Good games that got overshadowed

[Bofferbrauer2]

HoloDust said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

The first one, Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption, had it just as bad.

While Bloodlines released during a very busy release window, it's predecessor released at the same time as Diablo II and Deus Ex, two Juggernauts that are fondly remembered today, and Homeworld: Cataclysm and Icewind Dale, which have a very devoted fanbase, plus Age of Empires II and Baldur's Gate II releasing just a month later.

It also certainly didn't help that the season got flooded with Vampire-related games, as Dracula: Resurrection released the same day, plus Vampire Hunter D and Buffy the Vampire Slayer coming out shortly afterwards, with Dracula and Buffy much more well-known to even household names at that time, stealing quite a bit of it's thunder. 

As a result, Redemption is almost forgotten apart from a core fanbase, to the point that most don't even know that Bloodlines wasn't the first one based on the Vampire: The Masquerade license.

If we're completely honest though, Redemption is nowhere as good of a game as Bloodlines.

Depends on what you're looking for. Redemption is more rigid, more linear, and it's rule system got adapted to PC, straying away from the strict points buy system op V:TM.

But story-wise I found it better than Bloodlines, more fleshed-out, and I preferred being in a coterie (even though their AI wasn't anything to write home about) instead of being mostly alone in Bloodlines.

Also, if Redemption hadn't been that good, Bloodlines would never have been greenlit, so there's that.