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== 遊戲玩法 ==
[[File.jpg|left|thumb|圖片中玩家使用第三人稱視角遊玩，並控制角色Christof Romuald使用近戰武器。界面右側顯示背包，底部則顯示當前盟友。]]

《吸血鬼之避世–救贖》是一種[[電子角色扮演遊戲|角色扮演遊戲]]，<ref name="IGNReview"/>遊戲預設使用[[第三人稱視角遊戲|第三人稱視角]]，但亦可更改成[[第一人稱視角遊戲|第一人稱視角]]遊玩。{{sfn|PC Zone|August 1999|p=43}}{{sfn|Green|1999|p=114}}<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/>
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 The camera can be freely rotated around the character and positioned above it to give a greater overview of the immediate area.<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/> The game follows a linear, mission-based structure.{{sfn|PC Zone|August 2000|p=57}} Interaction is achieved by using a [[Mouse (computing)|mouse]] to click on an enemy or environmental object to attack it or to activate it. Interaction is context based; clicking on an enemy initiates combat, while clicking on a door causes it to open or close.<ref name="IGNReview"/>{{sfn|Green|1999|p=114}}

The playable character can lead a group of three additional allies into battle, controlling their actions to attack a single enemy or to use specific powers.<ref name="IGNReview"/>{{sfn|Green|1999|p=114}} Characters can be set to one of three modes: defensive, neutral, or offensive. In defensive mode, the character remains distant from battles, while offensive mode sends the character directly into battle.<ref name="IGNReview"/> The main character and active allies are represented by portraits on screen that reflect their current physical or emotional state, showing sadness, anger, feeding, or the presence of injuries or staking—having been stabbed through the heart and rendered immobile.<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/>

The player can access various long-range and [[melee weapon]]s including swords, shields, bows, and guns, stakes, and holy water. Some weapons have a secondary, more powerful attack; for example a sword can be spun to decapitate a foe.<ref name="CGMPreview1"/><ref name="CGMPreview4"/> Because they are vampires, allies and enemies are susceptible to damage from sunlight.{{sfn|Wolf|2000|p=97}} Disciplines (vampiric powers) are used to supplement physical attacks. Each discipline can be upgraded, becoming a more powerful version of itself; alternatively, other in-game benefits can be gained.<ref name="IGNReview"/><ref name="IGNMAR2000"/> The game features disciplines that allow the player to enhance the character's physical abilities such as speed, strength, or durability. Disciplines can also allow the player to [[Hypnosis|mesmerize]] an enemy or a potential feeding victim, render the character invisible to escape detection, turn the character into mist,<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/> summon serpents to attack enemies,{{sfn|Erickson|2000|p=85}} heal, revive their allies, and teleport to a haven.{{sfn|PC Zone|August 2000|p=59}} Each discipline can be upgraded up to five times, affecting the abilities' durations, the scale of the damage or their effect, and the cost of using it.{{sfn|PC Zone|August 2000|p=59}} The characters' health and disciplines are reliant on blood, which can only be replenished by feeding on the living<ref name="IGNReview"/><ref name="IGNMAR2000"/>{{sfn|McDonald|2000|p=57}}—including other party members{{sfn|Erickson|2000|p=85}}—or finding blood containers such as bottles and plasma bags.{{sfn|PC Zone|August 2000|p=60}} Drinking an innocent to death and other negative actions reduces the player's humanity, increasing the likelihood of  entering a frenzy when injured or low on blood, during which they indiscriminately attack friend and foe.<ref name="CGMPreview1"/>{{sfn|Wolf|2000|p=97}}

Completing objectives and defeating enemies is rewarded with [[experience point]]s, which are used to unlock or upgrade existing disciplines and improve each characters' statistics, such as strength or agility. Weapons, armor, and other accessories can be purchased or upgraded using money or valuable items, which are collected throughout the game.<ref name="ArsTecnica2"/><ref name="ZDnet"/> The character's inventory is grid-based; objects occupy an allotted amount of space, requiring the management of the storage space available. A belt allows some items to be selected for immediate use during gameplay, such as healing items, without the need to access them in the main inventory.<ref name="CGMPreview1"/> The first version of the game allows progress to be saved only in the main character's haven or safehouse; it automatically saves other data at specific points. An update to the game enabled players to save their in-game data at any point in the in-game narrative.<ref name="IGNReview"/>

''Redemption'' features an online multiplayer component which allows players to engage in scenarios together.<ref name="IGNReview"/> One player assumes the role of the Storyteller, guiding other players through a scenario using the Storyteller interface. The interface allows the Storyteller to create or modify scenarios by placing items, monsters, and characters across the map. Character statistics, such as experience points, abilities, and disciplines, can also be modified. Finally, the Storyteller can assume the role of any character at any given time. These functions allow the Storyteller to dynamically manipulate the play environment while the other players traverse it.<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/>

==Synopsis==

===Setting===
[[File:Curtis Armstrong by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|alt=A 2017 photograph of Curtis Armstrong|Actor [[Curtis Armstrong]] provides the voice for 20th century vampire Pink.<ref name="Voicepink"/>]]
The events depicted in ''Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption'' occur in two time periods: 12th century Prague and Vienna, and late-20th century London and New York City.<ref name="RevGameRevo"/> The game is set in the [[World of Darkness]]; it depicts a world in which vampires, werewolves, demons, and other creatures influence human history.<ref name="Joystiq1"/><ref name="IGNReviewBlood"/> The vampires are divided into seven Clans of the Camarilla—the vampire government—each with distinctive traits and abilities. The Toreadors are the closest to humanity—they have a passion for culture; the Ventrue are noble, powerful leaders; the Brujah are idealists who excel at fighting; the Malkavians are either cursed with insanity or blessed with insight; the Gangrel are loners in synchronization with their animalistic nature; the Tremere are secretive, untrustworthy, and wield blood magic; and the monstrous Nosferatu are condemned to remain hidden in the shadows.<ref name="IGNCharacterSys2"/> ''Redemption'' also features the Cappadocian clan; the Society of Leopold—modern-day vampire hunters;<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/> the Assamite clan of assassin vampires;<ref name="QuoteWilhelm1"/> the Setite clan;<ref name="QuoteLily1"/><ref name="QuoteLilyChris"/> the Tzimisce clan, the Giovanni clan,<ref name="RevRPGNEt"/> and the Sabbat—vampires who revel in their nature, embracing the beast within.<ref name="IGNCharacterSys"/>

