Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Thread
- Home
- Board: /v/ - Video Games
- Reading: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Thread
Hey, kid, listen up! Our last thread (>>343523730) is dyin' so this is our new place, let's talk about VTM:B. Post tips, trivia, guides, webms or anything related to VTM.
>>343559778
>let's talk about VTM:B.
Good fucking luck with that retard.
You're not even capable your self.
>>343559898
You're gonna have to leave.
Sorry, cast and crew only, boss.
>>343559898
Nice grammar, kid
>>343559778
Shitty game due to awful combat and bland environments.
GIVE ME THE FUCKING KEY YOU COCKSUCKIN MOTHAFUCKER BLAUHAGBEAHRREAR
>>343560279
Git gud, tripfag
>lets have a thread about a incomplete game that nobody cares
woooow
im torrenting the gog version, do i need anything else besides the unofficial patch?
>>343560279
not an argument
>>343560261
Some solid discussion.
Grammar is apparently only the usage of commas, to you.
That isn't a complete sentence, ironic.
>>343560415
It's literally just all man children with nothing to say about the game.
They literally don't talk about the game.
Never once have I seen a VTM thread with legit conversation.
>>343560279
>bland environments
Now you're just baiting.
>>343560449
You don't even need the unofficial patch, the gog version comes with it pre-built.
Also why is Tzimisce so OP?
>>343559778
GOAT game
>>343559898
>>343560279
>>343560415
>>343560494
Mods, please.
Don't you guys have anything better to do besides act like a mental on a thread that isn't relevant to your interests?
>>343560449
u need to git gud also dont play malkavian on your first playthrough if you dont want spoliers
>>343560763
You're right I shouldn't shit post because it'll just die in a few minutes on its own.
Lmfao.
Dead game because of a terrible fan base.
You are the problem.
>>343560818
Don't listen to that faggot paly malk first and enjoy trolling the fuck out of errybody.
Also Tremere are best bros, trust them.
>>343560763
It's true tho. I like the first half of the game but it's still immensely overrated, in here at least. The gameplay is dogshit and everything from chinatown to the end is fairly mediocre.
>>343561170
Where can I subscribe to you?
>>343561668
This is why every one hates you guys.
>thread for VTM discussion
>no one discusses anything like usual
>some one talks about the game
>GIT GUD
>NICE BLOG
>NOT AN ARGUMENT
You're all man children incapable of conversing.
>>343561668
kill yourself
Just let the threads go into torpor for a while guys.
>>343561896
>starts off insulting the OP for no reason
>spends several minutes bitching about something he himself doesn't even attempt.
>the actual "conversation" is about how he doesn't care about the game and neither should anyone else.
Sure thing, kiddo
>>343561896
>literally just finished a 500 reply thread
>durr where da discussion?
keep bumping the thread tho
>>343562182
>literally just finished a 500 reply thread
r34?
Can nosferatu do sidequests given by human characters like Kilpatrick?
>jack is 10th
>beckett is 7th
>sheriff is 7th or lower
>lacroix must be 6th or lower
>protagonist resists domination
Starts as 8th because 15 blood points, but ends on at least 5th generation.
>>343563350
Yes, but they'll be a little scared of you when you meet them
>>343563350
Yeah, talking to Fat Larry as a nos is pretty hilarious
I've beaten the game so many times now but I'm up for a new playthrough
Anyone have any nice builds or roleplays?
>>343564370
Play as Ventrue with high dominate, charism and seduction
>>343559778
i only go to /v for vtmb, witcher and morrowind threads.
gj OP
>>343565845
>lacuna coil
Gotta love VTMB for introducing me to this band
>>343566331
i was never into that sort of music, but still i liked the early 2000's vibe it had
>>343563493
Shouldn't the player have gained more blood points as the plot advanced?
This would have been welcome, what with all the late combat.
But then again, it would be better if the late game had more content
>>343566426
Same
>early 00s
Man, I miss those days, but I can't let the nostalgia start taking over me now
>>343566728
holy shit nostalgia hit me just now
now i remember how my town used to look like back then
>>343566948
>>>/co/84187463
>all those memories
Time is one cold bitch
>>343567298
now i feel old as fuck
>>343559778
>5 dollars on steam right now
should i? i don't want to deal with pirating like 3 disks and bothering with alcohol120% and shit
>>343567721
Yes, you should.
Don't forget to see >>343560920
>>343567721
Depends on whether or not you care about where the money goes. The devs won't see a dime, Activision does.
>>343567961
with how the market works right now, It's not like i have a choice, i guess - i just don't want to do a clusterfuck of disk shenanigans every time i want to play it
>>343567721
>alcohol 120%
when was the last time you pirated a game?
>>343568240
i pirate games all the time, i just don't see a reason to stop using a120 when i have to bother with disks in the first place
>>343560390
>vamps drinking beer
>>343567721
>alcohol120%
Do you still use Nero too?
God damn it Paradox what the fuck are you doing with the license. Throw us a bone already.
piggybacking some VTMR love
pick it up off GOG if yer hungry for more VTM shit
plays like a poor man's 3D diablo
Post yfw you're shitposting on ShreckNET and you see that there's Nictuku sighting in your area.
>>343568381
Pretty common desu
>>343568514
Just imagine
>>343568381
>>343568832
So what are some things that Vamps can and cannot consume? I don't mean digest, I just mean can they really enjoy the cool refreshing taste of a brewskie without vomiting it back up or having it taste like ass to them?
