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What’s better: Vampires or werewolves?Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games

Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games

Image credit:Activision

Image credit:Activision

A vampire poses while a werewolf watches on in a Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines screenshot.

Last time, you decided thatdifferent puzzles on different difficulty levels is better than or bullet grazing. While longtime pontificators will know that that the foundation of our scientific method is a tightly controlled series of like-for-like comparisons, what the hey, let’s go wild for once. Having just watchedthat new Bloodlines 2 gameplay video, let’s consider vampires and, oh, I don’t know, what would be a wacky pairing, oh, werewolves? I know, I know, no connection between the two, but please, indulge this novel field trip.

Vampires

Cool? Sexy? Powerful? Dangerous? Deadly? Messed-up in a cool, sexy, powerful, dangerous, deadly way that will ruin your life? That’s vampires! I understand people are into them.

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Image credit:Larian Studios

Astarion ponders something at the campfire in Baldur’s Gate 3

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Jeanette Voerman in a Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines screenshot.

Werewolves

Cool? Sexy? Powerful? Dangerous? Deadly? Messed-up in a cool, sexy, powerful, dangerous, deadly way that will ruin your life? That’s werewolves! I understand people are into them.

Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda SoftworksImage credit:Telltale

Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Softworks

Talking with Aela the Huntress while Lydia watches in a The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim screenshot.

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Bigby being cool in a The Wolf Among Us screenshot.

But which is better?

Look, we all know it’s vampires, the best goths, so let’s make it official and we can move on.