The main character of ''Redemption'' is French crusader Christof Romuald, a once-proud, religious church knight who is transformed into a Brujah vampire.<ref name="IGNMAR2000"/><ref name="CGOnline"/> With his religious faith destroyed, Christof is forced to reassess his understanding of good and evil as he acclimates to his new life.<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/> Christof's anchor to humanity is the nun Anezka, a human with a pure soul who loves Chrisof even after his transformation.<ref name="CGOnline"/> As a member of the Brujah under Ecaterina the Wise,<ref name="QuoteEcaterina"/> Christof allies with Wilhem Streicher,<ref name="CGMPreview2"/><ref name="QuoteEcaterinaWil"/> the Gangrel Erik,<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/> and the Cappadocian Serena<ref name="CGMPreview2"/><ref name="QuoteGarinol"/> during his journeys through 12th century Prague. Other characters in this era include the slaver Count Orsi,<ref name="QuoteOrsi"/> the Tremere Etrius,<ref name="QuoteTremere"/> and the Ventrue Prince Brandl.<ref name="QuoteBrandl"/>

Christof continues his quest into the late-20th century, where he allies with the Brujah Pink,<ref name="CGMPreview2"/><ref name="QuotePink1"/> the enslaved Toreador Lily,<ref name="QuoteLily1"/> and the Nosferatu Samuel.<ref name="CGMPreview2"/><ref name="QuoteSamuel1"/> Other characters include the 300-year-old human leader of the Society of Leopold, Leo Allatius—who has unnaturally extended his lifespan by consuming vampire blood—<ref name="QuoteLeopold2"/> and the Setite leader Lucretia.<ref name="QuoteLilyChris"/> During his journey, Christof comes into conflict with Vukodlak, a powerful Tzimisce vampire intent on usurping the clans' ancestors and taking their power for himself.<ref name="QuoteVukodlak1"/><ref name="QuoteVukodlak2"/><ref name="QuoteWilhelm3"/> Trapped in a mystical sleep by those who oppose his plot, Vukodlak commands his followers to help resurrect him.<ref name="QuoteVukodlak3"/><ref name="QuoteVukodlak4"/>

===Plot===
In 1141 in Prague, crusader Christof Romuald is wounded in battle. He recovers in a church, where he is cared for by a nun called Anezka. The pair instantly fall in love but are restrained by their commitments to God. Christof enters a nearby silver mine to kill a monstrous Tzimisce vampire who is tormenting the city. Christof's victory is noted by the local vampires, one of whom, Ecaterina the Wise, turns him into a vampire to prevent another clan from taking him.<ref name="CGOnline"/>

Initially defiant, Christof agrees to accompany Ecaterina's servant Wilhem on a mission to master his new vampiric abilities. Afterward, he meets with Anezka and refuses to taint her with his cursed state. At Ecaterina's haven, the Brujah tell Christof about an impending war between the Tremere and Tzimisce clans that will devastate humans caught up in it. Wilhem and Christof gain the favor of the local Jews and Cappadocians, who devote their member Serena to the Brujah cause. The Ventrue Prince Brandl tells the group that in Vienna, the Tremere are abducting humans to turn them into ghouls—servitors addicted and empowered by vampire blood. The group infiltrate the  Tremere chantry in Prague, and stop the Gangrel Erik from being turned into a Gargoyle, and he joins them. Christof learns that Anezka, seeking Christof's redemption, has visited the Tremere and Tzimisce clans, and the Vienna Tremere stronghold, Haus de Hexe. There, the Tremere leader Etrius turns Erik into a Gargoyle, forcing Christof to kill him. Etrius reveals that the Tzimisce abducted Anezka.

Returning to Prague, Christof finds the Tzimisce in nearby [[Vyšehrad]] Castle have been revealed to the humans, who have launched an assault on the structure. Christof, Wilhem, and Serena infiltrate the castle and find that the powerful, slumbering Vukodlak has enslaved Anezka as a ghoul. Anezka rejects Christof and prepares to revive Vukodlak, but the outside assault collapses the castle upon them.

In 1999, the Society of Leopold excavates the site of Vyšehrad Castle; they recover Christof's body and take it to London, where he is awoken by a female voice. He learns that the events at Vyšehrad and the resulting human uprising divided the vampires into two sects: the Camarilla who seek to hide from humanity and the Sabbat who seek to regain dominion over it. The Society's excavation also enables Vukodlak's followers to recover Vyšehrad.<ref name="QuoteLeopold"/> After escaping, Christof meets Pink, who agrees to help him. They learn that the Setite clan has been shipping Vyšehrad contraband to New York City and infiltrate a Setite brothel to gain information. They kill the Setite leader Lucretia and recruit Lily, an enslaved prostitute.<ref name="QuoteLily1"/>

