Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 156 Ratings

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  1. DemmiahK.
    May 5, 2002
    7
    Truly captivating but poorly executed. Sometimes I feel as though I should be in the game fighting simply because the AI doesn't allow my character do so in a fast and efficient enough manner. (Also, were not bloodsuckers, just confused.)
  2. EtaYoriusMystic
    Dec 15, 2009
    10
    THE Best RPG EVER, honestly... you have to check on what the community has done, there is still community that support this game even after 9 years of its release, i dont understand how the "Critics" say its repetivive... im sure they never EVER played with the ST System which was copied by Neverwinter Nights, a MUST play RPG for a true RPG and Vampire fan.
  3. UncleEd
    Nov 27, 2020
    9
    I am surprised to have enjoyed this game so much. Redemption is the rather obscure predecessor of the cult classic Bloodlines. You follow the adventures of former crusader (now a vampire) Christof from Dark Ages Europe to modern day London and New York. There are too many technical problems about Redemption. Plenty of bugs, bad camera angles, broken pathfinding, poor AI. But whereas VtM:I am surprised to have enjoyed this game so much. Redemption is the rather obscure predecessor of the cult classic Bloodlines. You follow the adventures of former crusader (now a vampire) Christof from Dark Ages Europe to modern day London and New York. There are too many technical problems about Redemption. Plenty of bugs, bad camera angles, broken pathfinding, poor AI. But whereas VtM: Redemption fails miserable from a technical standpoint; it excels at another: atmosphere.

    As a game released in 2000, it is remarkable how much VtM: Redemption makes you feel like a vampire, think like a vampire. You start enjoying the dark, feeling relief when you manage to suck some fresh blood and embrace your vampire self over your “humanity”.

    In terms of game mechanics, VtM: Redemption plays like a slightly more complex hack n slash game (similar to Diablo). The complex part comes from the ability to pause the game and give instructions to each of your characters, as well as the Vampire the Masquerade ruleset with all its unique vampire skills. You also need to keep an eye on your humanity. Feeding on a poor beggar may seem tempting to replenish your blood, but you will lose humanity which may have consequences in the grand scheme of things.

    If you can look past its technical issues, VtM: Redemption is a brilliant journey with an epic dark romance story that will prove to be an unforgettable experience.

    8.5/10    … Expand
  4. 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 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 beingSpanning 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.    … Expand
  5. 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 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 inobviously 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:)… Expand
  6. 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. 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 ofThe 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.    … Expand
  7. PhiloHippus
    Mar 31, 2011
    10
    I absolutely loved this game. Going from human to uber medieval vamp and then waking up an old and powerful supernatural creature in the 20th century, all weaved with a dark and engaging storyline, fun combat and surprising abilities, rates this title as one of my fondest RPG experiences, certainly not as epic but just as endearing as Dragon Age Origins, Baldur's Gate 2 and Fallout.
  8. DeusXCom
    Aug 5, 2014
    10
    This game struck exactly the right blood vein in me when I played it back on 2000. From the intro, to the main theme music in menu, to first steps in dark ages Prague, to turning into vampire and experiencing adventures from the medieval and beyond. I completely loved this experience. Especially the historic parts in Prague and Vienna were fantastic. I loved the story, I loved the voiceThis game struck exactly the right blood vein in me when I played it back on 2000. From the intro, to the main theme music in menu, to first steps in dark ages Prague, to turning into vampire and experiencing adventures from the medieval and beyond. I completely loved this experience. Especially the historic parts in Prague and Vienna were fantastic. I loved the story, I loved the voice acting, the atmosphere, the music, I eventually finished it 3 times and then played some of the unique multiplayer where one player creates the adventure and plays as a game master for another player, I loved every single bit of this title. 10/10… Expand
  9. ShadowXENUS
    Nov 7, 2013
    9
    The first and the last true vampire RPG. "Vampire: The Masquerade" is the game series that should be revived. Sadly the game came to the final death.
  10. Arkhan
    Oct 25, 2017
    10
    This game is simply amazing.

    Environment and mood are fantastic, coherent, and make you feel everything real. Its the typical gothic/dark style of Vampire pen and paper by World of Darkness, and very good to catch that mood. Dialogs are great, npc are well characterized, voices are excellent, perfect for the character they belong. The story is good, even if is somehow a bit short and    This game is simply amazing.

