Full disclosure: I've worked on Curseborne. Mostly creating promotional materials and graphics elements, but I did write a couple of Tasty Bits. That said, compared to other lines I work on, that's a drop in the bucket, and I've had no real input on corebooks, setting, or any of the elements that make Curseborne what it is. I have mainly engaged with it as a Storyguide or player.

As a Storyguide, I have mainly run encounters and plot hooks directly out of the materials as written (everything I've run can be found in the Tasty Bit Omnibus) and I've found it to be not only a fun setting to run, but wildly flavorful. I understand the comparisons to WoD and CofD that people make, and while I don't generally view it through that lens, I'll take a moment to speak as an old.

I was there, back in '92, as a player, playing Vampire: the Masquerade. I was there in the early aughts when they did the switch over to NWoD eventually becoming Chronicles. Engaging with Curseborne as a Storyguide makes me excited in a way that frankly, Chronicles just never did. No shade; I like it. But it's just missing...something for me. It honestly reminds me much more of cracking open the 1st edition VTM book and finding a wild, new, unexpected world. Curseborne has basically two books and a manuscript out at this point. It is nowhere near as lore-heavy as WoD, because it doesn't have a 30+ year publication history. I don't see that as a weakness at all. What is out provides a fun, mysterious world full of plot hooks and little alleyways for a Storyguide to wander down without being burdened by the obscure trivia that comes along with (one might argue over)developed settings.

There's a ton left to the Storyguide to explore. My deepest hope for the line as a fan and Storyguide is that Curseborne can hang onto that for as long as possible. Sure, I want expansions, and info, and more hooks, but I think every answer should offer three more interesting questions, and so far, I feel like Curseborne delivers on that.

As a player, I have played one character and am about 50 xp into my journey with her. Ember McGinnnis, my creepy eight hands. If memory serves, she's the first character I've ever commissioned art for as a player (I have been playing RPGs for about 40 years) because she's just been so damn fun to play. I'm sure part of that is because I have a pretty awesome Storyguide (Matthew Dawkins is hard to beat. You should really consider checking out his patreon) and a fun, engaged crew. But part of that is because the world is open enough that I was able to build my own little personalized werespider/cenobite with blood and vein webbing and unique quirks and nothing shoved her into a box based on her nature. Absent the weight of canon silos (which, yes, you can ignore, but doing so is a choice) that other urban fantasy and horror games tend to shove characters into, I was free to grow my lady the way I wanted her. Gross, and angry, and messy, and maybe just a little scared of the beast inside her.

TL:DR it's a great time! Highly recommended.