A Great game sadly flawed and very under rated, very glad I picked it up..
I wish this game had been in development longer!! if they had used a better engine and had worked more on the combat esp. ranged, then this would have been one of the best games of all time!!
The atmosphere in the game is superb and it backed up by a very appropriate sound track, the plot is brilliant and very immersive though it does become less so as the game progresses. The first and perhaps second game areas (of which there are four) are really astoundingly good.
The actual gameplay is somewhat similar to Deus Ex although the plot/RPG element is much stronger.
Troika have done a wonderful job of translating white wolf's Masquerade world into a computer game, and you can create your character from one of 7 different clans which have quite different abilities and even dialogue options; although at about roughly half way though the game this pretty much goes out of the window somewhat as you have no choice but to fight some very tough battles which forces you to focus more on combat abilites.
The combat isnt really all that bad though the guns seem ridiculusly underpowered and inaccurate, close combat is generally more effective.
You cant help but feel though that with just some simple tweaking the combat could have been much more pleasurable.
If you like vampire mythology you'll love this game, if you like RPGs you'll love this game, otherwise give it a miss.