Christof, Pink, and Lily travel to New York City aboard a contraband ship, rescue the Nosferatu Samuel from the Sabbat, and infiltrate a warehouse storing the Vyšehrad contraband. There they encounter Wilhem, who is now a Sabbat under Ecaterina following the collapse of their group.<ref name="QuoteWilhelm2"/> Wilhem reveals that Pink is an assassin working for Vukodlak.<ref name="QuoteWilhelm1"/> Pink escapes and Wilhem rejoins Christof, hoping to reclaim the humanity he has sacrificed during the previous 800 years.<ref name="QuoteWilhelm4"/> Together, Christof, Wilhem, Lily, and Samuel discover that Vukodlak is hidden beneath a church within his Cathedral of Flesh and that Anezka is still in his servitude. In the cathedral they find that Vukodlak has awoken; he tries to influence Christof by offering him Anezka then revealing that she is completely dependent on Vukodlak's blood and will die without him.<ref name="QuoteVukodlak6"/> Christof refuses and Vukodlak drops the group into tunnels beneath the cathedral. Christof finds the Wall of Memories, which hold Anezka's memories of the last millennia, showing she continued to hope as Vukodlak found new ways to defile and torment her. She eventually sacrificed her innocence to gain Vukodlak's trust, using her position to delay his resurrection over hundreds of years until, with no options left, she prayed for Christof's return.<ref name="QuoteAnezka"/><ref name="QuoteAnezka2"/> The group returns to the Cathedral and battles Vukodlak.

The ending of ''Redemption'' varies depending upon on the quantity of humanity Christof has retained during the game. If the quantity is great, Christof reconciles with Anezka and turns her into a vampire, sparing her from death.<ref name="QuoteEndingGood"/> If his humanity is moderate, he surrenders to Vukodlak and becomes a ghoul; Vukodlak betrays Christof and forces him to murder Anezka.<ref name="QuoteEndingMid"/> A lesser quantity of humanity results in Christof killing Vukodlak by drinking his blood. Greatly empowered, Christof forsakes his humanity, murders Anezka, and revels in his new power.<ref name="QuoteEndingEvil"/>

==Development==
[[File:Reims Kathedrale.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=A photograph of the Reims Cathedral, an example of French Gothic architecture|[[Gothic art|Gothic]] aesthetics are present throughout the ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' series. Nihilistic had developed an original game concept with similar designs and themes prior to their work on ''Redemption''.]] 
The development of ''Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption'' began at [[Nihilistic Software]] in April 1998,<ref name="GamaSutra"/> shortly after the developer's founding in March that year.{{sfn|Next Generation|May 1999|p=40}} Its development was publicly announced in March 1999.<ref name="IGNScreens"/> Intending to move away from the first-person games the team members had worked on with previous companies, Nihilistic prepared a design and story for a futuristic RPG with similar themes and [[Gothic art|gothic]] aesthetics to those of the ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' series.<ref name="GamaSutra"/>{{sfn|Next Generation|May 1999|p=40}} After publisher [[Activision]] approached the team using the White Wolf license, they adapted parts of their original design to fit the ''Vampire'' series, which became the original design for ''Redemption''.<ref name="GamaSutra"/> Endorsement by [[Id Software]] founder [[John Carmack]] helped Nihilistic decide to work with Activision.{{sfn|Next Generation|May 1999|p=40}} The Nihilistic team developed ''Redemption'' over twenty-four months; the team expanded to twelve members by the end of development.<ref name="GamaSutra"/> The development team included Nihilistic President and CEO Ray Gesko,{{sfn|Next Generation|May 1999|p=39}} lead programmer Rob Huebner,<ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/> world designer Steve Tietze, level designer Steve Thoms, lead artist Maarten Kraaijvanger, artist Yujin Kiem, art technician Anthony Chiang, and programmers Yves Borckmans and Ingar Shu.{{sfn|Next Generation|May 1999|p=40}}

Activision provided a budget of US$1.8 million; the amount was intentionally kept low to make the project manageable for Nihilistic and reduce the risk to Activision, which was relatively inexperienced with RPGs at the time.<ref name="GamaSutra"/> Nihilistic's management was committed to the entire team working in a one-room environment with no walls, doors, or offices, believing this would force the individual groups to communicate and allow each department to respond to queries immediately, saving hours or days of development time.<ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/> ''Redemption''{{'}}s story was developed with input from Wolf; it was co-written by [[Daniel Greenberg (game designer)|Daniel Greenberg]], a writer for the source [[Tabletop role-playing game|pen-and-paper RPG]].{{sfn|Green|1999|p=111}}

The small size of the team led to Nihilistic relying on eight external contractors to provide elements the team could not supply.<ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/><ref name="GamaSutraPage3"/> Nick Peck was chosen to provide sounds effects, ambient loops, and additional voice recordings based on his previous work on ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' (1998). [[Kevin Manthei]] provided the musical score for the game's 12th century sections, while a duo called Youth Engine provided the modern-day sections' score. Some artwork was outsourced; Peter Chan (''[[Day of the Tentacle]]'' (1993) and ''Grim Fandango'') developed concept art to establish the look of the game's environments, and Patrick Lambert developed character concepts and full-color drawings for the modelers and animators to use. Huebner considered the most important external relationship was with a small start-up company called Oholoko, which produced cinematic movies for the game's story elements and endings. Nihilistic met with various computer animation firms but their prices were too expensive for the project budget.<ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/>

''Redemption'' was officially [[Software release life cycle#Release to manufacturing (RTM)|released to manufacturing]] on May 30, 2000.<ref name="GSpotImpress"/> The game features 300,000 lines of code, with a further 66,000 lines for JAVA scripts.<ref name="GamaSutraPage3"/> In January 2000, it was announced that Nihilistic was seeking a studio to port ''Redemption'' to the [[Sega]] [[Dreamcast]] video game console, however this version was never released.<ref name="IGnDreamCast"/> In February 2001, after the release of the PC version, it was announced that [[MacSoft]] was developing a MacOS version of the game.<ref name="GameSpotMac"/>

