Worth it
Gameplay - Well, its not bad, nor good, it works lets say. It takes a little time to figure out what the best way to survive large battles is and then the same thing works over and over again so, it gets abit repetitive once and awhile, guns are optional and i only found myself using them against bosses and distant enemies, katana takes gold. Quite abit of variance between the vampire clans, you get to choose a clan and either male or female and some of the story changes depending which clan you are, also i found with male i generally end up in fights, and with female i can often charm my way through without a hitch. Stats system is good letting you know what you need to improve to get higher levels of things like lock picking or computer hacking. Can be anoying when you need to find a key and you have no idea where it is. (like a sewer)
Graphics - Lots of pretty design, i often got the fealing the source engine wasn't made for this, frame rate was low initially but was fixed by decreasing the distance level of detail on models then everything ran smooth. Generally a good looking game. (character models - excellent)
Sound - This is an astonishing game when it comes to sound, the narrative for all the characters is excellent and there is lots of it, some characters like the guy in the pawn shop sound like they were quickly voiced by one of the developers, but you don't see them very often so its alright. Guns sound hard hitting, same with blades, excellent sound track with developer made music for adventuring and combat which sounds good and licensed rock and dance tracks for certain occasions, a hint of goth in most tracks but nothing like the anoying midget in cradle of filth, the song in the credits 'lacuna coil - swamped' made me get their album. Ambient sound (i.e the background stuff) is very good, always something to listen to be it distant cars, whispers of ghosts in your ear or the tv or radio - radio being a rip off of one of the funny radio stations in any gta game, but its funny so its good...thats good friggin' chicken.
Value - Well, i'll admit, £5 off of ebay...so excellent value, if i knew how good it was i would have got it full price off the shelf when it came out.
Bit that anoyed me most is you don't get to keep adventuring after the credits, i still needed to do a quest.