Affectionate Parody: The short-skirted katana-wielding young Japanese demon hunting girl Yukie you meet in Chinatown and the wereshark seem to be some kind of affectionate parody of anime/manga in general, if not anything more specific.They'll become embroiled in local vampire politics and meet a wide cast of characters in their quest to track down an ancient sarcophagus.īloodlines was also the first game to make use of the licensed Source engine from Valve and was technically the first Source engine game completed, but part of their licensing agreement prohibited the game from being released before Half Life 2. After their sire gets offed for Embracing a mortal without the permission of LaCroix, newly instated Camarilla Prince of Los Angeles, the PC finds themselves trying to prove their worth by becoming LaCroix's errand boy. and it would seem an illicitly-embraced one, as well. In the Anarch-controlled city of Los Angeles, the player character is a newly-Embraced vampire. The game takes place in the Old World of Darkness. Though it's not a sequel, fans of Bloodlines will no doubt be pleased to know that the upcoming World of Darkness MMO in development by Crowd Control Productions will be based on the Old World of Darkness, and will start out exclusively focused on Vampire: The Masquerade. The closest thing it has to a Spiritual Successor itself is Alpha Protocol.
An FPS/RPG hybrid, many consider it the best successor to Deus Ex. The final game of Troika Games, composed of the Black Isle exiles responsible for Fallout and Arcanum. "Hurry up, I can only amuse myself for so long."