Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (VtM: B) is the 'other' Source Engine game released on November 16th, and just about the only big-name RPG released this year. The release of this game was gated by Vivendi so as not to be prior to HL2, despite being ready a couple of months earlier. It is unfortunate that Troika didn't make use of that time to polish the game further and optimize the graphics performance, otherwise HL2 might be known as the 'other' game! Troika was also responsible for the 2001 RPG Arcanum, which is fitting since both games are excellent and immensely fun in general and near perfect given the correct choices or character and skills, and quite difficult and frustrating if the wrong choices are made.