History Trivia / VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines

%%* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The game alludes to a lot of things that were relevant to [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], not the least of which include [[TakeThat some very unsubtle jabs]] towards the [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush Administration]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The game alludes to a lot of things that were relevant to [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], not the least of which include [[TakeThat some very unsubtle jabs]] towards the [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush Administration]].

* DevelopmentHell: Thanks to Valve wanting to show off the Source Engine on their own terms, the game was not allowed to be released before Half-Life 2, [[InsaneTrollLogic even though everyone already saw the engine a year previously thanks to the Half-Life 2 beta leak]]. Some would call that leak karma for them dicking with Troika.

* AKA47: To avoid cluttering the main page, here is a list of all fictionalized (or not) firearms in the game and their RealLife counterparts. Some of the names were changed to those of their real life counterparts in patches:
** Pistols:
*** Thirty-Eight -- Colt Police Positive
*** Brokk 17C -- Glock 17C
*** Colt Anaconda -- Colt Anaconda
*** [=McLusky=] .50 Caliber -- IMI Desert Eagle
** SMG:
*** Braddock 9mm -- MAC-10
*** Lassiter Killmatic -- Uzi
** Shotguns:
*** Utica M37 -- Ithaca 37
*** Jaegerspas XV -- Franchi SPAS-15
** Rifles:
*** Jaime Sue -- Remington Model 700
*** Steyr Aug -- Steyr AUG

* ActorAllusion: When you get the briefcase for Fat Larry, he examines its contents and calls them [[Film/PulpFiction "Beautiful."]] Larry is voiced by Creator/PhilLamarr, who played [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace Marvin]] in Pulp Fiction, and was connected to the briefcase arc of that movie.

* HeyItsThatPlace: The Hallowbrook Hotel is a run-down, vampire infested version of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_Building Bradbury Building]].
* [[MisBlamed/VideoGames Mis-blamed]] : While the mix of Activision forcing the game to release and the shadow of Half Life 2's release (as well as several other anticipated titles) have taken the brunt of the blame for Troika's demise, the studio actually survived and only died after being unable to find a publisher for its isometric post-apocalyptic game. Though neither the broken state, SoOkayItsAverage reviews and dismal sales of Bloodlines at launch probably didn't help matters.
* ReplayValue: Immense due to the fact playing a different faction of vampire changes the game noticeably, with the Malkavian option nearly turning the entire game into a bizarro alternate universe. There are also numerous endgames possible depending who you ally with at the end.

* [[MisBlamed/VideoGames Mis-blamed]] : While the mix of Activision forcing the game to release and the shadow of Half Life 2's release (as well as several other anticipated titles) have taken the brunt of the blame for Troika's demise, the studio actually survived and only died after being unable to find a publisher for it's isometric post-apocalyptic game. Though neither the broken state, SoOkayItsAverage reviews and dismal sales of Bloodlines at launch probably didn't help matters.

* ReplayValue: Immense due to the fact playing a different faction of vampire changes the game noticable, with the Malkavian option nearly turning the entire game into a bizarro alternate universe. There are also numerous endgames possible depending who you ally with at the end.

** Planned features included a multiplayer mode with vampires vs vampire hunters and character upgrades between rounds.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: After setting the explosives to blow up the Sabbat warehouse, if you go back to the trainyard, hide in the safe zone past the second set of tracks, and let the timer run out without stepping onto the platform (which triggers the cutscene [[spoiler:with Beckett]]), the two guards chatting nearby (assuming you haven't killed them already) will carry on after the explosion as if nothing has happened.
** At some point while walking around the streets of Downtown LA, you may hear gunfire coming from nearby. If you investigate, you find what appears to be a skirmish between two rival gangs. Pedestrians in the immediate vicinity will flee in terror, but everyone else will calmly go about their business, even to the point of casually strolling ''into'' the combat zone.

** At some point while walking around the streets of Downtown LA, you may hear gunfire coming from nearby. If you investigate, you find what appears to be a skirmish between two rival gangs. Pedestrians in the immediate vicinity will flee in terror, but everyone else will calmly go about their business, even to the point of casually strolling ''into'' the combat zone.

* ActorAllusion: When you get the briefcase for Fat Larry, he examines its contents and calls them [[Film/PulpFiction "Beautiful."]] Larry is voiced by Creator/PhilLamarr, who played Marvin in Pulp Fiction, and was connected to the briefcase arc of that movie.