>>343559778
I reinstalled this game because of threads like these. Plus patch installed, ready for my nth playthrough. Thanks chums
>>343568947
I'm imagining and all I'm seeing is a shitty action RPG that is nowhere near close to doing the original justice.
>>343568947
HHHHHNNNNGGGGGG
>>343568525
>plays like a poor man's 3D diablo
Still playable or not?
>>343566728
>>343566426
I dont want to Start a fight but isn't IT more a late 90s vibe? The music, the style, the nihilistic Ending, it strikes me as pure 90s Stuff.
>>343569019
Literally only things VTMB has going for it is the soundtrack, characters and the dialogue and CDPR is great at all of those.
>>343569108
dunno, my country is 20 years behind schedule anyway
>>343569108
More like late 90s~early 00s in the way I see it.
Like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHBhKbF2xMA
>>343560449
gangrel girl best girl
>>343569074
I'd say so, I grew up with it so the nostalgia is real, but it's not unplayable
it's like diablo in that you have to keep clicking to attack shit, but if that doesn't bother you then it's relatively fun
just the weapons and armor and crap aren't THAT robust
the real star of the game is the cool story and settings and vampire drama
I also really enjoyed the characters
>>343568832
>>343569000
vampires in VTM can't consume anything besides blood, and they can't do anything without using blood
vampirism is a true curse in the sense that vampires are pale imitations of life
if I remember right, even jack tells you in VTMB that you can get drunk but you have to drink the blood of a drunk human
>>343569547
Gonna give it a try then, thanks.
>>343569205
Considering all they've made so far are Witcher games, and using the same gameplay template for a Vampire game would be shit, I wouldn't be comfortable with them making a Vampire game until they make something else that's good. Maybe CP2077 will be good but I doubt it. And I don't want a new Vampire game to be open world, which seems to be CDPR's thing at the moment.
>>343569756
I don't wanna overhype it, it's kinda clunky
but I'd say it's worth the $3 or whatever on GOGserena is cutest vamp gal
>>343569839
Why do you doubt CP2077 will be good?
>>343570116
Not him, and I'm fucking hyped for Cyberpunk 2077.
Can't wait to play as a Fixer.
>>343570116
Seeing the direction they took TW3 that isn't something I want out of a game based on a pnp game. Plus CDPR has never done a game with shooting in it, among other things, so their lack of experience isn't very comforting. I could be completely wrong but just basing my expectations on the games they've released I'm not very optimistic.
>>343569839
>And I don't want a new Vampire game to be open world, which seems to be CDPR's thing at the moment.
It's everyone's thing at the moment and personally, I'd love a game in a giant ass city, something like Bamham. Made right, it could work so damn well.
>>343569221
That could be it, my country is always 5 years late to the Party.
>>343569349
Jepp, thats exactly the style i was thinking of.
>>343570284
this
they seem like good guysand I don't really give a shit about witcher
>>343569901
You back off my waifu this instant, knave!
>>343569349
>>343569108
god I love that style
>cell phones still clunky as fuck
>hi tek shit on the border between clunky and sleek
>>343570303
Fair enough. Guess we'll have to wait and see, hopefully it'll be a pleasant surprise.
>>343570373
I like the Witcher games, especially the first game, but I think i'll like Cyberpunk 2077 more.
Pic related will be my role model.
>>343570356
That style was alive til 2006, so I guess it counts as early 00s as well.
>>343569000
They have to vomit it back up later, but they can consume just about anything and fake it.
>Cyberpunk and VTM
Why not both?I have the whole thing by the way
>buy VTMR on gog
>includes concept art and sick ass game manual from when manuals were totally rockin
I wish I still had my original, that fucking thing was like a college textbook
>>343571382
>>343548995
>>343549730
>tfw no CD Projekt VTM: Cyberpunk
>>343567721
With infinite top-selling CoD sequels it's not like it makes any difference if you throw Activision a cup of coffee's worth so yes.
>>343569108
VTM, as a setting, is mid to late 90s, yes, and this game reflects that.
>>343571382
>Cyberpunk VTM
is this fanfic? what is this?
>>343571642
fuck you and fuck your activision
>>343571737
Everything is a fanfic. These are PnP games. This is just a way to merge the two settings if you feel like it.
>>343570719
delete this.
>Finally play VTM:B
>Play for hours straight
>Get to haunted house
>NOPE
>Haven't continued playing for a few weeks.
Lads, honestly. I know I'm a sissy, but it scared the fuck out of me.
>>343571986
The what? Oh god they call themselves the what?
>>343572043
Honestly I found it hard to be scared of anything in there when I'm roleplaying as what goes bump in the night.
>>343572043
it's not that scary jesus christ, gimble's is creepier
I wish I could into the game, but I finished the tutorial and followed the guy bleeding out to his apartment. does it pick up anytime soon
>>343571658
Early 00s still had a little bit of that late 90s goth vibe, you can see it in the movies or songs.
VTMB also took some elements from late 80s Vampire movies like pic related.
1/2
>>343572043
That part is cool the first time you do it but on replays it actually gets really annoying because it's basically just a roller coaster ride through the house to the place you need to go.
does obfuscate melee weapon malkavian work in vtm?
>>343572043
Huh, last thread nobody made a post about the fucking haunted house.