===Technology===
Nihilistic initially looked at existing game engines such as the [[Quake engine]] and [[Unreal Engine]],<ref name="GamaSutra"/> but decided those engines, which were primarily designed for first-person shooters, would not be sufficient for its point-and-click driven RPG and decided to create its own engine for development of ''Redemption''. This was the NOD engine, which the developers could customize for the game's 3D perspective and role-playing mechanics.<ref name="GamaSutra"/><ref name="IGNRayGresko"/><ref name="IGN3DEngine"/> The team also considered that developing its own engine would allow it to freely reuse code for future projects or to license the engine for profit.<ref name="GamaSutra"/> NOD was prototyped using the [[Glide API|Glide]] application programming interface (API) because the team believed it would be more stable during the engine's development, intending that once the engine was more complete, it would be moved to a more general API designed to support a wide range of hardware such as Direct3D. However, once a basic engine was in place in Glide, the programmers turned their attention to gameplay and functionality. By June 1999, ''Redemption'' was still running in Glide, which at that point lacked some of the basic features the team needed to demonstrate at that year's [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]]. When the team eventually switched to Direct3D, it was forced to abandon some custom code it had built to compensate for Glide's limitations such as texture and graphic management, which required the re-exporting of hundreds of levels and models for the new software. The late API switch also limited the time available to test the game's compatibility on a wide range of hardware.<ref name="GamaSutraPage3"/> The team focused on building the game for [[Hardware acceleration|hardware accelerated]] systems to avoid the limitations of supporting a wider range of systems, which had restricted the development of the company founders' previous game, ''[[Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II]]'' (1997).<ref name="IGN3DEngine"/>

The programmers suggested using [[3D Studio Max]] for art and level design, which would save money by allowing the company to license a single piece of software, but the lead artists successfully lobbied against this plan, believing that allowing the respective teams to choose the software would allow them to work most efficiently. Huebner said this saved the project more time than any other decision made during development. The level designers chose [[QERadiant]] to take advantage of their previous experience using the software while working on Id Software's ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'' series. Id allowed Nihilistic to license QERadiant and modify it to create a customized tool for its 3D environments. Because QERadiant was a finished, functional tool, it allowed the level designers to begin developing levels from the project's start and then export them into the NOD engine, rather than waiting for up to six months for Nihilistic to develop a custom tool or learning a new 3D level editor. In twenty-four months, the three level designers built over 100 in-game environments for ''Redemption''.<ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/> They obtained blueprints and sketches of buildings from medieval Prague and Vienna to better represent that period and locations.<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/>{{sfn|Green|1999|p=111}} The four-person art team led by Kraaijvanger used [[Alias Systems Corporation|Alias Wavefront]] [[Autodesk Maya|Maya]] to create 3D art. Nihilistic's management wanted Kraaijvanger to use a less expensive tool but relented when the cost was found to be lower than had been thought. Throughout the project, the art team built over 1,500 3D models.<ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/>

At the start of development, Nihilistic wanted to support editing of the game by the user-community, having seen the benefits to the community while working on other games. Staff who worked on ''Jedi Knight'' knew the experience of creating a new, customized programming language called COG that gave the programmers the results they wanted but cost time and significant project resources. With ''Redemption'', they wanted to incorporate an existing scripting engine that would more easily enable users to further develop the game instead of developing their own code again, which would consume months of development time. The team tested various languages, but became aware of another studio, Rebel Boat Rocker, which was receiving attention for its use of the [[Java (programming language)|Java]] language. Speaking to that studio's lead programmer Billy Zelsnak, Nihilistic decided to experiment with Java, having little prior knowledge of it. The language successfully integrated into the NOD engine without problems, providing a standardized and freely distributable scripting engine. Several designers were trained to use Java to allow them to build the several hundred scripts required to drive the game's storyline.<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/><ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/>

===Design===
The Nihilistic team used their experience adapting an existing property for the ''Star Wars'' games to design ''Redemption''. Reasoning that most people would be familiar with vampire tropes, the team wrote the game assuming players would not need an explanation of the genre's common elements, while enabling them to explore White Wolf's additions to the mythos. When translating the pen-and-paper RPG to a video game, the team redesigned some of the disciplines to make them simpler to understand. For example, in the pen-and-paper game, the "Protean" discipline includes the abilities to see in the dark, grow claws, melt into the ground, and change into an animal, however in ''Redemption'' these were made into individual disciplines to make them instantly accessible, instead of requiring the player to select Protean and then select one of the sub-abilities.<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/>

Huebner said the team struggled with restraint. From inception, the team had developed its assets for a high-end system to ensure the finished project would have top-of-the-range graphics, and because if necessary, it could more easily scale down the art down than scale it up.  However, the art teams were not stopped from producing new assets, resulting in ''Redemption'' requiring approximately 1GB of storage space to install. Additionally, textures were made in 32-bit color, models were extremely detailed—featuring between 1,000 and 2,000 triangles each on average—and levels were illuminated with high-resolution light-maps. Because the game was designed for high-end computer systems, it relied on algorithms to scale down the models; combined with the high detail art assets, ''Redemption'' was taxing to run on low- and mid-range systems. Nihilistic had intended to include both 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the game textures, and different sound quality levels to allow players to choose which versions to install, but the [[CD-ROM]] format was not spacious enough to accommodate more than one version of the game. The finished product barely fitted onto two CD-ROMs; some sound assets were removed to fit the format. This caused the game to use a large amount of computer resources and limited the ability to port it to more limited console environments.<ref name="GamaSutraPage3"/>

