Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

 PC
Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
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  1. Gamer's Pulse
    96
    One of the best games I've ever played. Can't get enough of it.
  2. GamePro
    90
    If you've ever wanted to be a monster fighting for its soul, or if you've ever had designs of creating your own RPG, then let "Vampire" seduce you to the dark side.
  3. PC Gameworld
    90
    An amazing fantasy game, with a good story that has tremendous replay value.
  5. Antagonist
    90
    "Redemption" surpassed the hype. I love this game.
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  6. Games Radar
    88
    As a multi-player game, though, it has the potential to be unique; a user-definable game more like traditional role-playing than anything any platform has ever seen.
  7. GameSpy
    85
    It has plenty of gameplay, and provides a very intriguing story line. The game redefines the RPG genre and is worthy of anyone's software collection.
  8. Game Over Online
    82
    Where there was mostly frustration before, there is now more room for fun and creativity.
  9. Spank!
    81
    If you're an RPG fan you'll enjoy it; just bear in mind you'll need to go online to best experience it.
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  10. GameZone
    80
    If you are not the squeamish type, and you enjoy RPGs, this game may give you that dark thrill you’ve been waiting for.
  11. Adrenaline Vault
    80
    Can deep characters, a great story, wonderful atmosphere and exquisite graphics overcome a flawed interface and horrible artificial intelligence to make a great game? Not quite, but it still makes for a darn good one.
  12. Electric Playground
    80
    Combines spine-tingling combat, sweet character development and solid story with one hell of an editor.
  13. Da Gameboyz
    78
    Playing "V:TM Redemption" was a real love it, hate it experience.
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  14. PC Gamer
    76
    Fresh out of the box, it's disappointing. But with patches, it could be the king of RPGs. [Sept 2000, p.95]
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  15. Cincinnati Enquirer
    75
    For a game that looks so good, it's a shame it can also be a pain in the neck.
  16. Happy Puppy
    70
    But if you subject the actual gameplay to any real scrutiny, you'll see all sorts of cracks that mar the game's beauty.
  17. CheckOut
    70
    A slew of design issues and bugs rear their ugly heads, making this a game that doesn't live up to its full potential ... yet.
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  18. CNET Gamecenter
    70
    Part of you will want to see where the story goes, even as another part will want to go back into the dark to suck blood and kill the wicked, and that mix will keep you plowing onward.
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  19. IGN
    70
    A grand mess, a game that for all its beauty and energy is plagued by problems which keep it from being a truly great game.
  20. GameSpot
    68
    It's got a great premise and an ambitious design, but the game is mired by its repetitive and often frustrating combat, ill-fated design decisions, and forgettable characters and story.
  21. Game Revolution
    67
    When it works, it sucks you right in, and when it doesn't you just end up slogging through, expecting the good stuff around the next corner.
  22. Eurogamer
    60
    The weak cutscenes, poor combat system and somewhat redundant spell system don't help its cause, and the game falls far short of what it could have been.
  23. Daily Radar
    50
    Unfortunately, it also has crippling flaws that suck fun out of gameplay like a starving Nosferatu gnawing on a rat.
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Awards & Rankings

64
#64 Best PC Game of 2000
14
#14 Most Discussed PC Game of 2000
29
#29 Most Shared PC Game of 2000

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User Score
8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 156 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 115 out of 156
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 156
  3. Negative: 7 out of 156
  1. frankielee
    Apr 18, 2013
    10
    obviously not reaching its full potentiial but that does not matter. this is still is one of the most enjoyable and rich rpg i ever playedobviously not reaching its full potentiial but that does not matter. this is still is one of the most enjoyable and rich rpg i ever played (along with infinity engine rpgs and fallout 1&2). i recently replayed it after 10 years and its story, emotion and solid lore amazed me even more (i was 12 when i first played it so couldn't get the best out of it). definately worth revisiting in 2013. christof is definitely my favorite pratogonist in computer games. i mean you are a crusader in 12th century, a man of GOD, warrior for the kingdom of HEAVEN and turn into a VAMPIRE. and your story goes on and on from 12th century Prague to New York of 1999. how cool is that:)… Full Review »
  2. Wajper
    Oct 10, 2013
    5
    The game suffers the same problem as Dungeon Siege 2 at first everything seems to be OK but after playing for some time you start yawning.The game suffers the same problem as Dungeon Siege 2 at first everything seems to be OK but after playing for some time you start yawning. And you wonder what is wrong with you. The game has a very good story, quality voice-overs, decent graphics, good RPG system BUT... Absurdly idiotic bugs can make you want to slash your wrists (ex. I had to start a new game just after some hour of playing, just because the game system decided to flag couple of monsters as already dead and I could not trigger the cut-scene by killing them you cannot get a lamer "block" bug and I say it not only as a gamer but as a game developer who knows how QA should run their test plans), bosses are overpowered, characters are underpowered, the gameplay is boring and repetitive (you just want kill those damned 100 of monsters as quickly as possible to finish the quest and go to another portion of the very interesting plot)...
    I give 5 to reflect on all of this. Great RPG features sided with terribly lame mistakes on game design and technological fields and boring hack and slash gameplay.    … Full Review »
  3. Nauglamir
    Apr 4, 2012
    9
    Spanning from the Dark Ages to the eve of the second millennium, Vampire: Redemption delivers the player an epic story, recounting the strifeSpanning from the Dark Ages to the eve of the second millennium, Vampire: Redemption delivers the player an epic story, recounting the strife of a crusader soon embraced by vampirism and turned into one of those very creatures he once sworn to defy. The characters met across the game are unique, each one of them embodying the struggle against the curse of immortal life, all of this being delivered through tons of beautiful lines of dialogue which you won't forget. The obvious flaws with the visuals and a sometimes weird AI behaviour and frustrating combat (though typical for an Hack&Slash game) do not undermine an otherwise masterpiece of game history.
    Play through it, you won't regret it.    … Full Review »
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