I don’t know why this took me so long. I knew the game was a classic in one of my favorite genres (messy ambitious action CRPG) and I knew I’d probably love it. I’m a casual VtM fan- never played the TTRPG but I do own a VHS boxset of Kindred: The Embraced (and more recently I’ve really enjoyed the New York visual novels and the comic series from Vault).
I’m a CRPG-loving Elder Goth, what did it take for me to finally play Bloodlines? A one-click mod. I knew unmodded Bloodlines was a nightmare on modern (or vintage) hardware, but I had never done the proper research to get the right mod(s). Then along come GOG with their ultra simple curated mods, which are (literally) game-changing for a kinda dumb and very lazy retro PC gaming enthusiast like myself.
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