Bloodnet

A gothic, cyberpunk graphical adventure with RPG elements. Blends vampires and William Gibson surprisingly well.

Long-term netrunners gradually lose the ability to take the virtual out of virtual reality. You are one such runner, implanted with an A.I. chip that helps you keep reality real. It also, rather fortuitously, helps resist other mental influences, such as being bitten by a vampire. But only for a while...

You must gather a party and find a way to free yourself of the curse before the chip is overwhelmed.

Tropes used in Bloodnet include:

• Awesome but Impractical: Jerry-rigging flamethrowers or Bio-Tech sounds great in theory, but the tendency for jury-rig weapons to explode makes them extremely dangerous (and disarms the user!) that the player is better off with a Shotgun - which does more damage then the flamethrower.
• Cyberpunk
• Dummied Out: Several items and skills mentioned in the manual are either no where to be seen (such as higher levels of Cyberlegs), or just not implemented properly such as lock-picking and medicinal.
• Historical Domain Character: Elvis Presley is an optional team member.
• Viewers Are Geniuses: Numerous references to Franz Kafka and Friedrich Nietzsche throughout the story.