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20 minutes of uninterrupted gameplay from Vampire: Bloodlines 2
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no worries, i actually only found out about it yesterday when someone mentioned it in another bloodlines discussion!
She mentioned a Pyramid, which suggests she is indeed a Tremere. The Pyramid fell to the Second Inquisition in past years, so it's hard to say if she's a Tremere loyalist involved in a localized recreation or a member of a more independent Tremere house. House Goratrix is aligned with the Sabbat, House Ipsissimus is aligned with the Anarchs, and House Carna is a pagan-oriented house that's nominally Camarilla but nurses Anarch sympathies and is scornful of Pyramid authority (this last one is my house of choice, I'd love to be able to choose it in my Tremere run).
Thanks for the thorough breakdown of info!
Will I be able to understand most of the lore by watching a Let's Play for the first Vampire: Bloodlines?
The game is pretty thorough about covering the foundational stuff if the player is asking NPCs about it. Subsequent playthroughs might see them skipping that though.
Re: Tremere
Check the club's logo, plus the purple light and purple eyes
Tremere's chantry in BL1 also had purple hues in the faccade, so does the NPC at the official site
I think we can pretty much conclude she's a Tremere.
Check the club's logo, plus the purple light and purple eyes
Tremere's chantry in BL1 also had purple hues in the faccade, so does the NPC at the official site
I think we can pretty much conclude she's a Tremere.
I'm watching Outstar do commentary now on this. i love having her World of Darkness/game dev insight!
I watched her vid, too, but I'm a bit worried about her impressions. She seems to be much too focused on how the 'journalist couldn't play the game right', when it's obvious the game itself has flaws (it's pre-alpha after all, so that's fine). My big concern is how vocal she's been in the VTMB community (particularly, by the devs themselves and Paradox), and I all into her video, there's no mention of the animations or even some of the dialogue. She says the guy's reaction at the end when he says "Oh really" is cheesy and 'she loves it', but to me that's just bad writing.
Dialog and dialog options were great. That's the most important thing for me.
Visually it looks rough but it is a pre-alpha buiild. But then again so was the original Bloodlines.
This is why developers are hesitant to show off their game in early stages.
Visually it looks rough but it is a pre-alpha buiild. But then again so was the original Bloodlines.
This is why developers are hesitant to show off their game in early stages.
Imagine some jackass walking into a club and busting a move like this:
Art direction is stellar.
Art direction is stellar.
This is always unfair to game journos as no one is a pro at a game when they pick it up for the first time in a public setting after walking around and playing several other games in the same day.
Aside from the environments, which aren't much better than what we've seen of other games this gen, this game looks very rough and early. The character animation looks especially dated. When approaching the main NPCs, they just stand there like statues or mannequins, waiting for you to trigger the interaction.
She's worked in game dev, so she's pretty inured to development jank.
Imagine some jackass walking into a club and busting a move like this:
I would join in
Seems like a proper sequel: nice writing, mediocre to bad combat.
And i thought i was bad with a controller, they cant even go up the stairs.
And i thought i was bad with a controller, they cant even go up the stairs.
The atmosphere looks great, but the Ai needs some work still.
Also, does falling from great heights not break the masquerade? I mean he's literally jumping off a building in clear line of sight of people and none of thoem even bat an eye at it...
Combat wise looks ok, I just wish melee was more...interesting, it looks like your basic "mash the attack button over and over to win" style. I'd love to parries, blocks, grabs, combo's and use vampiric powers to change these types of things, like dodging for example you start off with well a normal dodge, but then as you level up and depending on your clan your dodge could change to a high speed move, or even a simple "mist" form that allows the attack (if timed right) to simply pass through you.
So many ways they can enhance melee combat and make it more engaging then just whack a mole like it seems to be.
Also, does falling from great heights not break the masquerade? I mean he's literally jumping off a building in clear line of sight of people and none of thoem even bat an eye at it...
Combat wise looks ok, I just wish melee was more...interesting, it looks like your basic "mash the attack button over and over to win" style. I'd love to parries, blocks, grabs, combo's and use vampiric powers to change these types of things, like dodging for example you start off with well a normal dodge, but then as you level up and depending on your clan your dodge could change to a high speed move, or even a simple "mist" form that allows the attack (if timed right) to simply pass through you.
So many ways they can enhance melee combat and make it more engaging then just whack a mole like it seems to be.
The IGN player basically isn't showing the combat off well at all. Barely used their Nebulation in combat, or their other disciplines, and there was a lot of button mashing without thinking about combat feeds and the like. Dodge seems to have an active component this go around.
Thanks for sharing. Though this video also proves that there were issues with the sensitivity of the controls since this player still took way to long to turn side to side when in tight environments.
Edit: Why would a player ever pick the last option in the video.. I always wonder if people really play their games like this. It was a fetch quest. You fetched. Why lie and say you didn't get the requested item?
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I swear it's like the person playing has never picked up a controller before xD
That being said, the game looks fun, immersive and incredibly janky
...so yeah, pretty in line with the first one
That being said, the game looks fun, immersive and incredibly janky
...so yeah, pretty in line with the first one
Looks fun to me. I'm expecting jank considering how messed up the first one was and I'm fine with that. You can tell it's got a pretty limited budget.
I don't think the person playing is completely to blame. It looks like the right stick sensitivity is set really low and no one bothered to alter it. It's the first thing I would've told the dev, unless they did and were told the menu's aren't available or something.
I don't think the person playing is completely to blame. It looks like the right stick sensitivity is set really low and no one bothered to alter it. It's the first thing I would've told the dev, unless they did and were told the menu's aren't available or something.
This actually plays better than the other videos I've seen. It honestly looks really good. I really want them to improve some of the animations (like the Tremere girl), but looking at the video again, the Nosferatu characters had better animation, so I'm happy with that.
It looks about as good as I was expecting. Anyone expecting some AAA polish is going to be disappointed.
I am also happy to see that they didn't put in a stupid lockpicking minigame. That was one of my worries when they announced this game.
I am also happy to see that they didn't put in a stupid lockpicking minigame. That was one of my worries when they announced this game.
Im liking what im seeing.
Hey no need to get personal!Imagine some jackass walking into a club and busting a move like this:
Roundup of some other outlets playing the demo:
Gamer's Adventure HD (Chiropteran)
IGN (a second time with a Brian Mitsoda interview, Mentalism and Thaumaturgy)
Rock Paper Shotgun demo and impressions (explains some VtM basics, Nebulation, blood boil hobo murder)
PCWorld (Chiropteran, second half glitched out)
Gamer's Adventure HD (Chiropteran)
IGN (a second time with a Brian Mitsoda interview, Mentalism and Thaumaturgy)
Rock Paper Shotgun demo and impressions (explains some VtM basics, Nebulation, blood boil hobo murder)
PCWorld (Chiropteran, second half glitched out)
It's early to fully judge but I'm happy that visually this captures the atmosphere of the 2004 game.
Lol that certainly looks like Vampire the Masquerade.
I don't mind it to be honest as long the presentation is good and the writing is excellent which from what I've seen it's looking like that.
I don't mind it to be honest as long the presentation is good and the writing is excellent which from what I've seen it's looking like that.
