Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires

Vampire Masquerade titles to play: Coteries of New York, Night Road, Parliament of Knives, Shadows of New York etc etc are all great but this one is not. The other games are involved and have numerous outcomes over a decent amount of time 5+ hours. This one rushes to a direction, finishes it up in 3-4 pages then hits with the Epilogue. Played it several times but just as lame. Avoid this one I think White Wolf just needed the cash.

несмотря на то, что под конец кажется, что мы куда-то торопимся, из-за чего рушится вся атмосфера, которую первые главы старательно выстраивали, не могу сказать, что не люблю эту игру. наоборот: она одна из моих самых любимых.

I was hoping for a rich contextual story of neonate working their way into the city at night, instead we get woke PC jargon sprinkled with colorful mnemonically shadow character development and plot. It was my hope for a better experience, buyer beware!

I'll say outright that this one is well written, although one can tell that it was by a different hand. The witty humour present in the others is not to be found here, but it is not a bad thing. And yes, it's indeed way shorter than the others. The length being the most often voiced criticism here: If I were to compare it to something tangible: at the beginning it feels like a continuous story, a game running smoothly, but at one point, the whole world springs frantically to action and your frame rate drops so hard that you only get a snapshot here and there. One can get the whole picture, but it sure feels like you should be able to do and see more than you're allowed. The other frequently voiced point - the lack of transparency when it comes to character creation: You do not get to choose explicitly, but if you know your Vampire the Masquerade background, you can easily guess which choices get you what, stats as well as the possible clan. So, just as with the others, with a little planning and thought you can easily get a character you might be aiming for. And the last but not least - the frequently discussed seeming lack of choice: Your choices have consequences just as in the other games, but there is a unique twist in this one. The role of fate - explored from various POVs and, in my opinion, handled well enough to even make you come back and re-read. One may feel powerless on occasion, but I believe that it's kind of the point - sometimes IRL your choices do not bring you the results you had expected or wished for, which makes this particular story indeed feel realistic and dark, completely worthy of being part of the WoD series. It is precisely this aspect of the game that in fact made me replay it (given the shorter length) even more times than the others - I enjoyed re-reading it through the eyes of different characters to see where it would take me given the same or different choices. And I will definitely come back to it some more. Having stated all that, I feel compelled to say that if you liked the others, you should give it a try and read this one too: the setting and the perspective is unique and intriguing. But, given the metaphoric number of blank pages in this tome, wait for a sale.

虽然受批判较多，但实际上vtm味道比 out for blood纯正一些，一群老东西互相背刺设计乱成一锅粥，主角这个怨种被波及其中还不见真相。至于政治游戏这块，评论区其它测评写的蛮中肯的了，也是我的想法，真的很有成为另一个pok的潜力,但奈何作者笔力不足。一个很搞笑的小细节是如果你对你姐抱怨“我再也无法看到日出了”,你姐直接反矫情be like“在油管找个日出视频不就得了”。 现存的几部Vtm if 游戏个人喜好排名 night road> >Parliament of knives >sins of the sires>>>out for blood

This isn't absolutely terrible, just jumps around a lot without good transitions and some of those are extremely jarring with big plot holes. The main writing is alright, but It doesn't feel fleshed out and really finished at all; it's more like an outline or as someone else said a rough draft. It's not in the same league at all as Nightroad, Parliament of Knives or even Coteries of New York (all 3 of them, and not all those are great). This is much shallower and much shorter, stats and skills barely matter at all, the last half is especially rushed. I got this on sale for $8 and finished in under 3 hours, I don't see myself doing another play through. Even on sale I'm not sure I can recommend this. Get the other Vampire the Masquerade ones listed above first, and then Book of Hungry names from the Werewolf ones at least. If you have nothing else to read, because you've played nearly everything else as I have, I still wouldn't pay more than $5.

Coming back weeks later to say... This game haunts me. I've talked to so many friends about this game. I think about Neoptolemos constantly: in the shower, on the bus, while walking to the city center. I have talked to SO many people about Neoptolemos. I have read Sophocles' Philoctetes for the sake of understanding Neoptolemos' namesake now. I have compared translations of Sophocles' Philoctetes to best obtain the best Neoptolemos dialogue lines. I have read parts of the Aeneid. I have gone into the pits of reading books on modern Greek history (sadly written by white and very British men teaching at stuffy old colleges). I have machine translated whole swathes of 18th and 19th century Greek poetry. I have scrubbed the internet for scholars who have written analyses on the portrayal of Thanasis Vayas in Valaoritis' poem. I have COMBED and RECOMBED the game script for hours on end to lick and slobber at the character lore lines. (shotgun sounds) Thank you mister Natalia Theodoridou, the OG Neoptolemos fan. I can only TASTE how hogwild the author of this game went for Neoptolemos, but I am cooking up the soup. I am DRINKING the soup [of Neoptolemos]. mMMmMMmmMmmmmm...

Frist off: I may not recommend this but I had my fun with this game. I really liked the introspective writing style and Athens as the setting is an interesting choice, the descriptions of this ancient city are beautiful. I had a nice time and will probably play this story again some time in the furutre, to explore all the different possbilities. It was very nice visiting the World of Darkness again and this story feels like a part of that fascinating world. But here's the big BUT: It's a very short story. Even though I don't like comparing games with one another, I'll do it this time because it's not the frist VtM novel (by Choice of Games) I read. "Out for Blood" and "Night Road" both took roughly 7 to 8 hours for me to get through for the frist time. This one took me 2,5 hours to get to the end. But all the games I've mentioned cost about the same. "Sins of the Sires" is a nice story itself but shouldn't be priced at 10€ (tbf, I bought it during sale for ~7€ but I still think that was too much for it). Maybe 3-4€ are more appropriate, in my opinion. This story also felt more like a short story, not like a novel. I liked the characters but couldn't get invested in them too much because of the length, which really is a shame. I see the potential and possibilities, it really feels like being in the WoD but comes short in too many regards. And at last, which is a more personal prefrence, I missed having a character sheet. Yes, there are ways in which your character can lean, but having the possibility of failing and/or thinking about "How can I achieve this with my custom charakter?" is something I really enjoy and missed in this installment of the series.

I am a big fan of the Choice of Games Vampire series, I have played and enjoyed all the others. I even have around 80 hours into Night Road because I've replayed it so much. This one is simply not as good. It's the same general formula, and it has some nice characters and art and I actually really enjoy the setting, but everything is just shorter and shallower in this compared to the other games. There isn't much more to say, honestly. Due to the nature of these text games, the actual game play of this is virtually identical to the others, there is just far less of it. Unless you REALLY love the franchise and this series, I wouldn't recommend it. Just go play Night Road, Out For Blood or Parliament of Knives, all of which are great games and much better than this one.

I started with the incomparable Night Road, and my expectations were high and I knew it, so I prepared for disappointment. But not enough. The writing is starts and stops: at times it is good, and then it just fizzles out like a car running out of gas. Theres a skill system, but its never properly used, so just forget about it. Theres a plot, that starts ok, teaches about feminism and LGBT, and then says, **** this, Im out, and commits suicide. I though I was maybe 1/3rd of the way through the game, when it comes to an end. Its not that its not long enough, its that it suddenly stops without coming to a close without explaining anything or giving any closure. You pay the full price, but receive a demo that just ends suddenly. If you play just for the mood, go ahead. Theres a few very good scenes. But dont expect a finished product, expect a half-done manuscript that has some promising bits.