Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

humanji

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Abysmal game IMO. Probably enjoyable if youre into pretending youre an actual vampire or LARP'ing or some ****, for everyone else, it was crap. Play something like blood omen or soul reaver for a game about non-gay vampires

Aren't those 2 completely different types of games that just happen to have vampires in them? Are they even RPG's?

Nevyn

Blood omen and soul reaver are set in the same universe as each other and Soul reaver was a spin off from blood omen but the stories intertwine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Kain

I wouldn't class them strictly as rpgs as there really are no choices to be made.

bullets

crikey that brings back memories, as cheesey as it was
I loved the art work on Mark Rein·Hagen original book
for the roleplaying larpy type thing. I had no interest in
larping but liked the drawings, Liked the short
lived TV-Series (think one of the main characters died in a motorcycle accident) and did not mind the game,
although it sucked resources from the PC was buggy as hell
and I got bored and never finished it.

The first vampire RPG game I got for the PC was a game
called bloodnet in 1994, Based around cyber hackers and vampires. It was the first game I had where the game detected attempted to hack or change the saved game file
and would not play if you tried to hack it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JICsNrqZQhs


~B

Dyr

bullets wrote: »

crikey that brings back memories, as cheesey as it was
I loved the art work on Mark Rein·Hagen original book
for the roleplaying larpy type thing. I had no interest in
larping but liked the drawings, Liked the short
lived TV-Series (think one of the main characters died in a motorcycle accident)

Strangely enough the lead man was beheaded in that motorcycle accident :eek:

Bloodlines is still a cracking game for all its faults though, theres a lot of community patches out there too.

Zero-Cool

Playing it on unofficial patch 7. What a class game, pity I missed this 1st time around. usually old games don't hold my interest for long but I haven't played any other game since starting this. Love how you can approach missions in such different ways.

2 things -

1 - Is there anyway to tell the lock difficulty of a door before attempting to pick it?

2 - I picked Toreador (good mix of skills) but he looks and runs hella gay. Anyway to change the skin without messing up the game?

Mr Freeze

Loved this game, Loved Redemption even more, it was the friggin best.

Reading this thread makes me want to go searching for my old copies and boot them up again.

Could take ages though, as I recall these games are from the era when 6-8hrs was still only the start of a game, most new games are over in that length.

Zillah

Lab_Mouse wrote: »

AFAIK CCP games(which make the MMORPG game EVE)Bought the company that made the vampire rpg(whitewolf? will see if I can find a link) and had intended to make a Vampire MMORPG.

I thought the game was bugged as hell but was different to play and caught the atmosphere perfectly(dont remember any gay vampires though:rolleyes:)

This is all correct. Their official standpoint is still a release date for late 2010 but I somehow doubt that.

Dyr

Zillah wrote: »

This is all correct. Their official standpoint is still a release date for late 2010 but I somehow doubt that.

Their official line is that there is no official line :pac:

although this is interesting, from one of the dev's blogs...second last paragraph

http://www.justinachilli.com/blog/2010/7/18/announcement-shotgun.html

Zillah

Bambi wrote: »

Their official line is that there is no official line :pac:

Eh, they're not exactly being very subtle about it. CCP released a video demonstrating some new clothing animation technology. Notice a visual theme here?

Agricola

Good game but never completed it due to bugs and a broken mission. Some great atmosphere. The Ocean House Hotel level in particular is one of those game experiences that you never forget, like the Cradle in Thief 3.

Zapp Brannigan

If I bought this through Steam would I be able to get the community patch working?

Coriolanus

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

If I bought this through Steam would I be able to get the community patch working?

Should be able to. I know I've installed mods into some of the TW games I have on Steam.

Zapp Brannigan

Only issue is that I'm running a Steam emulator on my Mac that allows me to play all Steam titles, prolly should've mentioned that!

Coriolanus

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Only issue is that I'm running a Steam emulator on my Mac that allows me to play all Steam titles, prolly should've mentioned that!

No idea then tbh. Soz.

KingLoser

Played this a loooooong time ago. Really enjoyed it. I remember having to switch off the Hotel level because I got a dose of the shakes. :pac:

Did anyone else find the end-game heavily tilted in favour of melee classes?

Kiith

KingLoser wrote: »

Did anyone else find the end-game heavily tilted in favour of melee classes?

I was too busy smashing **** up with my giant hammer to notice :P

Skerries

i am feeling an urge to go back and play this again but i have sooooo much to play
i played it through before with a Gangrel character, which one would you suggest i go for next if i throw it back on?

Kiith

Last time i played i think i cheated, and gave myself all the powers. Having persuade, intimidate, flirt and the malkavian options wa great fun, and since i'd already played it, didnt really spoil anything.

Ri_Nollaig

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Only issue is that I'm running a Steam emulator on my Mac that allows me to play all Steam titles, prolly should've mentioned that!

as a fellow Mac user any details on how you did this ?

Zapp Brannigan

Ri_Nollaig wrote: »

as a fellow Mac user any details on how you did this ?

Here

Ri_Nollaig

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Here

Mmmhh very interesting, I'll check that out when I get home from work.

Does it work well?

Thanks!

oceanclub

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

If I bought this through Steam would I be able to get the community patch working?

I'm pretty sure it does; I actually started initial work on the installer itself for Wesp but then got sidelined (my father was ill) and someone else took it over.

I think where VTMB still holds up really well is in the characters; your vampire--pirate mentor (voiced by Bender!), the old lothario movie-maker in Hollywood, the ex- you bump into; no RPG has really come close to the range of quests and characters. It really is a must-play, even if you never actually finish the game.

P.