Played this game twice...

>and has much more in common with modern walking simulators than most other games
What?

you shold wait for the sequel.
The first game is pretty old and the graphics are outdated. The sequel will have thousand times more polygons HDRI and bumpmapping effects. You can already see the nive haze in the youtube demos from E3.

The old game is also culturally very dated and references gothic music or fashion that can be quite comical at times. The new game will have licensed youtube up and coming artists. The genre will span techno, rnb/rap but also modern ballads. The fashion will be updated to reflect the taste of the modern youth and all this should generate un uptick in popularity and early adoption among popular influencers.

imagine having this little critical thinking skills

I know what makes this game good, some interesting characters and its dark urban atmosphere.

That doesn't make up for the shitty combat that would be forgivable if you didn't have to do so much of it. The largely linear story progression and the surprisingly lack of depth in dialogue choices that function more like a menu of information than it does an actual conversation. The majority of stats being useless and boring character bonuses. Only a handful of computers give you the ability to find the password on your own instead of just having a high raw hack stat. Then you have stuff that is just generally inconsistent like LeCroix getting mad at you if you alert the guards on the ship while looking for the sarcophagus but having no problem alerting all the guards at the museum when looking for it. Having no substantial outcome for low or high humanity nor any danger for dropping below three humanity which you actively need to try and do if you wanted it. And ultimately half the endings are being clear throwaways to pad your "decision" to side with whoever in the endgame.

we expect to reach the tope ten in games released in 2020 just from the franchise name, although it might be difficult to reach oty status due to heavy competition in Q2 andQ3, but our early launch could provide precious advantage on the market

Lmao so every clan is boring except for the malkavian that requires you to already know the story to enjoy?

most the people praising the game played as malkavian first. Then played as the basic bitch factions.

Just the fact that I can roleplay as a sexy female lunatic seducing my way through the story puts it miles above most other RPGs I've played, or RPGs at the time.

It also has a very dark, yet comfy atmosphere and intriguing setting.

Literally every person who recommends this game recommends you play the Malkavians after your first playthrough because otherwise literally jack shit makes sense to you

>seducing my way through the story
you mean seducing your way through 1/3rd of the story

again, that's a post-malkavian playthrough opinion