half Life 2 is from the same year and still holds up. I agree it should be cheaper though. I've seen it in bargain bins for €5 for years. However I paid €60 back in 2004 and it was well worth it.

but.. its 13 bucks to Activision.. not 13 bucks to the Vampire Franchise Resurrection fund...

If you like RPGs, you will propably love this!

The dialog, the exploration... ahhh.

@Nentisys said:

If you like RPGs, you will propably love this!

The dialog, the exploration... ahhh.

hows the fucking?

i recall the game begins with you fucking another vampire thus making you a vampire.

A tip to anyone who dislikes the combat in this game: pump points into stealth.

The game becomes very easy when you can sneak up on whoever you want and feed on them, I barely fought for the entire game (played my first time through as the ummm dilettante artsy vampires, can't think of the clan name).

Pump the rest into talking, and you'll be fine until at least the end game.

Hm, I'll think about it...
 
Someone really should post a summary in haiku form explaining why thing game is good :o

@BeachThunder:

Vampires a plenty

Fun story and dialogue

Buy this game now sir