>>343572295
Yeah, it picks up right about now when you go down to the beach house and then break into the blood bank.
>>343572331
2/2
>>343572043
>tfw I gave the necklace to Jeanette and couldn't save that poor ghost after that
>>343572240
>>343572261
I'm trying to get through it now. Just got out of the basement and went to the spewky kid's room. How much longer is it? I'm going to shit myself before the end of this.
>>343571986
>>343572240
>crossover
while I'd love having oWoD go beyond the final nights, I'd rather it do its own thing rather than a crossover
usually crossovers just dilute both settings
>>343568381
>Earliest vampire stories had them eating and drinking with people just fine. Even going out in sunlight.
Jesus people's expectations of vampires is just flat out retarded.
>>343572597
I'd argue that crossovers are rather nice for when you want to spice things up a bit. They're not for your main campaign or whatever.
>cyberpunk vampires
>>343572689
it's a VTM thread, faggot, not a vampire general
VTM lore is pretty specific
>>343572827
I don't wanna shit on it since it seems really, really cool
plus I've always wanted a cyberpunk WoD, it'd work so well
>>343572689
Actually the earliest vampire stories are from like medieval eastern Europe and have vampires be people coming back as corpses and fucking with people that are still alive. And they didn't drink blood. Most common causes were being a sorcerer while alive or having an animal cross over your corpse. They were apparently OCD too because a common way to get away from them was to toss a bunch of rice or something on the ground and they'd have to stop and count it.
This is now a Wiz War thread.
Just a couple more pages of this
>>343571382
Please post more of this. Or a download link. Nihilistic future + vampire the masquerade. Nice.
Can I load my pirated bloodlines save with steam's version?
>>343569108
> the nihilistic Ending
This to be honest fampire, the eschatonic undertones and rampant hedonism are a big part of the setting.
Early 00s are "We Survived the World's End and are starting to reconnect" kind of feel.
TREMERE A BEST
That is all.
>>343568832
Poor ass face, he had a hard lyfe
God damn it this is scary as shit.
>want to reply Bloodlines
>realise there's nothing new to discover
I still play through it at least once a year, what I wouldn't give for a sequel or even an expansion
Im seeing alot of these threads around recently
Is there some patch or something i missed? Why the resurgence?
How do I know which version of Wesp I'm using?
>>343575297
They just pop up every once in a while. There's not any new news unless you didn't hear that Paradox now owns the WoD license and there will probably be a new game at some point. There's nothing concrete yet though.
>>343575484
I frequent /tg/ so yeah i knew about that.
>>343575297
We just really like the setting. People still talk about LOTR for example, and that's obviously been stagnant for ages.
Am I a man now, /v/?
Seriously fuck this house. It was giving me flashbacks to watching The Changeling when I was 9.
>>343576589
It's a nod to 'The Shining'. It even has the bar.
gg clearing it. Now man up for Grout's mansion.
>>343576890
>those audiotapes
>>343576998
Grout legit added two words to my vocabulary. Mélange and ennui.
>>343576890
Grouts mansion was way too easy, mate.
First time I went through it I didn't even read those poems, just hit the levers for 10 seconds and the doors would open.
The mansion design was cool, though.
>those stairs
Also this >>343576998
>>343576998
so fucking good
https://youtu.be/Cn-O1HmlvgI
>Hello, LA.
>You're up way past your bedtime.
post yfw
>>343576998
>>343577674
>that voice
>that background music
>>343577906
http://debofnight.andcuriouser.com/
>>343571598
we can has it on a mega link?
>>343578090
Her voice is still as pure sex as I remember it.
>>343578496I dunno how to do that
Why is it that NPC models look so much better than player character models?
On that note does anyone know a PC model replacer mod? Eespecially for the female Gangrel. Her short stubby arms piss me off
>>343577674
>>343576998
>tfw just realized he's Crypto from Destroy all humans
It always irritated me that they made the Malkavian PC essentially a fishmalk. My hopes were raised when I saw the "Subtly Insane" history added in the later versions of the plus patch, and then immediately dashed when I saw it had zero effect on the dialogue.
The best I can really do is swap the model to another clan's and remove the stupid wacky font.
>>343575297
I dunno. The reasons could include:
- the death of the Twilightfranchise and thus the end vampire stories being regarded as gay shit.
-GOG + Steam Summer Sale
-90s nostalgia which the style and setting satisfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glc0quxADLY
>>343578918
This. I will never understand why some faggots always tell people to play as malk in this game
>>343579116
>the death of the Twilightfranchise
?
>>343578859
Holy shit that brings me back. I had that demo on the same disk as my Stubbs The Zombie demo from a copy of PC Gamer.
>>343578918
why do they call it a fishmalk
>>343579221
Because of the picture you just replied to.
>>343579136
>see that pic
>ready to tell you to shove those harry potter fanfics up your ass
Fuck that guy
>>343574564
Ironic considering this game takes place literally weeks before the vampire apocalypse.
>>343579315
so, like, wacky looney malks who like to kiss fish or what?
>>343579162
Do you hear anyone still talking about Twilight? Anyone still THINKING about it? Despite 3 years ago everyone judging any story about vampires by how they compare to Twilight?
That shit had its run and now its over, so vampires can be cool again. Thank god.