* DevelopmentHell: Thanks to Valve wanting to show off the Source Engine on their own terms, the game was not allowed to be released before Half-Life 2, even though everyone already saw the engine a year previously thanks to the Half-Life 2 beta leak. Some would call that leak karma for them dicking with Troika.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: After setting the explosives to blow up the Sabbat warehouse, if you go back to the trainyard, hide in the safe zone past the second set of tracks, and let the timer run out without stepping onto the platform (which triggers the cutscene [[spoiler:with Beckett]]), the two guards chatting nearby (assuming you haven't killed them already) will carry on after the explosion as if nothing has happened.

* AccidentallyAccurate: Meta-example. In the French version of the game, there is a typo in one of Therese Voerman's lines (when you spoke to her after the "Slashterpiece" quest), in which there is written "Therese" where she would be logically speaking of Jeanette. [[spoiler:Which actually makes sense. It could seem to be a clue unwillingly told (she was very upset at this moment, so she could have confuse the names), foreshadowing the reveal that they are the same person, but it is actually really a mistake: the voice actress did say "Jeanette" and not "Therese".]]

* ReplayValue: Immense due to the fact playing a different faction of vampire changes the game noticable, with the Malkavian option nearly turning the entire game into a bizarro alternate universe. There are also numerous endgames possible depending who you ally with at the end.

* ReplayValue: Immense due to the fact playing a different faction of vampire changes the game noticable, with the Malkavian option nearly turning the entire game into a bizarro alternate universe. There are also numerous endgames possibled.

* DevelopmentHell: Thanks to Valve wanting to show off the Source Engine on their own terms, the game was not allowed to be released before Half-Life 2, even though everyone already saw the engine a year previously thanks to the Half-Life 2 beta leak. Some would call that leak karma for them dicking with Troika.

* DevelopmentHell: Thanks to Valve wanting to show off the Source Engine on their own terms, the game was not allowed to be released before Half-Life 2, even though everyone already saw the engine a year previously thanks to the Half-Life 2 beta leak. Some would call that leak karma for them dicking with Troika.
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Creator/JohnDiMaggio is Smiling Jack.
** Edita Brychta ([[CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 Natasha Volkova]]) is Ming-Xiao.
** Michael Gough ([[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Deckard Cain]]) is Beckett, and yes you'll a number of experience points and stat bonuses by staying a while and listening to him.
** Creator/JimWard ([[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Jack Krauser]]) is Regent, Isaac, and Bach.
** Music/GreyDeLisle is Jeanette and Therese.
** André Sogliuzzo ([[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender King Bumi]]) is Mercurio and Caine.
** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker is Bertram Tung.
** Neil Ross ([[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Colonel Volgin]], [[Franchise/MassEffect The Codex Narrator]]) is Gary Golden.
** Armando Valdes-Kennedy ([[VideoGame/{{CliveBarkersJericho}} Sergeant Frank Delgado]]) is Nines.
** Creator/SteveBlum is Andrei.
** Courtenay Taylor ([[Franchise/MassEffect Jack]], [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Juhani]]) is Heather.
** Creator/RobinAtkinDownes is Brother Kanker and Trip.
** Nika Futterman ([[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]]) is V.V.
** Creator/KeoneYoung is Mandarin.
** Creator/DaranNorris is Chunk.
** Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn is Pisha.
** Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor is Vandal Cleaver, the serial killer, and the Hengeyokai.
** Creator/FredTatasciore is David Hatter and the Gargoyle.
** Creator/DebiMaeWest is Patty, Hannah, and Jezebel.

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** Armando Valdes-Kennedy ([[VideoGame/{{Jericho}} Sergeant Frank Delgado]]) is Nines.

** Armando Valdes-Kennedy ([[VideoGame/Jericho Sergeant Frank Delgado]]) is Nines.

** Neil Ross ([[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Colonel Volgin]], [[Franchise/MassEffect The Codex Narrator]]) Gary Golden.

** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker is Bertram Tung and Gary Golden.

* ShoutOut:
** During your exploration of the sewers, you can find a newspaper and a logbook discussing three missing sanitation workers, implied to have run afoul of the Nosferatu. [[Film/TheRunningMan Their names are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQiNYtkwuyw&ab_channel=RobertTribs Whitman, Price and Haddad]].
** Bertram Tung has an obnoxious Ghoul [[Film/TheBigLebowski whose name is]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_EVtdF4xeQ Knox Harrington]].
*** Knox's design is also a visual shout out to a different work. His hair, facial design and color scheme are all heavily based on Riley Finn from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Riley was also written out of the show with a storyline where he was willingly letting vampire suck his own blood, in an inverse of Knox's role.

*** Knox's design is also a visual shout out to a different work. His hair, facial design and color scheme are all heavily based on [[TheScrappy Riley]] from BuffyTheVampireSlayer. Riley was also written out of the show with a storyline where he was willingly letting vampire suck his own blood, in an inverse of Knox's role.