On show last week at Activision's Activate 2004 event in Barcelona, Spain, Vampire couldn't fail to impress visually, as it's one of the first games to use Half-Life 2's awesome Source engine. However from the first bite of a virgin's neck, it's not just the great visuals, but rather White Wolf's pen and paper role-playing system which impresses, as it completely underpins Bloodlines and makes it a genuinely different and highly authentic first-person bloodsucking romp.
Your first decision as a newly created member of Nightwalkers United is choosing which of the main vampire clans you'll join. Like most RPGs, each clan has its own set of strengths and weaknesses, with the Brujah, for example, specialising in combat, the Toreador emphasising Influence and the rather unhealthy looking Nosferatu preferring stealth (they don't get invited to too many dinner parties looking that, you suspect).
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