"It's been 15 years since I played that damned game," reads the bright blue text as the sun sets over a sleepy Santa Monica. The game in question is Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Troika's 2004 World of Darkness epic that established a gold standard not just for TTRPG-inspired titles, but VTM videogames as a whole. But that's not what I'm playing right now, nor am I stalking the streets of Seattle in Bloodlines 2. No, this is a side-scrolling RPG that you've probably never heard of. Welcome to Santa Monica By Night.
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