Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 23 minutes ago

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The Deus Ex Retrospectives may be finished for now but we are far from done with the immersive sim. In this retrospective we take a deep dive into Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines. This is Troika games masterpiece, a game with so much heart and such an incredible story that it outlived it’s troubled release and emerged as a true cult classic in gaming. So what is it about this game that makes it so great? Let's find out.

On a side note, having recently watched some promotional material for bloodlines 2 I wrote and recorded that Seattle was the first area in Bloodlines instead of Santa Monica. You’ll probably notice the changes to the recording as I had to patch it out after.

chapters
00:00 start
02:53 story
09:19 characters
14:43 systems
22:40 combat
24:58 World
32:42 conclusion
35:26 next time

Important credits
The LA sunset time lapse was found here
youtube.com/watch?v=lpQe6PNsYB8

They do time lapse videos here
https://www.pond5.com/collections/387...


The music for the opening segment is called Haunted and it’s by Dynamix recordings and
can be found here

youtu.be/R2lGIWdSr0o

I also used a couple of free stock footage videos from here
pexels.com

Specifically
Video by CityXcape from Pexels

And
Video by Simply Visual from Pexels


You can also find my work on
landoftherisinggamer.com as well as content by some of my friends there.

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