I've never played Arcanum, but I'm considering tracking it down after my second run of Bloodlines.
I also need to check out V:TM Redemption, which I've never played.
As for Bloodlines crashing: that's its way of welcoming you back. Happened to me twice.
I've tried Redemption. It's ok, I suppose, but it paled compared to Bloodlines seeing as I tried to play both around the same time. Looking back at it, it kinda gave me a Legacy Of Kain vibe.
Ocean House is undoubtedly one of the creepiest parts in a game
beaten by most of SS2, of course
And the Shalebridge Cradle.
I never could be scared by SS2. It was a fun game, but not really scary at all. All three thief games had some creepy ass parts, although I stopped playing Thief 3 before getting to the Cradle.
You missed out, then. The Cradle was absolutely horrifying, the creepiest thing I've ever seen in a video/computer game.
I've never played Arcanum, but I'm considering tracking it down after my second run of Bloodlines.
I also need to check out V:TM Redemption, which I've never played.
As for Bloodlines crashing: that's its way of welcoming you back. Happened to me twice.
I've tried Redemption. It's ok, I suppose, but it paled compared to Bloodlines seeing as I tried to play both around the same time. Looking back at it, it kinda gave me a Legacy Of Kain vibe.
Okay, when I said nothing in the Ocean House was harmful, I lied horribly.
It's really only those pipes at the end that are trouble, the rest of that mess is no big deal.
You guys are pussies, there is literally nothing in this game so far that makes you jump. There's a lot of really good creepy atmosphere and what not, but nothing like Resident Evil, where shit is coming through windows and you're like SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT RUN AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Also fuck that plaguebearer guy with his super speed and fucking endless shotgun bullshit. I walked in there with only 17 shotgun rounds, that fight took like 2 hours.
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cj iwakuraThe Rhythm RegentBears The Name FreedomRegistered Userregular
edited June 2009
I managed to resolve the Voerman situation properly for the first time.
Persuasion 4 tied it up in a neat little bow. I'm not sure if I had to say what they wanted to hear beforehand, but I guess it didn't hurt.
I messed up briefly and killed off Jeanette. If you talk to Therese, you'll see she looks depressed... so all's well that end's well this way, sort of.
I never managed to solve the pier murders on my first run, so it'd be nice if I could figure that out this time.
Oh, and Blood Thaum is beautifully broken. The diner fight was like shooting fish in a barrel.
The sheer number of side quests in this game is fantastic. I'm really glad you guys convinced me. There are definitely a lot of areas that leave some things to be desired, but over all this game was well worth the money.
I'm at the Malkavian Primogen's house right now, snappin' crazies' necks all over the place. Next playthrough i'm cranking my ranged stat and playing as a machine-gun-toting Malkavian chick for sure.
Edit: God, the voice acting in this game is just superb. The guy who does the Malkavian Primogen's voice work is fucking Shakespearean.
Has anyone noticed how easy you gain humanity in the beginning? I'm still in Santa Monica and I have 10 humanity points, even after I lied to that guy on the beach.
If I remember correctly it is pretty similar with Masquerade Redemptions.
I think the idea is to allow you to experience the system and get to understand it without serious consequences while you're just learning and then towards the end you need to make choices with more meaning to them and watch your step.
Playing a Brujah named Regina! No weapons at all, just sweet, violent bare-fisted domination. Playing as a nice girl, but due to a lack of sneaktitude, a lot of cops get slaughtered sometimes. I also try to sleep with anything that moves.
Fuck those god damn 3-headed abortion monsters in the sewers. Every time I fight one, I feel like I'm in a south park roshambo match, we just wail on each others' nuts until one of us goes down.
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Just_Bri_ThanksSeething with ragefrom a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPAregular
Supposedly(though few if any know for sure), magic originated in Atlantis. A few Mages tried to create a gateway to the heavens with their magic to perfect their learning when something went wrong, and the ladder shattered. A few managed to ascend, while the rest were cast down into the fallen world.
When the ladder broke apart, it created a giant abyss in its wake: from which all Paradox comes. The Exarchs control the higher(Supernal) realm, and want to keep the majority of humanity in the dark about magic. A few Mages in the Supernal oppose the Exarchs, and they created the Watchtowers: beacons to help sleepers with the right potential become Mages.
And yeah, I don't get the obsession with Atlantis either, but it's hardly vital to running a game. You can totally ignore it if you want.
Yeah, I think that isn't as good as the old background.
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...and when you are done with that; take a folding
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
some of the Atlantis shit is annoying with new Mage because it's written right into the game mechanics, you gotta do a little bit to rip it out of there.
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Just_Bri_ThanksSeething with ragefrom a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPAregular
edited June 2009
My book's pages still turn, so I will stick with the old rules.
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...and when you are done with that; take a folding
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I get it, motherfuckers have been down there for over a hundred years, but FUCK that shit. I'm typing this post as I wait for my Goddamn health to regen! That Tscieitistiesitizie or whatever mother fucker went down like a BITCH, but this sewer shit is frustrating as HELL.
Edit: Colt Anaconda .44 Magnum Revolver with fan mode, you are my only friend.
Let us run away together and shoot horrible mockeries of creation.