>>343579715
Basically, yeah. People who see "Insane" and think that means doing randumb shit like talking to a stop sign instead of roleplaying an actual mental illness.
>>343580027
I think you're a faggot who hates fun.
>>343580292
I think you're a faggot who lacks imagination.
>>343580027
oh right
yeah it's a shame they didn't give you the option in VTMB, but it makes sense with the time constraints and junk
bumping for dark and lonely nights
don't leave me, /v/
>>343581635
Oh, but we need to. The sun is almost rising.
Gonna play the videogame, tremere or brujah?
>>343582527
Brujah, tremere are cucks.
>>343582527
Tremere can be pretty tricky, especially at the start when your thaumaturgy sucks balls. Brujah is a better choice for first playthrough. You can invest in either guns with celerity or melee with potence.
Are werepyres a thing in this universe?
>>343583112
Yes, rare as fuck and unplayable. Search for abominations in the wiki.
>>343582527
Tremere has fun as fuck blood magic and Brujah are kind of a standard beat the shit out of things clan. If you want a fun melee clan go Gangrel.
>tfw you will never watch Hoover 2: Hydro Electric Boogaloo
>or play Abe Lincoln Teaches Killing
>>343583219
>check out abominations
>find werecats
damn, that's hot
http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Bastet_(WTA)
>>343582935
>Tremere can be pretty tricky, especially at the start when your thaumaturgy sucks balls.
Wut? I played Temere as first playthrough and it was great. Bloodpurge is available from the start and is OP as fuck. The painting Mission was a walk in the park the moment i used it.
>Another VTMB in a row
Yes please.
>>343584428
With UP Basic version, blood purge incapacitates nearly every enemy for a large duration except for the tzimisce creations if I remember correctly. Makes the game a cakewalk honestly. Plus version fixes it so bosses aren't affected, which kind of brings it to normal levels of power.
>>343582527
Honestly, both those clans are OP as fuck, so just pick the one you like the most lore-wise so you can roleplay to a greater effect.
Bump for best RPG of all time.
VTMB is so comfortable.
I want a New Vegas-like remake of VTMB.
>>343586854
I want an open world V:TMB game period. It wouldn't even need an audience, the game is already perfect all it would need is a script something near on-par with V:TMB, similar atmosphere and improved combat and it would sell gangbangbusters.
>>343549730
>Blood
>In the fangs
For what purpose?
>>343572331
>we're all diamond dogs
Which clan in this game has the closest feeling to playing a hero from Overwatch?
>>343587240
>open world
Please no. I want a new game to have a similar hub layout as the original. Could be bigger though with more reasons to return to earlier hubs. Just no open world.
>>343587482
all mgs after 3 are garbage
>>343587517
overwatch is gay
>>343587296
So you can infect someone with heroin and then force them to pay for it to keep them high.
So first time playing. Which clan is good for the first time? I heard the picking Malk or Nosf was a bad idea. I'm thinking about Toreador because I want to make my character a seductress. Thoughts?
>>343587713
>infect someone with heroin
>>343587240
>all it would need is a script something near on-par with V:TMB, similar atmosphere
>all it would need
>script and atmosphere on-par with VTMB
Lel, I like how you trivialise these aspects. 12 years have passed, companies with writers worth multiple millions of dollars have put out many games, none of which have even come close to emulating these aspects as well as VTMB. Not even on the same level. Salvaging the combat is the easy part nowadays, it's the writing and the character of the game that's difficult to reproduce effectively.
>>343587649
open hubs would be cool, deus ex style
with certain disciplines giving specific options to finish quests
>obfuscate to defeat lasers
>potence to bust through walls
etc
>>343587832
>I'm thinking about Toreador because I want to make my character a seductress.
that's pretty solid
any choice is pretty solid for first playthrough except for nos/malk
I always liked tremere or ventrue
wouldn't have minded brujah but the character models/costumes look gay as fuck
>>343587832
If I remember right, Ventrue is one of the two clans that actually had its clan-unique dialogue options finished before the game shipped
>playing VTM:B
>get to chinatown
>remember yukie
>stop playing
how can one of the worst characters present in video games be in one of the best video games ever?
>>343587240
I feel like an open world wouldn't be able to be as comfy as VtMB. It would loose part of the urban charm that it has.
What I really want is a VtM video game set in Rio de Janeiro, the possibilities are fucking endless, only city ruled by both main sects in "peace" and "cooperation".
>>343587832
Honestly, just pick whatever you want. Seriously. Use the guide picture for a quick clan explanation and pick the one that YOU want to roleplay. Except for malk, that is.
>>343560818
Malkavian 'spoilers' are only spoilers in retrospect half of the time.
>>343587832
Toreador is one of the most OP clans because of Auspex+Celerity. Makes combat a walk in the park using guns. THey suck at melee though
>>343588021
How is she the worst?
>>343588065
>What I really want is a VtM video game set in Rio de Janeiro
that sounds terrible
if you're gonna go foreign, I'd go with hong kong, tokyo, some kind of cool urban sprawl
>>343587240
Depends on the open world.
It can work as long as they keep it urban.
Just because it is open world, it doesn't mean it can't be urban.
![French-Quarter-800072-smallTabletRetina[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JKJdCNS.jpg "French-Quarter-800072-smallTabletRetina[1]")
>>343588290
I want a VtM game in New Orleans.
