Rpg computer game

Don’t let the lack of competing nominees here imply that Vampire won by default. Bloodlines would have been tough to beat even in an RPG-loaded year because it offers all the things role- players love in their games: a deep, balanced character-creation system, a truckload of interesting quests, a good story, and great NPCs to interact with. All of this goodness is wrapped in one deliciously bad package—a graphically rich, sexually charged midnight underworld populated by a wide variety of scheming, evil, and occasionally flat-out insane bloodsuckers and their hangers-on. This is a huge game that rarely misses a step during its 50-plus hours of play, a game that truly rewards players for trying to get into the head of a “real” vampire instead of merely asking them to hack their way through the game world, and that adds up to a little thing we like to refer to as “award-winning.” Besides, how can you not love a game that lets you create your own personal ghoul? Exactly.

Nominees

Dark Fall: Lights Out

Myst IV: Revelation

Wanted

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