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Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
I get it, motherfuckers have been down there for over a hundred years, but FUCK that shit. I'm typing this post as I wait for my Goddamn health to regen! That Tscieitistiesitizie or whatever mother fucker went down like a BITCH, but this sewer shit is frustrating as HELL.
preaching to the fucking choir, buddy.
also, gangrel are fucking VICIOUS in melee.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
I get it, motherfuckers have been down there for over a hundred years, but FUCK that shit. I'm typing this post as I wait for my Goddamn health to regen! That Tscieitistiesitizie or whatever mother fucker went down like a BITCH, but this sewer shit is frustrating as HELL.
Edit: Colt Anaconda .44 Magnum Revolver with fan mode, you are my only friend.
Let us run away together and shoot horrible mockeries of creation.
it mars what is an otherwise fantastic game and I hate it everytime I play
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FalloutGIRL'S DAYWAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered Userregular
edited June 2009
loving my malk playthrough. obfuscate fucking rules
I get it, motherfuckers have been down there for over a hundred years, but FUCK that shit. I'm typing this post as I wait for my Goddamn health to regen! That Tscieitistiesitizie or whatever mother fucker went down like a BITCH, but this sewer shit is frustrating as HELL.
Edit: Colt Anaconda .44 Magnum Revolver with fan mode, you are my only friend.
Let us run away together and shoot horrible mockeries of creation.
it mars what is an otherwise fantastic game and I hate it everytime I play
The impression I got in that level was the developers decided I'd been having too much fun and wanted to take me down a peg.
Seeing as there's people here who know about the original WoD and it's reboot, could someone explain to me the basics behind each? The most I know about either have been playing the two V:TM games.
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The LoK games were all fantastic, in their way.
You missed out, then. The Cradle was absolutely horrifying, the creepiest thing I've ever seen in a video/computer game.
Tube I am raising my eyebrow at you.
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it was dumb and not scary. if I had to sum it up in three words they would be
is
that
it
Oh yeah, not saying the vibe is a bad one.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Immersion, maaaaan, immersion.
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Holy shit, Metz, this would rule all over the place.
The shift it atmosphere between waiting room and warehouse is fucking incredible.
I was in the waiting from and like "okay, cool" and then I went into the warehouse and I'm like "shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, something is about to go down".
It's really only those pipes at the end that are trouble, the rest of that mess is no big deal.
You guys are pussies, there is literally nothing in this game so far that makes you jump. There's a lot of really good creepy atmosphere and what not, but nothing like Resident Evil, where shit is coming through windows and you're like SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT RUN AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Also fuck that plaguebearer guy with his super speed and fucking endless shotgun bullshit. I walked in there with only 17 shotgun rounds, that fight took like 2 hours.
I messed up briefly and killed off Jeanette. If you talk to Therese, you'll see she looks depressed... so all's well that end's well this way, sort of.
I never managed to solve the pier murders on my first run, so it'd be nice if I could figure that out this time.
Oh, and Blood Thaum is beautifully broken. The diner fight was like shooting fish in a barrel.
I'm at the Malkavian Primogen's house right now, snappin' crazies' necks all over the place. Next playthrough i'm cranking my ranged stat and playing as a machine-gun-toting Malkavian chick for sure.
Edit: God, the voice acting in this game is just superb. The guy who does the Malkavian Primogen's voice work is fucking Shakespearean.
saru: that's because it's a properly done scary, instead of stupid AHHHHH IT JUMPED OUT IN FRONT OF YOU SCREAMING AAAAAAAAAH shit
also make sure to listen to all that dude's recordings, slow descent into madness and shit.
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I much prefer that building of atmosphere to "OOGA-BOOGA" scare tactics.
And I am devouring those recordings, they are fucking fantastic.
Edit: This just isn't fair. I'm a fucking ninja with the neck-breaking in this house. These poor loonies don't stand a chance.
but damn it's really late
perhaps tomorrow
There's a quest towards the end of the game where you get to kill pretty much everyone that way
I think the idea is to allow you to experience the system and get to understand it without serious consequences while you're just learning and then towards the end you need to make choices with more meaning to them and watch your step.
Playing a Brujah named Regina! No weapons at all, just sweet, violent bare-fisted domination. Playing as a nice girl, but due to a lack of sneaktitude, a lot of cops get slaughtered sometimes.
PS4:MrZoompants
Yeah, I think that isn't as good as the old background.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
You know you could probably just ignore the Atlantis thing and everyone has their own way of doing their magic right
Atlantis is pretty much "who the fuck cares"
And I'm reading some of the powers
There's one called Epic Appearance
Basically because your God parent is really really pretty so are you and people want you inside them/to be inside you
Sweet
I get it, motherfuckers have been down there for over a hundred years, but FUCK that shit. I'm typing this post as I wait for my Goddamn health to regen! That Tscieitistiesitizie or whatever mother fucker went down like a BITCH, but this sewer shit is frustrating as HELL.
Edit: Colt Anaconda .44 Magnum Revolver with fan mode, you are my only friend.
Let us run away together and shoot horrible mockeries of creation.
preaching to the fucking choir, buddy.
also, gangrel are fucking VICIOUS in melee.
it mars what is an otherwise fantastic game and I hate it everytime I play
all slitting 8 throats in a row
install boot camp! i'm playing it on a mac
The impression I got in that level was the developers decided I'd been having too much fun and wanted to take me down a peg.
noclip
voila
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Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
you pigfuckers are making me actually consider getting it :<
it's a pretty old game, dude.
can you run HL:2?
maybe? I haven't tried on this computer. It's last year's Macbook Pro