    Environment and mood are fantastic, coherent, and make you feel everything real. Its the typical gothic/dark style of Vampire pen and paper by World of Darkness, and very good to catch that mood.
    Dialogs are great, npc are well characterized, voices are excellent, perfect for the character they belong. The story is good, even if is somehow a bit short and simple, but it is so masterfully written that feels so good. Consider that the game is "short", about 30 hours, which is less than the typical rpg of that time, so the story is "short" as well if i compare it to Planescape Porment for example.. But those 30 hours are magnificent.
    I didnt like the modern times much but that's a personal preference.
    The main character is not black and white but has a lot of internal struggle for his damnation and his past life, and its well developed.
    Of course you have graphics from 2000, which at the time were magnificent, but now it aged poorly especially because polygonal models are evidently old, and even faces espression. But this doesnt matter in an rpg of course, and doesnt detract from the great experience.
    And lastly, music: just amazing, one of the best soundtracks ever made.
    Play this game if u havent, even in 2017 or later    … Expand
  11. HonestCritic198
    Aug 30, 2017
    10
    One of the most underrated RPGs ever made. It is hillarious how overrated its sequel, Bloodlines, is, yet no one ever mentions Redemption anywhere despite it being far ahead of it. It had stellar graphics and production values for 2000, a great rpg system, great story and characters. I really loved the different ages this game covered, from medieval to modern day.

    Such an underrated    One of the most underrated RPGs ever made. It is hillarious how overrated its sequel, Bloodlines, is, yet no one ever mentions Redemption anywhere despite it being far ahead of it. It had stellar graphics and production values for 2000, a great rpg system, great story and characters. I really loved the different ages this game covered, from medieval to modern day.

    Such an underrated gem. Forget Bloodlines, it is trash. Play Redemption.    … Expand
  12. Broyax
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    Ce jeu porte fort bien son nom puisqu'il est effectivement une totale mascarade ! il a l'air d'un jeu mais c'est une daube ; il a l'air d'un jeu de rôle ?... c'est une daube ! il a l'air intéressant... il est injouable ! je me rends bien compte que ce vieux machin date sensiblement mais l'interface (affreuse) semble sortie de la fin des années 80... les combats sont grotesques et ne sontCe jeu porte fort bien son nom puisqu'il est effectivement une totale mascarade ! il a l'air d'un jeu mais c'est une daube ; il a l'air d'un jeu de rôle ?... c'est une daube ! il a l'air intéressant... il est injouable ! je me rends bien compte que ce vieux machin date sensiblement mais l'interface (affreuse) semble sortie de la fin des années 80... les combats sont grotesques et ne sont qu'une mascarade !

    Caméra mal foutue, déplacements uniquement à la souris en cliquant par terre (sérieusement ?) difficulté mal gérée et non réglable de toute façon : première quête, premiers monstres : on se fait repasser en deux temps, trois mouvements, pour ainsi dire... mais t'es sérieux, là ? le sale jeu de merde, putain !

    Tout en anglais de toute manière, la carte est très mal faite, on ne sait pas où on est (c'est l'épreuve d'orientation de Con-Lanta ?) et bien entendu globalement très moche, même pour un jeu de 2000... Pas de temps à perdre sur une vieille daubasse.    … Expand
  13. Genek13
    Nov 15, 2019
    5
    Hard to describe an experience with this game.
    I have mixed feelings with it.
    If I have to describe it in three words it will be - WIERD AND AVERAGE
  14. TonyC.
    Aug 29, 2001
    9
    It's a great game...the only bad thing is is that it's SOMETIMES, I repeat SOMETIMES, a pain in the neck.
  15. WaightZer
    Jun 25, 2008
    10
    One of my most favorite PC games ever. Very good graphic for its time. All movie vampires become weak comparing the ones in this game.
  16. PhalipaM.
    Jul 9, 2001
    10
    This game has so many cool things you can do with your person.
  17. JuniorD.
    Aug 17, 2001
    9
    Cooooooooooool.
  18. [Anonymous]
    Aug 5, 2001
    9
    One of the truly greatest games I have ever played; I waiver between this and "BG2." One of the few complaints I have is that if you have played this game enough,(I have played it three times) you realize that you are better off when you don't use your coterie. Their AI is horrible, they attack indiscriminately, and they waste blood at the slightest provocation. The last two times I One of the truly greatest games I have ever played; I waiver between this and "BG2." One of the few complaints I have is that if you have played this game enough,(I have played it three times) you realize that you are better off when you don't use your coterie. Their AI is horrible, they attack indiscriminately, and they waste blood at the slightest provocation. The last two times I have played this game, in fact, I have fought probably 98% of the battles on my own. Otherwise a great game!!… Expand
  19. John
    Dec 5, 2002
    10
    Where is the second part??
  20. BrunoM.
    Sep 11, 2002
    10
    The game is the best , but sometimes the rats go past the wall but i am sure that is not a problem, they are probably phantom rats!!
  21. Avi
    Jun 18, 2005
    8
    One of the best storytellers. The adventure, the magic, the power amazingly astonishing. The RPG interface really sucked. They could do better then a "mouse fighting" interface... Few bugs, but nothing to worry about.
  22. Amadeus
    Mar 15, 2002
    8
    The only drawbacks were the AI, and a lack of freedom in some pivotal areas of the storyline. Despite these faults, it was fun for hours and offers excellent re-playability.
  23. Mezdec
    Apr 19, 2002
    9
    Truly awesome and unique!
  24. NickL.
    May 28, 2002
    10
    It Rocks!!! This is THE GAME!!!
  25. JohnR.
    Sep 13, 2008
    9
    In my opinion one of the best RPGs ever. Yes, it gets quite monotounous often but which typical hack & slay doesn't? And unlike Dungeon Siege or Diablo Vampire comes with a stirring storyline that's being told in billions of lines of beautiful dialogues. It's a pity that it had been forgotten so fast. As for me: I'll definetely replay the main storyline at least one In my opinion one of the best RPGs ever. Yes, it gets quite monotounous often but which typical hack & slay doesn't? And unlike Dungeon Siege or Diablo Vampire comes with a stirring storyline that's being told in billions of lines of beautiful dialogues. It's a pity that it had been forgotten so fast. As for me: I'll definetely replay the main storyline at least one more time (I've already done so twice).… Expand
  26. EtaYorius
    Dec 2, 2021
    8
    One of the best RPG games back in the day... i wrote another review but somehow lost the pass for the other account.