The programmers identified early on that pathfinding—the ability of the variable-sized characters to navigate through the environment—would be a problem. Huebner cited the difficulty of programming characters to navigate an environment in which level designers are free to add stairs, ramps, and other 3D objects. They came up with a temporary solution and planned to improve the pathfinding later into development. By the time they properly addressed the problem, many of the levels were almost complete and featured few markers the programmers could use to control movement. They could identify walkable tiles but not walls, cliffs, and other environmental hazards. Ideal solutions, such as creating zones for characters to walk through would have taken too much time to retroactively add into the 100 created levels, so the programmers spent several weeks making small, iterative fixes to conceal the obvious errors in the pathfinding and leave less obvious ones intact.<ref name="GamaSutraPage3"/>

From the outset, the team wanted to make a grand RPG, but were restricted by their budget and schedule. They were reluctant to cut any content such as one of the time periods or the multiplayer aspect, and they decided to postpone the original release date from March 2000 to June the same year. They also scaled back the scope of their multiplayer testing and canceled the planned release of an interactive pre-launch demo. The delay allowed Nihilistic to retain most of the intended design but they were forced to remove the ability to play the entire single-player campaign as a team online, compensating for this by adding two multiplayer scenarios built using levels from the single-player game. Huebner said they did not plan appropriately for multiplayer when building the Java scripts for the single-player game, meaning the scripts did not work effectively in multiplayer mode.<ref name="GamaSutraPage3"/>

The multiplayer "Storyteller" mode was conceived early in the development cycle.<ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/> Diverting from the typical death match or co-operative gameplay multiplayer modes, Storyteller required Nihilistic to develop an interface that could give one player, the Storyteller, enough control to run a particular scenario, and change events in the game in real time without making it too complex to understand for the average player.<ref name="IGNAPR2010"/> Much of the technology was simple to implement, requiring typical multiplayer software components that would allow users to connect with each other. The largest task required the development of an interface that could provide the Storyteller with control over the aspects of a multiplayer game without it becoming too complex. The interface had to contain lists of objects, characters, and other resources, and options to manipulate those resources. It had to be mostly accessible using a mouse as input, reserving the keyboard for less common and more advanced commands. The mode was inspired by the text-based [[MUD|Multi-User Dungeon]], a multiplayer real-time virtual world in which high-ranking users can manipulate the game's environment and dynamically create adventures.<ref name="GamaSutraPage2"/>

==Release==
[[File:Type O Negative in performance (Columbiahalle, Berlin - 15 June 2007).jpg|thumb|alt=|A 2007 photograph of the band Type O Negative performing at the Columbiahalle|The game's soundtrack included songs by [[Type O Negative]] (pictured), [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], and [[Darling Violetta]] among others.]]
''Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption'' was released for Microsoft Windows on June 7, 2000.<ref name="GSpotRelease"/> The game's release included a standalone copy of the game, and a Collector's Edition containing a copy of the game, a hardbound, limited edition of White Wolf's ''Book of Nod'' chronicling the first vampire, a Camarilla pendant, the game's strategy guide, and an alternative game case cover. The Collector's Edition also included a copy of the game's soundtrack, featuring songs by [[Type O Negative]], [[Gravity Kills]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Darling Violetta]], [[Cubanate]], [[Primus (band)|Primus]], Youth Engine, and Kevin Manthei.<ref name="IGNCollectors"/> Nihilistic also released Embrace, a level editor with access to the game's code to allow users to modify levels and scripts.<ref name="GSpotRelease"/> A Mac OS version was released in November 2001.<ref name="MacWorld"/>

During its first week on sale, the Microsoft Windows version of ''Redemption'' was the third best-selling game behind ''[[The Sims (video game)|The Sims]]'' and ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Merchandise|Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2nd Edition]]''. Sales of the Collector's Edition were individually tracked; it was the fifth best-selling game that same week.<ref name="GSpotSales"/> According to the sale tracking firm [[PC Data]], ''Redemption'' had sold approximately 111,193 units across North America by October, earning $4.88 million.<ref name=qt3sales/> Approximately 57,000 units were sold in Germany by March 2001. It spent four months on its list of the 30 top-selling games, peaking at number 5 in July 2000, before leaving the charts in October.{{sfn|PC Player|March 2001|p=30}} ''Redemption'' received a digital release on the [[GOG.com]] service in February 2010.<ref name="ShackGOG"/> ''Redemption'' achieved enough success to merit the 2004 release of an indirect sequel, ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines]]'', which was set in the same fictional universe and was developed by [[Troika Games]].<ref name="GameRanx"/><ref name="GameStakers"/>
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==Reception==
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''Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption'' received a mixed critical response.<ref name="GameRanx"/> The aggregating review websites [[GameRankings]] and [[Metacritic]] give it a score of 75% (based on 33 reviews) and 74 out of 100 (based on 22 reviews), respectively.<ref name="GameRankings" /><ref name="Metacritic" /> Reviewers compared it to other successful RPGs, including ''[[Diablo II]]'', ''[[Deus Ex (video game)|Deus Ex]]'', ''[[Darkstone: Evil Reigns]]'', and the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series.<ref name="RevGameRevo"/><ref name="ArsTecnica2"/><ref name="ArsTecnica"/><ref name="CGOnline2"/>

The game's graphics received near-unanimous praise. [[Game Revolution]] said its "brilliant" graphics were among the best in gaming and ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' said the graphics were the best in any PC RPG.<ref name="RevGameRevo"/>{{sfn|Erickson|2000|p=85}} ''[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games]]'' said it was the most attractive PC game at the time,<ref name="CGOnline2"/> ''[[ArsTechnica]]'' said it was the best game to look at and watch since ''[[The Last Express]]'' (1997),<ref name="ArsTecnica"/> and ''[[PC Gamer#PC Gamer US|PC Gamer]]'' said, "there has never been a more beautifully created RPG".{{sfn|Wolf|2000|p=98}} The level design and environments were praised for the level of detail, providing a brooding, atmospheric aesthetic with "painstaking" detail.<ref name="RevGameRevo"/><ref name="CGOnline2"/> Reviewers also made positive comments about the game's lighting effects.<ref name="RevGameRevo"/> Conversely, ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' (CGW) said that while the game was attractive, the visuals were superficial and failed to emphasize the game's horror elements. They were also critical of the third-person in-game camera positioning, claiming that it obscured the area directly in front of the player and did not allow the player to look upwards.<ref name="ZDnet"/>

