The ambitious mod to recreate a 23-year-old vampire RPG in Skyrim shows off its take on medieval Prague

The ambitious mod to recreate a 23-year-old vampire RPG in Skyrim shows off its take on medieval Prague

Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption – Reawakened, the mod project to rebuild the first VtM videogame in Skyrim, has shown off new gameplay of its Prague early game. The original game, which follows the story of a crusader knight from the Middle Ages all the way to the modern day, is one of those hyper-ambitious, turn of the millennium RPGs that just doesn’t come all the way together, and is a prime candidate for a fan revival.

We last checked in on Redemption – Reawakened a year ago. The mod team had shown off some of its later hub areas and more dungeony levels, but project lead Galejro’s latest videos show off a significant portion of the early game in Prague.

That’s the original game on the left, Reawakened on the right. (Image credit: Bethesda, Activision, Galejro)

There’s no getting around the Skyrimmyness of it all⁠—those Creation Engine vibes are a proverbial shot of Baileys that any talented modder will struggle to overcome. Still, I think Reawakened is doing a good job of carving out its own identity. The new music and combination of Bloodlines and OG Redemption sound effects help set a more World of Darkness mood, as does replacing Skyrim’s default cursor with the bloody Ankh from the original game. 



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