    The game has incredibly huge replayability value, you can create nice scenerarios with the StoryTeller system because it allows you to place NPCs, Props and Item in any way you like. Also, modding tools are very flexible, i am still to this day (2021) doing mods for this    One of the best RPG games back in the day... i wrote another review but somehow lost the pass for the other account.

    The game has incredibly huge replayability value, you can create nice scenerarios with the StoryTeller system because it allows you to place NPCs, Props and Item in any way you like. Also, modding tools are very flexible, i am still to this day (2021) doing mods for this game, it never gets old!    … Expand
  27. iddqd4
    Jan 23, 2018
    6
    このテキストは私のプロフィールにスコアが表示されるようにここにあります。
  28. arostislavna
    Nov 10, 2021
    9
    Fantastic, not perfect but very close.

    75 characters. seventy-five characters.
  29. AbaddonMason
    Dec 27, 2021
    9
    Очень нравится сеттинг Мира Тьмы. До этого играл только в Bloodlines, и вот наконец я прошел Redemption. И на мое удивление игра 2000 года отлично играется и в 2021. Из минусов наверное только не самое удобное управление, а в остально очень годно. Играл специально с русской озвучкой, уж больно смешной она мне показалась, хотя видел, что в оригинале очень крутые голоса подобраны. ПорадовалОчень нравится сеттинг Мира Тьмы. До этого играл только в Bloodlines, и вот наконец я прошел Redemption. И на мое удивление игра 2000 года отлично играется и в 2021. Из минусов наверное только не самое удобное управление, а в остально очень годно. Играл специально с русской озвучкой, уж больно смешной она мне показалась, хотя видел, что в оригинале очень крутые голоса подобраны. Порадовал и сюжет, особенно переход из старого мира в современный. Крутой саундтрек, в Лондонском Тауэре вобще под него залипал. С паком HD текстур и в 4к даже сейчас игра выглядит неплохо, хотя конечно хотелось бы когда нибудь увидеть ремейк этой игры, по мне, она очень этого заслуживает.… Expand
  30. mrrealperson
    Feb 13, 2020
    7
    Вот не считая отвратительной боёвки, скучных локаций и то что игра стара как мир, лор и сюжет на редкость хороши! Множество хороших задумок, которые не так часто встречаются в видеоиграх. Из многих локальных историй можно хоть фильмы снимать, настолько они хороши. Современный игрок может всё это дело не оценить, из-за большого количества технических недостатков, в 2020м в такое сложноВот не считая отвратительной боёвки, скучных локаций и то что игра стара как мир, лор и сюжет на редкость хороши! Множество хороших задумок, которые не так часто встречаются в видеоиграх. Из многих локальных историй можно хоть фильмы снимать, настолько они хороши. Современный игрок может всё это дело не оценить, из-за большого количества технических недостатков, в 2020м в такое сложно играть. Однако, если вы любите хорошие сюжеты и огромные лоры, то это игра для вас. Пожалуй может смутить ещё:
    -Большое количество библейских метафор.
    -Любовная линия, хоть и выстроена очень грамотно, всё же иногда может уходить в дикие сопли. Конечно, вкусовщина, но не всем нравится.
    -Локализация. Среди кучи пиратских переводов нормального толком нет. Играйте лучше в оригинале
    -Даты. Да, с историческими данными разрабы накосячили, год указанный в начале игры не соответствует истории примерно лет на 100.    … Expand
  31. Ralsto
    Jun 18, 2020
    6
    You guys gushing over this game and giving it 10's clearly have some serious nostalgia issues. There are things to like about this game, sure. The writing is pretty good and the graphics were pretty good for their time and are still enjoyable if you like seeing that classic late 90's 3D PC game design. Gameplay is extremely messy though.