>>343588280
>>343588021
Not him, but she's an intentional walking cliche and she ruins much of the seriousness the game has up to that point by including a whole bunch of pointless shit into the game just for a fun anime reference/parody.
>>343588290
>>343588065
Honestly, I understand it. Hong Kong/Tokyo have been done to death and Vampire needs a good setting to work. Especially with that iconic statue, Rio could be atmospheric as hell.
I just want more Jeanette
>>343588280
Her dialogue unironically sounds like it was written by a weaboo, the injection of random Japanese words and phrases into her speech, the 'epic samurai demon hunter' aspect of her character, the terrible voice acting. Everything about her just screams "developer fanwank".
>>343588576
>atmospheric as hell
yes, I love shit water and tropical climates in my grimdark games
>>343560261
why is your ghoul's left tit so much fucking bigger than the right one
>>343588617
isn't that the point? there's even a dialogue option referencing tentacle porn
plus wasn't weeb shit not as well known then
>>343588743
fuck latin america
>>343588290
>some kind of cool urban sprawl
You've never been to Rio? It's a fuck huge oppressive urban sprawl with beaches. Besides there's far too little games set in Brazil or Latin America in general and this one offers the perfect chance to play either Sabbat or Canarilla .
>>343588785
from all the honking
>>343588948My shame will be forever known. I should proof read my posts.
>>343587862
I feel the same about Planescape. Other than those two, I can only think of New Vegas, Deus Ex and maybe Kotor 2 that even comes close.
If I've missed any, for the love of god tell me. I badly need my storyfag fix.
>>343589083
>>343588948
and fuck brazilI'm still really pissed about max payne 3
>>343588576
>an optional quest
>ruins seriousness meanwhile a fat goofy Nigga and Ash from evil dead are keeping it real
>don't forget crank calls with Andrei and Deb of Nights wacky idiots
>>343588290
Brazil actually has a pretty nice story. It has that huge fort that the nosferatu built under the capital to protect against a supposed Nictuku that's in Brazil, the amazon forest filled with garou fighting strange shit, mentions of half bat half human (not exactly vampires) demons roaming around and other spooky shit.
Also one of the few places where the Camarilla and the Sabbat have a truce so they could add both sects into the game.
>>343588434
>It can work as long as they keep it urban.
That's my point. I don't want a large crappy open world, I want something more along the lines of what the original game had, with a similar amount of walking, but with fewer loading screens.
If I could leave my apartment without a loading screen with my radio still playing, my cock would explode in orgasm and coat a wall.
>>343574849
I've only beaten it once and people post tons of shit I've never seen before so I guess I missed out on a shitload of stuff.
>>343589892
With how small the hubs are that would be easy today. People did something similar with Oblivion where they put the cities directly into the overworld and made all the windows in houses show the town.
>>343589184
>If I've missed any, for the love of god tell me
Unfortunately, you played most of the big ones. I assume you loved planescape, so I will recommend fallout 1 and 2, both of which I loved once I got into them. Can't say the same about baldur's gate unfortunately, the combat was just too slow and counter-intuitive for me. Story-wise, it's supposed to stand along with the rest of the cRPG greats, so there's that I guess.
Modern games... only one I can think of that comes close is Witcher franchise, all of its games had very strong narrative and story-telling along with well-developed dialogue choices and lore behind them. Good stuff.
And then... maybe mass effect 1 and 2... that's about it really.
>>343589769
>Brazilians Gangrels know capoeira
Oh, man, that would be awesome and funny at the same time
>Watching my friend play through for the first time
>He fucking opens it
>>343590447
Rio de Janeiro sounds hilarious with the whole city with no laws thing
>It is in Rio that a Toreador can hire a Tzimisce to fleshcraft his dream lover, or a devout Lasombra can pray at the statue of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado alongside a Wee Kirk Gangrel.
>You will never just pay a Tzimisce to make your waifu real
>>343590587
>play self insert first playthrough
>open it
>mfw
Here's a pic of Rio btw.
>>343589292
Goofy fat nigger you can hand wave away as just some funny encounter, same with Deb of Nights as people can be that stupid in real life. It's how you can make cringe compilations on public radio broadcasts.
Cyborg japanese teenage assassin girl who slays vampires opens up a whole new can of worms to the point that it almost effects tone.
There is a level to which a gamer can hand wave away a reference as something believable in the universe. For a good barometer on this, the line is exactly drawn at The Witcher 2 having two characters reference Lord of the Rings: The first time, the other doesn't get it, then the other makes a crack about that later and they share a quick bonding moment over it. That is the maximum you can handwave away, because it stretches so hard it almost bursts... but plausibly you could see Lord of the Rings existing as a book series in The Witcher under a totally different context.
Yukie goes beyond that.
>>343589769
Also the fact that in Wraith, there used to be a realm of the dead for the natives.
Too bad the western dead came with the west, and colonized the shit out of it.
>>343590436
>Mass Effect
3's not even that bad, it has the best gameplay in the series but the worst story.
>>343565845
I don't understand the meaning behind like half of these pictures. This is a great example of how the played/expected/got meme is pure cancer now.
>>343588617
>>343588021
>>343588576
She's a joke about players who do the exact same shit.
>>343588290
>>343588576
HK or Tokyo wouldn't be good settings for a regular vampire game because they're controlled by the Kuei-Jin (which doesn't necessarily make for a bad game, but isn't the same setting).
