That's actually the weak-suit of the game the combat is way too monotonous.

Wikipedia says that the two parts play differently, but I find that they play exactly the fucking same. The first half of the game is set in medieval Prague and Vienna, but the second half is set in modern England and New York. Don't worry if you can't find a copy of the manual, because I'll be quoting, and showing pictures from it as lore gets referenced. Key terms and the like are explained in-game, but it's nowhere near as thorough as the manual.

If you guys aren't familiar with the lore and want to get a better understanding of it, I encourage you to read chapter 6 of the game manual. It's based on the Vampire: the Masquerade tabletop RPG by White Wolf � first released in 1991 � and as a result, the game has a lot of lore behind it. Vampire: the Masquerade - Redemption is a 2000 hack-and-slash RPG developed by Nihilistic Software (now nStigate Games), and published by Activision.