[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"] Bloodlines is good, but it depends on w hether older games appeal to you.
fatshodan
Dude, are you serious? Bloodlines isn't even four years old yet (same birthday as Half Life 2) and Source is still being used for new games. I know everyone has their own cutoff point when it comes to age, but four years ago? That just leaves me speechless man!
lol ya I dont know why I said that. I think I was in a hurry to rush off to work. Especially considering Deus Ex is my favorite game and I play it five times a year at minimum, I emediately regret saying that, specifically because Bloodlines is an awesome game.
OK, let me rephrase myself:
The Witcher is a more traditional RPG set in a gothic, medieval-fantasy atsmosphere complete with elves, undead, humans, and whatnot. With that said, The Witcher's mood is a lot darker than other RPGs because the women are either hags or whores, the men are either arrogent or toothless dumbies, and the elves and dwarves are considered terrorists by humans. Its a depressing and dangerous atmosphere, but that is to the game's credit (i.e. I mean it in a good way).
Gameplay consists of, for the most part, character interaction and combat. NPC interaction is pretty typical; you walk up to someone, talk to them, get missions (or get laid, bro'! Dryads FTW!) etc. Combat is sorta-real-time; you click, and you swing your sword, and you cast your spells. There are combos and different styles (fast, slow, and group), etc etc. Alchemy is also a large part of the game, and of being a Witcher (the human-mutant your character is) so that adds depth as well.
The strengths of The Witcher are its dark, gritty atmosphere, usually-great story, entertaining combat and NPC interaction, and its just plain fun.
Bloodlines is an action-RPG. You can play it from either a third or first person perspective depending on your preference (I liked third person for melee and first for when I shoot stuff). But unlike games such as System Shock 2, Deus Ex, and Mass Effect which are pretty much 70% action and 30% RPG, Bloodlines is more like 50% action and 50% RPG.
The real strengths of Bloodlines are depth and replayability. I say depth because there are a lot of types of vampires, and a lot of ways to build off those types. You can be an socialite vampire and practically talk your way through most of the game, or you can be a Nosferatu and stealth your way through it (my personal favorite). Want to use shotguns? Cool, you can. What about your bare fist? Great, snap all the necks you want! You can even club people with a severed arm! Replayability I mention because, as I said before, you can do it so many different ways. There are factions and NPCs you can get on the good or bad side of, etc.
So to sum up, it boils down to this:
1. Do you want a more traditional RPG in a gritty fantasy setting?...
2. Or do you want an action-RPG set in the modern world where you get to be a hot vampire chick and straddle other chicks and suck their blood!?!? Oh ya, with ultra-cool gameplay, NPC interaction, and other stuff.
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