>>343590871
Not really I assumed she was wearing a gauntlet. The game establishes hunters are a thing. Kuejin and other Asian monsters are a thing. Why wouldn't a hunter find her way into the Chinatown hub? It makes sense, though she's pretty corny and cliche.
>>343590871
>Cyborg
She's just wearing armor on her arm.
>>343590970
True enough. Story quality took a fucking nosedive from 2 to 3, it sometimes enrages me how badly they fucked it up. If it wasn't for a few memorable moments that were built up in the previous games (mordin death, rachni queen, legion etc.) I'd say ME3 would have nothing but shit going for it story-wise.
>>343590871
Anon, you should see some of the other more horrific WoD stuff that could have been put in
>>343588290
>>343588065
Any non-English speaking game is going to have the problem of "why are the characters speaking English?" It's not a huge issue but raises some questions.
>>343588571
I too have watched True Blood.
I want a game set in Seattle.
>>343590710
>>343590871
Meh, I think that São Paulo would fit better with the whole VTM setting
>>343568947
This on the other hand could work.
>witcher 3 engine
>open world with urban/underworld and woods setting
>multiple endings
>all the cool clans are playable
>good combat system
>>343588571
That would be sick/10 i'd love to hear some top notch accents
>>343591561
>Any non-English speaking game is going to have the problem of "why are the characters speaking English?" It's not a huge issue but raises some questions.
You could always have an option for native language with english subs.
>>343568947
Fantasy developers have no idea what to do with the setting.
Witcher with Guns will be as bad as Oblivion with Guns.
>>343572597
Well if you're unwilling to make changes and be creative, then you're missing the point of the PnP in general.
OWoD became a mess and had to be replaced for a reason. Basically, it was restrictive and there was no mystery, as every ancient secret was on display for every player and story teller.
Best possible setting is a careful mix of New and Old. It' best to keep any lore about Vampire origins a mystery so everyone can focus on the present and their personal stories and politics.
Personally I like to mix the Clans from both Masquerade and Requiem and use the Requiem covenants with the Sabatt thrown in. The Camarila fullfill the same role the Black Hand does in Requiem anyway so they're still there in the background.
>>343591909
You know it'll be Portugal Portuguese and not Brazilian Portuguese though.
>>343591580
Yeah, but São Paulo is a strong and firm Sabbat stronghold. Rio would have more options of sect.
>>343591561
Eh, I can live with the characters speaking english, as long they shoehorn some shitty accent. Maybe do a dub in the language.
>>343592109
Depends on who's making it.
>>343591909
you could relegate the non-English to natives. If you're a Vampire in Kuejin territory you'd probably be English-speaking and so would those you associate with. You and your fellow vampires would be the vampire equivalent of Ming.
>>343592017
We'll see about that once Cyberpunk 2077 is out
>>343592106
I completely disagree with pretty much everything.
Here are the good CoD settings:
>Changeling
>Promethean
>Geist
>>343592201
>as long they shoehorn
as long they don't shoehorn*
I really need to proof read my posts.
>>343568947
No.
Now imagine.
>>343592213
Except even more hated and distrusted, except for the Nagaraja who are genuinely feared.
>>343592345
How about Obsidian does everything except the combat?
>>343565845
Geodudes always crack me up.
>>343592270
You forgot Mage: The Awakening and Hunter: The Vigil. Both of those are better than their OWoD counterparts.
The God Machine is also interesting. The use of "God" as depicted in actual real-world religious lore is a gargantuan paradox and plot-hole in itself.
Requiem has better Covenants and Antagonists than Masquerade.
>>343592569
I can never get into Mage. It just devolves into twinking as hard as possible to break the game - which is lore appropriate for mage but not fun.
I'll agree with Hunter though.
>Requiem has better Covenants and Antagonists than Masquerade.
lol no
>>343592569
>Requiem has better Covenants and Antagonists than Masquerade.
Cuter antagonists, you mean.
>>343592345
>>343592479
>Obsidian does everything but the combat
>Combat done byid Software
>>343592696
Invictus = Camarila
Carthain Movement = Anarchs
Belial's Brood = What the Sabatt should have been.
+
Ordo Dracul
Circle of the Crone
The Lancea Sanctum
You're saying you want less. Can you even explain your answer beyond being a loyalist to what is old because it is old?
>>343577563
You should play it with plus patch. Shit goes completely crazy. The only bad thing is there is nothing to do with the sun room, I wonder what they planned to make.
>>343592762
This makes me happy.
Vampires being associated with bats is a recent thing; bats are a new world animal.
They turned into owls. Strigoi literally means "owl".
Was VV's private dance added in one of the unofficial patches?
>>343592906
id only does gunplay, which is only like half the combat if that and it's based on stats anyway.
>>343592345
>>343568947
What if they worked together with Paradox?
>CD Projekt handles the soundtrack, ambientation, lore, combat and dialogue
>Obsidian handles whatever the fuck they did that made Alpha Protocol, New Vegas and KotOR 2 great
>Paradox sells it
>>343592906
Can id Software do good hand-to-hand third person combat? I know they can handle fps mode.
>>343593040
Except that each one of them was a sub sect within the Camarilla and the Sabbat. It's not asking for less it's asking for quality.
