Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2004

Is it still worth playing?

Troika Games' 2004 action role playing game for Windows, built on Valve's Source engine and set in 21st century Los Angeles across four hubs, Santa Monica, Hollywood, downtown and Chinatown. The game shipped unfinished after Activision cut its funding months before launch. You play in first or third person. Any Camarilla clan can be chosen, each with three disciplines and a double edged trait: Malkavian dialogue turns into cryptic prophecy, and Nosferatu are barred from most social interaction because of their looks. Levels resemble Deus Ex, with several routes, guard routines, hacking and lockpicking, and the unofficial community patches are included in the GOG version. The clan you choose changes what you can do and say, so a second run in the same city plays differently, and that is why it is still worth playing today.