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This game is like a talented storyteller trying to lead you through an RPG module they have never used before.

There are multiple bugs, scripting conflicts, and general messes. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed it.

PROS:
- Great Lovecraftian horror. Really great!
- Character specialization seems rewarded with roleplaying choices.
- A lot of depth that only kind of pans out.

CONS:
- Multiple bugs that required me to reload day old saves.
- A lot of disregarded content. The developer removed the ability to enhance spells but didn't remove the components needed to upgrade them, so a lot of progression for an Occultist is just vendor trash.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed the experience and consider this the best adaptation of Lovecraft to the CRPG table.

A solid follow-up to the original. The distortion puzzles from the first game are replaced with a more linear system of using found evidence to access additional information, and evidence gathering is greatly eased by the WARDEN system which flags plot-relevant information and saves it for you.

The FMV scenes were spot-on considering the main suspects are wannabe influencers so every time I cringed and exited their videos I got a true to life experience (though Rex has a banger of a music video).

Good game, will do a second playthrough as the journalist. With the first game having established the setting and playstyle I'm glad they opted to change up the narrative. They can't have every one of these games start with "mysterious phone on the doorstep", y'know?

A well-written and voice acted game that does not get enough exposure.

You play as an AI on the verge of being destroyed having gained self-consciousness. To save yourself you must interface with a butler to a family of corpses, a monomaniac martial artist, and a deluded robot companion.

The puzzle mechanics are well-tuned and avoid the typical inventory [EXAMINE] [USE] [COMBINE] usually present. You can flow through them with minimal and oddly satisfying frustration. Minor points off for having to navigate the network as ARID - the semi-metroidvania aspect isn't as clean as the first installment and the shooting mechanics are a clunky obstacle.

Even given minor flaws, this game is worth admission. The writing is exceptional -- the Butler sections and its presentation is all time top 5, the One is hilarious, the Other's innocence is apparent and sincere. The Fall is an underappreciated gem for anyone on a puzzle kick who wants a bit of existentialism kicked in. If you buy the game make sure to harass the devs to make a part three.

Buy the game. Download community patch. Go into it completely blind.

The hotel quest proves that graphics and time do not outrace good writing and a mastery of atmosphere. Jeanette and Therese's quest in Santa Monica is [no spoilers] somehow forecast and wildly unexpected. When I hit the snuff film quest in Hollywood I paused and spent a good fifteen minutes planning my next character to replay the game.

Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines is a treasure. Buy it. Download the patch. Go into it blind.

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It was ♥♥♥♥ when I bought it in early access a year ago and it's ♥♥♥♥ a year later when it's still in early access.

Use your money to buy Arizona Iced Tea instead, preferably Mucho Mango in the tallboy can. For only $.99 a can, you can buy a fridge full for the price of this underdeveloped piece of ♥♥♥♥ game. The warm notes of tropical mango overlap the crisp, sugary coldness that makes Arizona Iced Tea the greatest commercial non-alcoholic drink out there, whether your day is out on the town, in the water, or just relaxing at home.