Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption

Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption
Format: Windows / Mac
Released: June 2000
Nihilistic Software



In the game’s storyline, the protagonist Christof falls in love with a nun named Anezka who tends his wounds after he falls in battle. Christof, not fully recovered, ventures into the Bonn Silver Mines (near Prague) to kill Azhra, a twisted Tzimisce vampire. His glorious return to Prague doesn't go unnoticed by the local vampire leaders and soon he is embraced (turned into a vampire) by Ecaterina the Wise, leader of the Brujah clan, as to boost the ranks of vampires in preparation for a brewing battle between vampire clans.

Having been made one of the undead, the passionate crusader has to realize that he deviated from his religious mission long ago; being only a mundane soldier, he was easy prey for the vampires. His rebellious nature, however, urges him to find a way to redeem his soul, perhaps by regaining his mortal state. But before long, in a move designed to torment Christof (in retaliation for dispatching Azhra), the nun is kidnapped and turned into a ghoul.



This changes Christof's part in the course of events, since he is now being wracked with guilt as he feels his affection towards Anezka led her down a path of sin. Christof swears to face the vampires who took her and restore her life as human.


In his quest, being a powerful vampire, he must learn to conquer his dark side and gain experience with his new powers (vampiric disciplines, similar to spells) to fight against a world of darkness that unfolds before him, as he learns more about this new world he is now a part of, while struggling to maintain his humanity and the faith he once had as a holy knight.





Christof eventually finds the vampires responsible only to find the pure woman of God that he fell in love with is now a twisted, violated creature of the night who shuns him as an emotional weakling. In a climactic battle he is buried under tonnes of rubble, only to awaken centuries later in the modern world, uncovered by an archæological dig, and faced by a whole new series of challenges – including as a fearsome new enemy whose actions may well doom the entire world. The game sports three different possible outcomes, depending on certain choices in the game which affected Christof’s humanity level either negatively or positively.

Twelve of the thirteen great vampire clans (from the original storytelling game) feature in Redemption, in one form or another. The only exception are the Ravnos, a nomadic clan of Roma (Gypsy) background.


Offical site: http://www.nihilistic.com/vampire_story.htm






96% Gamer's Pulse
One of the best games I've ever played. Can't get enough of it.

50% Daily Radar
Unfortunately, it also has crippling flaws that suck fun out of gameplay like a starving Nosferatu gnawing on a rat.