Responses to the story were ambivalent; some reviewers called it strong with good dialog; others said it was poor.<ref name="ZDnet"/><ref name="ArsTecnica"/> GameRevolution and CGW called the dialog poor, sophomoric, and often overly-verbose; in particular CGW said some speeches became an "agonizingly long filibuster" that only served to delay the return of control to the player.<ref name="ZDnet"/><ref name="RevGameRevo"/><ref name="CGOnline2"/>  Other sources called it one of the richest, most engrossing stories to be found outside films and novels, and more original than most RPGs.<ref name="RevGameRevo"/><ref name="CGOnline2"/>{{sfn|Erickson|2000|p=84}} ''Computer Games'' criticized the linear storyline, and said the few dialog choices available to the player had no real impact on the storytelling.<ref name="CGOnline2"/> CGW said the linear story prevented ''Redemption'' from being a true RPG because it lacked interaction with many characters, and the lack of player impact on the story made it seem as though they were not building characters but rather were getting them to the story milestones.<ref name="ZDnet"/> According to ''PC Gamer'', while the game's linearity was a negative, it kept the narrative tight and compelling.{{sfn|Wolf|2000|p=94}}

Reviewers variously appreciated and disliked the voice acting. Game Revolution and ''Computer Games'' said the acting ranged from adequate to good, while CGW said the voices were inappropriate and  the 12th century European voices sounding like modern Americans, but that the modern-era featured better actors.<ref name="ZDnet"/><ref name="RevGameRevo"/><ref name="CGOnline2"/> ''ArsTechnica'' said the acting was inconsistent but was better than that of ''Deus Ex''.<ref name="ArsTecnica"/> The weather effects, background sound, and moody music were said to blend together well and help immerse the player in the game's world. CGW said the sound quality was sometimes poor.<ref name="ZDnet"/><ref name="ArsTecnica"/>

Much of Redemption's criticism focused on technical problems when it was released, undermining the game experience or making it unplayable. Several reviewers noted issues with the initial lack of a function to save game progress at any point, which meant that dying or technical issues with the game could necessitate them to reload a previous save, and then repeat up to 30 minutes of gameplay. CGW added that the repetitive gameplay meant that losing progress and having to repeat it was a particular downside.<ref name="ZDnet"/><ref name="CGOnline2"/><ref name="ArsTecnica3"/> ''Next Generation'', who provided the game with a score of 3 out of 5, said that ''Redemption'' was potentially only a few patches away from being a 5 out of 5 game, if not for technical issues.{{sfn|Erickson|2000|p=85}} ''PC Gamer''{{'}}s review even included recommended instructions for cheats that worked around the technical flaws.{{sfn|Wolf|2000|p=98}}

CGW said the in-game combat became a confusing mess once allies became involved, in part due to poor Artificial Intelligence (AI) that caused them to use powers liberally and become low on blood as a result.<ref name="ZDnet"/> The AI was considered to be insufficient for the game; pathfinding failures meant allies would become stuck on environmental objects or each other during combat, use up their costliest abilities on enemies regardless of their threat, and were poor at staying alive in battle.<ref name="ZDnet"/><ref name="RevGameRevo"/>{{sfn|Wolf|2000|p=97}}<ref name="CGOnline3"/> Enemies were similarly dismissed for either not noticing the playable character in obvious circumstances or failing to respond to attacks on themselves.<ref name="ZDnet"/>

Combat was also criticized; ''Computer Games'' called the game "little more than a hack-and-slash adventure", and said the game's focus on combat was counter to the greater focus on political intrigue and social interaction prevalent in the source ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' tabletop game.<ref name="CGOnline2"/><ref name="CGOnline3"/> ''ArsTechnica'' said that combat was initially fun but very repetitive, and it became a chore by the later stages of the game, noting that every enemy dungeon consisted of four levels filled with identical enemies,<ref name="ArsTecnica2"/> while ''Next Generation'' said the number of enemies and the difficulty of defeating them often meant the playable character would run away or die.{{sfn|Erickson|2000|p=85}} The repetitive combat was also criticized by other reviewers, who disliked that it involved repeatedly clicking on enemies until they were dead; and running away if the playable character was about to die against unending waves of enemies.<ref name="ArsTecnica2"/><ref name="ZDnet"/> Disciplines were considered helpful in adding variety to combat, but battles were too fast-paced to allow the tactical use of a wide range of powers because of the inability to pause the combat to allow the issuing of orders.<ref name="ZDnet"/><ref name="ArsTecnica2"/>

Game Revolution said the multiplayer feature was a revelation and worth the cost of the game alone. ''Computer Games'' said it was innovative and may serve as an inspiration for future games.<ref name="RevGameRevo"/><ref name="CGOnline3"/> ''PC Gamer'' said the multiplayer mode was the redeeming factor of the game, though it was still marred by bugs.{{sfn|Wolf|2000|p=98}} Others noted that aspects of the multiplayer interface were insufficient, such as the inability to store custom dialog, requiring the Storyteller to type text in real time during gameplay.<ref name="RevGamespot"/><ref name="CGOnline3"/>

