It’s genuinely my favorite game of all time, I only found out about it this year and I’m on my fourth playthrough (only finished twice, abandoned my brujah and am saving it for later cuz I wanted to play Malkavian, now I’m on Nosferatu).
If you like WOD lore on its own, check out Coteries of New York, Shadows of New York, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of The Forest. They’re incredible visual novels that I found captivating.
Redemption is a mess, but great if you love WOD/VTM and can deal with Doom ripoffs from that era, but it’s genuinely frustrating to play a lot of the time. I admit I only love it because I’m a huge nerd more dedicated to the lore than I am interested in actual gameplay.
Swansong is buggy and badly animated, but the story was very enjoyable for me, and I think a lot of the problems people have with it are more… Let’s say, things to complain about in a YouTube video, than issues actually worth being upset about as a fan.
The rest are basically text adventure novels, they’re great but it’s ultimately just reading a book in which you make choices about the direction (which Coteries and Shadows also are, but accompanied by absolutely gorgeous artwork and dynamic backgrounds).
Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife is incredible if you have VR 🤩
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road
Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby
Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of The Forest
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Vampyr
Sonic Frontiers
Milk Inside A Bag of Milk Inside A Bag of Milk
Milk Outside A Bag of Milk Outside A Bag of Milk
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Half Life: Alyx
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Dark Souls
Hi-Fi Rush
This seems to act like games and their default difficulty options are commandments carved in stone when they’re not. If I find a game to difficulty to enjoy and then find it enjoyable by cheating, that’s what I’m gonna do.
Winning is good, right? Yeah, but not if it’s too easy
That’s how you feel about it, though, not an objective thing everybody feels the same about. I absolutely cheat whenever I’m finding a game too difficult, and I assure you, I’m still enjoying the game. I don’t know what people get out of what I find to be the extremely infuriating act of repeatedly failing over and over until I finally get it right, but I have not ever felt the sense of accomplishment I’m told I should feel after finally beating something I struggled with. I feel angry and like I wasted a bunch of time when I could have been enjoying something more fun.
I’m just trying to have a good time, not compete with myself or prove that I can learn just the right way and right time to hit certain button combos or whatever.