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How to have the best Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines experience today

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines was blatantly unfinished when it came out in 2004. Some of the staff at Troika Games scrambled to get a patch together as the studio was closing, but even after that there was still work to be done.

It’s janky, but worth playing today, especially in the wake of the Bloodlines 2 announcement. If you’re revisiting Bloodlines or playing it for the first time, here are some tips that’ll help you get the best experience.

DOWNLOAD THE UNOFFICIAL PATCH

A modder named Werner Spahl, aka Wesp5, took on the work left unfinished by the developer, and his Unofficial Patch is an essential fix. Now up to version 10.3, it has a

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