===Accolades===
At the 1999 [[Game Critics Awards]], ''Redemption'' was named Best RPG ahead of the first-person action RPG, ''Deus Ex''.<ref name="AccoGCA"/> In 2014, Gameranx listed the game as one of the 22 best vampire games of all time.<ref name="GameRanx"/>

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<ref name="QuoteAnezka">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Cathedral of Flesh 3 (Wall of Memory) |isolang= |quote='''Anezka''': For I have turned my hand to the corruption of the Voivode's resurrection. In the guise of offering wise council to Vukodlak, I poison his heart against those who could speed his resurrection. I accuse the faithful of disloyalty, I accuse the powerful of dangerous ambition, I praise the weak and ineffectual...and so he believes every doubt I whisper in his head. And so he crushed his own resurrection.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteAnezka2">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Cathedral of Flesh 3 (Wall of Memory) |isolang= |quote='''Anezka''':...despite my greatest efforts, his resurrection is now inescapable. There are none who can help me. I can only hope against hope for the return of the one man Vukodlak fears. I pray that God restores Christof.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteBrandl">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=The University (Prague) |isolang= |quote='''Ecaterina''': Therefore we are resolved to entrate Prince Rudolf Brandle for assistance. Even though he is of clan Ventrue! To make amends for withholding this letter from thee, we go tonight. Come!}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteEcaterina">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=The University (Prague) |isolang= |quote='''Ecaterina''': I am Ecaterina the Wise, Ecaterina the Promethian, Ecaterina the leader of the Brujah clan. We are the children of Caine, and now thou art one of us.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteEcaterinaWil">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=The University (Prague) |isolang= |quote='''Ecaterina''': Very well. Christof, go thou with Wilhem Streicher. Trust what he says if thou wouldst outlive the night. Go my swordsmen... / '''Wilhem''': Time to cut thy teeth, fledgling.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteEndingEvil">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Ending |isolang= |quote='''Christof''': There is another way! I can save Anezka if I consume thy blood, and take all thy ill gotten power as my own! [Christof attacks and kills Vukodlak] / '''Christof''': I am reborn. Let Kindred and mortal alike cower in my presence for now I know what power truly is. / '''Wilhem''': Fool! You have forsaken all claim to your humanity! / '''Christof''': If you could feel the power of the fiends blood, you would know that humanity is...overrated. And now! I claim my prize! [Christof drinks Anezka to death] / '''Christof''': Tell Ecaterina to expect a warm homecoming. Her child has been reborn!}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteEndingGood">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Ending |isolang= |quote='''Christof''': Anezka. My accursed soul trembles to utter these selfish, blasphemous words. But thou need not die if thou wouldst endure. / '''Anezka''': Thou would still have me Christof? I scarcely dared hope / '''Christof''': My love has redeemed me across a thousand years. I would that I could offer salvation in return, but I have none to give. Only damnation. / '''Anezka''': Damnation with thee would be as sweet as salvation. Let thy love cast me down, and raise me up, forever. Take me my love. [Christof bites Anezka].}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteEndingMid">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Ending |isolang= |quote='''Vukodlak''': Excellent. Kneel. [Vukodlak feeds his blood to Christof.] / '''Christof''': Traitor! Thou hast murdered me! / '''Vukodlak''': No, but you will wish I had... Your anguished soul will be eternally tormented by your selfish choice. Now, claim your prize! [Christof kills Anezka] / '''Christof''': No! NOOO! / '''Vukodlak''': You are mine, Crusader!}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteGarinol">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Prague |isolang= |quote='''Wilhem''': Hail, Garinol of Clan Cappadocian, Master of the art of death / ... / '''Garinol''': In partial payment of the boon I owe, I offer thee my prized Childe, Serena. She will aid thee in thy efforts.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteLeopold">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Society of Leopold |isolang= |quote='''Father Leo Allatius''': Friar Ignatius insists that the large carved stones over the ruins were protective blessings, placed after the fall of Vysehrad Castle by persons unknown. He maintains that the Tzimisce could freely pillage the ruins once we broke through the wards.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteLeopold2">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Society of Leopold |isolang= |quote='''Father Leo Allatius''': Then, with the blood of Vukodlak in my veins, I'll be able to destroy all vampires. Of course I don't mean all vampires. I'll require a well-maintained flock of imprisoned vampires to keep me supplied with blood...my first three hundred years of life will soon seem like nothing more than a prelude to my holy domination of the earth.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteLily1">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Setite Brothel |isolang= |quote='''Lily''': Don't Kill me! I'm not one of the Setites! I'm from Clan Toreador! ...Thank you for freeing me I've been trapped in that damn brothel for nearly a year.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteLilyChris">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Setite Brothel |isolang= |quote='''Christof''': Where is their leader? We have questions about illegal shipping. / '''Lily''': That would be Lucretia...If anyone knows about shipping it's her. She knows everything the Setites know.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteOrsi">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Western Ringstrasse |isolang= |quote='''Christof''': This must be the house of Count Orsi, the slave master.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuotePink1">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Club Tenebrae (London) |isolang= |quote='''Pink''': Well, well, well. Hey barkeep" Get this antique bloodsucker a swig a' vitae, courtesy of Pink of Clan Brujah!}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteSamuel1">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=New York City Streets |isolang= |quote='''Samuel''': Help me, please! They're Sabbat. I refused to be turned, now they seek to kill me!...Thank you! Thank you! I'm in your debt! I am Samuel, of Clan Nosferatu...I owe you a life boon! I'll gladly join you and fight your enemies!}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteTremere">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Haus De Hexe |isolang= |quote='''Etrius''': Well. Well, well. When the cat is away the rats come out to play. The luck of the gods is with thee, for on any other night the full force of Tremere would have dissolved thee into slop.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteVukodlak1">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Castle Vyseherad |isolang= |quote='''Council Proclamation #2''': Exalted Council of Voivodes, Lords of Clan Tzimisce. Most Grave Charges Put to Voivode Vukodlak, Scourge of the Carpathians: Thou art called to answer: Hast thou, Voivode Vukodlak, issued the blasphemous decree that thou art performing conjurations crafted to usurp the mantle of our Grand-sires?}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteVukodlak2">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Castle Vyseherad |isolang= |quote='''Council Proclamation #3''': Proclamation of Voivode Urdo, Viceroy, Council of Voivodes. Master of the Hellhounds. Sculptor of the Flesh of Thousands. Be it known to all Voivodes, that Voivode Vukodlak, Scourge of the Carpathians, hath refused our most solemn and lawful petition to cease his mad scheme...in proclaiming his mad ambitions to grow in stature to rival the ancient Cainites, he hath drawn much unwanted attention from the other Clans and other powerful and jealous forces...}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteVukodlak3">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Castle Vyseherad |isolang= |quote='''Council Proclamation #4''': ...Yet with deference to those Voivodes who correctly point out the considerable risks of outright warefare, the Council shall blight Vukodlak with a mighty conjuration that shall plunge the disloyal Voivode into a Grievous Torpor that shall last twenty centuries...}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteVukodlak4">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Castle Vyseherad |isolang= |quote='''Libussa''': In the newly established township called Prague, we may, at long last, have ranged beyond the reach of the hated Council. And then we may begin the measureless task of breaking the vile sorcery that locks thy lofty presence away from us. Then let the world shudder at thy resurrection.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteVukodlak6">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Cathedral of Flesh (New York City) |isolang= |quote='''Vukodlak''': Even if you could destroy me, which you cannot, you would destroy her [Anezka] as well. Remember, she is my ghoul, and after all these centuries she is utterly dependent on my blood. If I die, she shatters into thousand year-old dust. But serve me, and I'll give her to you.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteWilhelm1">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Giovanni Warehouse |isolang= |quote='''Wilhem''': Because Pink is a liar and an assassin...Christof. You can't trust Pink. He's an assassin from Clan Assamite, and he's working for Vukodlak! He's here to murder you as soon as you are no longer useful to him.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteWilhelm2">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Giovanni Warehouse |isolang= |quote='''Christof''': Is't the truth? Are thou now Sabbat? / '''Wilhem''': Yes, it's true, Christof. I had no choice...Ecaterina is an archbishop of the Sabbat now, but she fights against the Sabbat who serve Vukodlak!}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteWilhelm3">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Cathedral of Flesh (New York City) |isolang= |quote='''Wilhem''': Ecaterina would like to stop the Antediluvians. But if Vukodlak succeeds in rising with the power to consume them, he will become the most powerful being on earth. He's too unstable to wield that kind of power. It would doom kindred and mortals alike.}}</ref>

