10 Severely Underrated RPGs You Need To Check Out

10. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

The last game in the criminally underrated Vampire series was also the greatest. Made in Valve's robust Source Engine, Bloodlines lets you create a vampire of your choosing - distributing your abilities between Attributes, Abilities and Disciplines - and take them out into a gothic open world that you could engage with in all manner of ghoulish ways.

As you play, it's crucial that you keep your identity as secretive as possible, so if you want to become a serial bloodsucker you'll need to be stealthy about it. Many of the quests allow you to take a non-violent approach, getting what you want by means of threats and persuasion, or by hacking computers and picking locks. With all that said, an action-oriented approach is the most exciting way to play Bloodlines, thanks to the imaginative and impressive range of vampirical powers at your disposal. Bloodlines is essentially Deus Ex: Vampire Edition - a statement which in itself should be enough to persuade you to sink your teeth into it.

If you're worried about the fact that it's 11 years old, then there are plenty of mods out there that will give Bloodlines some welcome gloss.