    Imagine trying to play Baldur's Gate or any other    You guys gushing over this game and giving it 10's clearly have some serious nostalgia issues. There are things to like about this game, sure. The writing is pretty good and the graphics were pretty good for their time and are still enjoyable if you like seeing that classic late 90's 3D PC game design. Gameplay is extremely messy though.

    Imagine trying to play Baldur's Gate or any other similar CRPG, except there's no pause button to give your party orders, your team's AI is completely braindead, and you've also got to be micromanaging your whole team's blood levels during all of this in realtime. Your characters all have so many abilities and spells and will barely ever get to use any of them because there's no time and none of your teammates can be trusted to do anything properly when left alone. I see a lot of people here comparing this to Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and Dragon Age, which is really weird because this is missing SO many basic features that made those games work (and this even came out a few years after the original Baldur's Gate so you'd think they'd have incorporated them since they were clearly going for that type of feel).

    Sure, they can help out with basic attacks, but they can often even mess that up as even in "neutral" mode they'll rush after a single fleeing enemy and pull down a whole room full of enemies on you while you're still not finished with the previous group, and you're almost certainly dead when this happens. You can try setting them on "defensive", but then they'll just stand there doing absolutely nothing unless they're directly attacked. They'll just stand there and watch you die without any orders. There's also "aggressive", which is so aggressive that they'll start mindlessly slaughtering innocent villagers and not even drinking them. This mode doesn't seem to have any use at all unless you're planning on doing a full evil run, and even then you still wouldn't want it turned on in any actual combat area. (Oh and there are also some areas with sunlight hazard zones that they'll just plow right through until they die if you don't walk everyone through individually)

    Your idiot comrades also like to stop doing anything you've ordered them to the second you switch characters, including drinking much needed blood from an enemy, and seem to go out of their way to pointlessly waste as much blood as possible if you give them any halfway decent abilities/spells of their own. The spellcaster characters especially will just spam their most powerful spells in any given situation and waste their whole blood supply just to help take down a single weak enemy, so you'll have to leave them low on blood and weak on purpose just to get them to stop because otherwise you'll have to use up the whole team's blood supply to keep them full. It's just annoying.

    Then there's that camera and the godawful movement controls. You can basically choose between a 3rd person view that's too close and too tilted to ever see as well as you'd like (especially with how massive the UI overlay is) or a top down view that's also too close and tilted to be any use at all. This gets worse as you get into later areas where you're fighting in a lot of tight quarters and encountering some small enemy types. The view is so bad that you'll often find yourself frantically spinning around trying to even be able to find the tiny spot to click on the little guys so you can attack (and did I mention you have to manually click attack for every single strike?). 3rd person view still gives you the best view and yet there are no manual controls so you still have to use mouse clicks to make your character move (did I mention the mouse click movement is unresponsive and has awful pathfinding??).

    Look, if you have some nostalgic attachment to this game that's fine. It does have it's good points and it can still be appreciated by us people who were around playing games back then, but gtfo of here with these ridiculous 10/10 reviews. This is a VERY flawed game and it deserves all of its average or lower scores. I'm more of a fan of Bloodnet myself, but I would never give that game a 10/10 either because like this it's almost all style and not much substance. It's great that they clearly had a lot of ambitious ideas for the time, but that doesn't mean much when most of the ambitious gameplay mechanics don't actually function properly (and yes I "know how to play the game" and yes I finished it, but brute forcing my way through a bunch of broken stuff was a struggle that constantly bounced back and forth between fun and frustrating). You kids need some Planescape: Torment in your life if you want to see how a game like this is supposed to be done.    … Expand
  32. Matheusribc
    Mar 13, 2022
    10
    Best vampire game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  33. PenetratorGod
    Sep 4, 2023
    4
    It's probably impossible to come across a game in the Masquerade series that doesn't have problems. On the other hand, there is a game that is so old that there is no way to play it anymore.
  34. kafa_ua
    Sep 2, 2023
    9
    I back to this dark universe after 20ty years and still it's alot deep and intriguing.

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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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
  1. 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.
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  2. 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]
  3. 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.
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