>>343593040
>Ordo Dracul is just the aesthetics of Old Clan Tzimisce with the schtick of the Salubri
>Circle of the Crone are just repurposed Tremere with pagan schtick
Lancea et Sanctum are the only genuinely interest covenant.
You can make up literally anything you want for the game, its a role-playing game. If you want those in the Masquerade just do that, it's your setting.
>>343593225
>CD Projekt handles the soundtrack, ambientation, lore, combat and dialogue
>whatever the fuck they did that made Alpha Protocol, New Vegas and KotOR 2 great
That would be the lore and dialogue, dummy.
>>343559778
You are making a general for this game every day multiple times, follow the goddamn rules and take it to /vg/ like everyone else.
>>343593553
Fine by me
>>343588571
Vampires vs Mages?
>>343593427
Those sub-sects aren't as in-depth as the full covenant versions, though.
Again, you're implying that something is of higher quality based purely on the virtue that it is older.
>>343588290
A VTM game set in Rio would be amazing if only because of Gratiano.
>>343593648
Vampires don't have shit on mages.
>>343593854
It was a TV show reference. Vampires fighting witches in new orleans.
>>343593854
I mean super old vampires with their own brands of sorcery could feasibly fuck over mages.
Basically the vampires could just take advantage of the fact mages can't do ridiculous shit without getting paradoxed out of existence.
>>343588571
A New Orleans game would let us see the Samedi, which would be neat.
>>343593087
Holy shit, my vertigo just hit
>>343593648
Mages win in an all out fight. Vampires would have to use guile and connections to beat the Mages.
There is an entry in the Banishers book for Awakening which says why you shouldn't just go around killing Vampires with Magic.
See, a lot of Banishers, which are basically rebellious/barbarian Mages, are dissatisfied with how most Mages are so inactive when it comes to making the world a better place, including the extermination of things like Vampires.
An older Banisher explains to a younger one that if they just started attacking Vampires, they'd eventually find their abodes and sanctums foreclosed on/demolished, their resources seized or frozen, and their names and that of their entire consilium put on a terrorist listing and now the FBI is actively hunting every last one of them. That is why you don't go around pushing Vampires around.
>>343593995
Super old vampires could take down mages by manipulating other mages into doing it for them. Elders operate by proxy, and it works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o8gzua-K_E
Vampires fucking around is always fun to see
So how do I get God to save me if I'm turned against my will?
>>343594379
Golconda
>>343594379
Golconda and true faith, but I doubt you have the resolve.
>>343594163
It's actually somewhat common for the oldest Vampires to at least try to get at least one Mage in their employ. There is a story in The Danse Macabre about how a wannabe big-shot Vampire entering his Elder years employs a Mage who is then killed by his Vampiric rivals, which threatens to start intrigue and a war between Vampires and Mages. Werewolves are also involved when one of said Wannabe-Elder's men try to get a Werewolf gang to eat the Mage to dispose of the body. The Werewolves went fucking ape-shit at this insulting proposition. Vamp had to punch a burning hole into the Werewolfs forehead with a silver ring before he went full fur and teeth to get away.
>>343579378
If I remember correctly, Gehenna happens roughly 2-4 years after VTMB. Granted, this is White Wolf we're talking about.
Their confirmed canon extends to Tzimisice's signature discipline being caused by an alien parasite. Like... it's not a gift of the blood from Caine, it's thanks to a fucking alien.
>>343589892
>similar amount of walking
No, no, no, sorry, but no.
One thing I dislike about VTMB was the fact that it was too small. Too "game scaled".
It should be bigger, like an actual city.
>>343594638
They retconned both Gehenna and also the alien parasite.
White Wolf's policy has always been "ignore the shit you don't like".
>>343594770
>They retconned both Gehenna
Didn't they just start a new Vampire game that doesn't even have Gehenna?
>>343594638
Didn't they almost immidattley retcon the Alien shit and just say it was one sect of Tzimisice who did that?
But you know, I actually kind of want more Aliens in World of Darkness. It may be too late for OWoD, but I'd like to see NWoD at least attempt it. They could adopt the Men in Black and The Number Stations from the Summoners Mage supplement into an Alien Chronicle, even. Mage: The Awakening all ready dabbled with Aliens as it is.
>>343594770
White Wolf doesn't exist anymore, good riddance.
And has it? Are we talking about Onyx Path or White Wolf here?
>>343594703
It's been proven to be pretty much impossible, but I would like vehicles for my Vampire game. Make Drive an actual skill instead of being ferried everywhere.
>Brujah motorcycle punks
>Toreador street races obsessed with the beauty of going fast and using Celerity and Auspex to drift around the city like the bus from Harry Potter
>One military tech obsessed Nosferatu who pilots a fucking tank he's painstakingly restored out of the sewers to kill a Tzimisce szlachta
>>343594941
White Wolf is owned by Paradox, but it still exists.
>>343594931
>Evil city planners
That's a jab at Boston's layout isn't it
>>343594901
Yes. You got to choose your own Gehenna in Masquerade, though. If you want a Gehenna that involves the Antedeluvians for example, there was a storyline involving them going to war with each other and another involving Tzimisce manipulating Tremere into mind-controlling the world. There were more to choose from, but you could also make your own.
The main reason they shut down Old World of Darkness and started a new one was because the Old one was too restrictive and lacked mystery, but it is preferred by people who prefer reading up on inter-connected lore.