<ref name="QuoteWilhelm4">{{cite video game |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |developer=[[Nihilistic Software]] |publisher=[[Activision]] |date=June 7, 2000 |platform=Microsoft Windows |version= |scene= |level=Cathedral of Flesh (New York City) |isolang= |quote='''Wilhem''': A lot can happen in eight hundred years... what I have seen... what I have done/// what I had to do! There is very little humanity left in me. / '''Christof''': Then come! Let us redeem thy humanity with our good works! / '''Wilhem''': Yes.}}</ref>

<ref name="RevEuro">{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_vampire |title=Vampire The Masquerade : Redemption |publisher=[[Eurogamer]] |date=August 24, 2000 |accessdate=March 22, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826205311/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_vampirebloodlines_pc |archivedate=August 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="RevGameRevo">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/vampire---the-masquerade-redemption |title=Vampire - The Masquerade: Redemption Review |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |date=June 1, 2000 |accessdate=March 22, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919090206/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/vampire---the-masquerade-redemption |archivedate=September 19, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="RevGamespot">{{cite web |first=Greg |last=Kasavin |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/vampire-the-masquerade-redemption-review/1900-2585434/ |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption Review |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |date=June 9, 2000 |accessdate=March 22, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108112543/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/vampire-the-masquerade-redemption-review/1900-2585434/ |archivedate=January 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="RevRPGNEt">{{cite web |first=Craig |last=Oxbrow |url=https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/classic/rev_3321.phtml |title=Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption Review |publisher=[[RPGnet]] |date=August 1, 2000 |accessdate=December 11, 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171211194137/https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/classic/rev_3321.phtml |archivedate=December 11, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="ShackGOG">{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Faylor |url=http://www.shacknews.com/article/62234/vampire-redemption-rises-on-gog |title=Vampire Redemption Rises on GOG |publisher=[[Shacknews]] |date=February 4, 2010 |accessdate=April 8, 2015 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150408220709/http://www.shacknews.com/article/62234/vampire-redemption-rises-on-gog |archivedate=April 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Voicepink">{{cite web |first=Curtis |last=Armstrong |url=https://twitter.com/curtisisbooger/status/643625600087797760?cn=cmVwbHk%3D&refsrc=email |title=Curtis Armstrong on Twitter - September 15, 2015 (Verified Account) |publisher=[[Twitter]] |date=September 15, 2015 |accessdate=September 15, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915174734/https://twitter.com/curtisisbooger/status/643625600087797760?cn=cmVwbHk%3D&refsrc=email <!--http://www.webcitation.org/6bZBvgtpY--> |archivedate=September 15, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="ZDnet">{{cite web |first=Brett |last=Todd |url=http://www.zdnet.com/cgw/stories/main/0,11529,2607693,00.html |title=I Vant to Suck |publisher=[[ZDNet]] |date=August 8, 2000 |accessdate=April 5, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210102842/http://www.zdnet.com/cgw/stories/main/0%2C11529%2C2607693%2C00.html |archivedate=February 10, 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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