Yeah, I found that part was fun depending on what clan I was playing.
As a Brujah, Nossie, or Gangrel it got tedious, though brawling my way through those monsters was satisfying.
Playing Toreador and Ventrue gunslingers, it was downright terrifying. I had to make sure and keep enough blood in me that I could keep Celerity going, because if those beasties got ahold of me I'd be down to a sliver of health within a few exhanges. Thankfully I put a little bit more into my Ventrue's defense stats (those were sacrificed in the Toreador build for the extra levels in Celerity).
Playing as a Malk, or Tremere it was kinda 'meh'.