The talented and gothic little brother of Deus Ex.
With the official + the unofficial patch, Vampires II plays very nicely (if not perfectly). Atmosphere and game-play are a real success, a perfect blend of action and role-playing, with a zest of exciting adventure.
Perhaps because I am reaching the age of 40, and also because I own and have tested more than 300 PC games, I am more and more often disappointed by the aim-for-the-kids-wallet feeling of most of the games released in the 21st century. But man, Bloodlines got much in store to please an adult gamer. And that does not mean it's an erotic or uberviolent game, no (two subjects that by the way, though adult rated, are more focused toward the teens). Vampire vision of the world, its characters attitudes, the game-play itself, feels mature and evolved. It's interesting, cleverly dark, set in a complex and varied environment.
Now, enough of this typing, I head straight back inside Bloodlines. I can't remember having been so much hooked by a game since the first Deus Ex.
See you... in a dark alley.