there still hasnt been an rpg thats exploited the true potential of the genre quite like this one. god its good. bloodlines is basically 60 percent complete, the combat just plain sucks, it drags heavy in the last bits, its cheap, buggy, and a bit too edgy. and its still almost perfect. the sheer amount of character this game manages to squeeze out of its 4 levels is completely insane. the first tiny level, santa monica, has a thousand times more intrigue and texture than every single far cry game map crushed into an infinitely dense cube. the characters sing with maybe the best video game dialogue ever, at least when it comes to style points. you get interesting choice in the missions, and the dialogue/skill trees have a complex/simplistic beauty to them. exploring each map and interacting with the world troika made is really just delightful in ever sense of the word. this game is so "dance nights at your local goth/human torture club" its insane. vtm bloodlines swings for the fences and gets like, a triple at least. maybe gets one into the stands.