One of the greatest burning pile of **** you will play alongside Fallout: New Vegas, probably. Well, first of all you can't even run the game without a community patch. Technical stuff bring a certain difficulty to gameplay for sure. Combat doesn't feel nice and unfortunately it gets obvious that game was rushed and left unfinished towards the end (I god-modded through the ending because of endless enemies and I feel no guilt and no one should). Alongside all that jazz, VtMB brings storytelling, worldbuilding and a dark, atmospheric vampire setting together so well that you even forget how it looks. Most of the characters and their dialogues with the given quests are quite memorable, thanks to the great writing behind them. And with all of that, the game doesn't even take itself so serious, lots of humor is filled within the characters and the world. All these give a certain character to the game that can still bring new audiences (like me) and give chances for more playthroughs. I wish there were more decision making and better impact on world with protagonist's behavior, though.
Anyways, I'll take these unpolished but passionate games over any big budget AAA production that makes you feel nothing at all. VtMB is a classic but nothing in it is perfect.