Very few if any games leave me thinking “man, I can’t be playing this before bed cause I will never sleep” but Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines did just that. The game is haunting and disturbing, and really stretches the RPG genre.

Those who adore RPGs like me probably know that Bloodlines is the sequel to Redemption, another vampire title that used the White Wolf role-playing system. The system really lets you customize your character without being too stat-heavy. Basically you just buy points to fill in various circles to improve your character. As you fill in your main stats, your related sub-stats also fill in. Like when you increase your perception your investigation and firearms skills go up. You can directly buy up say, your hacking skill too, and it costs less than trying to buy up your main stats and letting the effects trickle down. In this way you can really customize your character however you like from an intimidating brawler to a stealthy creature of the night.