>>343594931
I like that Changeling implied that the True Fae are either the explanation of aliens, or that they actually ARE aliens. This is a common theory among ufo-friendly folklorists and conspiracy theorists.
Plus, there is one bloodline, the Kiasyd, which are the product of when a vampire embraces a changeling. They look like greys.
>>343594941
>White Wolf doesn't exist anymore
Being bought =/= going out of business
>good riddance.
Why are you even in this thread?
>>343595189
>the Old one was too restrictive and lacked mystery
I really hate this meme.
There is nothing restrictive about it, and you can easily make your own mysteries, like a roleplayer should.
"Fog of ages" is a retarded copout. Fuck you and your vampire Alzheimers.
>>343595189
>that Saulot child jesus sacrifice Gehenna scenario
Holy fuck that was terrible.
>>343595179
There isn't really anything Evil about them. It's not fully explained in that brief synopses, but Vampires of the Commonwealth had every intention of paying mortals for their services and blood and even tax plans that hit Undead a bit harder than living creatures, since the Undead don't need as much money and such.
Oh, also blood delivered directly to your door like a pizza.
>>343595027
>One military tech obsessed Nosferatu who pilots a fucking tank he's painstakingly restored out of the sewers to kill a Tzimisce szlachta
This would be a fucking amazing side-mission where throughout most of the game, you are helping this Nosferatu acquire the components and information he needs complete his tank and ensure he can use it. Ride of the Valkyries music tape is optional.
>>343595027
Adding vehicles would definitely put a whole new level of interaction between the clans and the world, and gameplay possibilities, it would expand the lore as well.
Would be nice to have a WoD game with a GTA size urban environment. Walking around the night listening to Deb would be cosy.
It will never be made, but, hey, at least I can play it in my head before going to sleep.
>>343594149
Why would a mage give a fuck about fbi when they can break reality?
>>343595368
>vampire Alzheimers
Fuck I forgot this was a thing in nWoD. Too fucking funny.
>>343594941
>White Wolf doesn't exist anymore
Yes they do. Everything WoD related, from New to Old still needs White Wolf approval.
>>343595248
>Plus, there is one bloodline, the Kiasyd, which are the product of when a vampire embraces a changeling. They look like greys.
There is also the Children of The Thorns. I think something involving them would be amazing if brought into a video game. They would so easily be able to recapture the spooky atmosphere of the Hotel from Bloodlines with them, just add lots of mirrors, whispering voices and inexplicable transportation to mist covered cemeteries and thorn gardens.
Jeanette or Therese /v/?
>>343595835
Paradox and because Humans control almost everything. Despite all their power, Mages are still just Human. Some Bruja could kill one in a drive-by if he planned enough for it.
>>343595835
Mages can only break reality when nobody is looking. If they bend reality too far and somebody notices, reality is going to skullfuck that mage.
>>343596060
Both. At the same time.
>>343596060
Tourette.
I'm majoring in psychology, I wish it was like video games where you can just talk people into mental stability.
What's the daily routine of a werewolf?
So what was up with Nines with the Grout Missing mission? My last play through I wasn't very chummy with him because I was playing Camarilla, but this time I'm going full friendly anarch and he's still very suspicious and unfriendly at the start of the mission.
>>343596382
>Wake up
>Lick balls
>Eat some kibble
>Shit on the lawn
>Turn into a wolf
>Sleep
>>343596551
It was Ming in disguise.
>>343596382
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxt2DSWS_eI
>>343596382
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77sJT8O56E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtH7l-dhHZQ
best waifu
Found some music that fits the game perfectly
For the chinatown section
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhVQKR87m1A
For the Asylum or Confession
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4-t3izfiKg
>>343597101
Fucking /mu/crossposters.
Bloodlines is built for moody trip-hop, especially since the title theme is literally a ripoff of Massive Attack.
>>343597042
>"In all ways except physical, I am a wolf."
Yeah because wolves talk and go to the grocery store and drive cars right?
>>343597201
I thought it was associated with pseudo-goth buttrock like Lacuna Coil.
>>343597201
fuck /mu/ this shit fits anyhow
>>343597353
In terms of the clubs, it actually hits both waves of 'pseudo-goth', with 90s (Ministry) and 00s (Lacuna Coil).
However, the actual soundtrack is pretty much trip-hop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znc1m36BYng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiK2JlBpzvI
>>343597389
>fuck /mu/
A common claim of the /mu/ crossposter.
HKE is pretty bland, m8, and nowhere near moody enough for VtM.
>>343584345
>not ananasi
>>343581635
Is there a story behind this picture or is it just a good photograph?
>>343588571
I love New Orleans and everything about it makes it perfect for a Vampire game. New Orleans by Night also has a really cool plot.
>>343597101
The best song in the soundtrack didn't make it to the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_w6Fw8Ysk
>>343597078
That's not Damsel
>>343597626
I know my genres but it's the spirit of it that really counts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-CnIci6l8
I feel like this is perfect with the game too. I used to be really finicky too about genres, especially trance.
>>343597887
>tfw All That Could Be and Come Around
>>343597952
Damsel lacks a voice that is literally the audio equivalent of getting your balls rubbed with a silk panty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6USXzBBnkA&feature=youtu.be&t=304
>>343597887
It's pretty good. I guess it was meant for the unfinished parts of the game
>>343598039
Was doubtful, but yeah, this could be good in combat sections, since that's already sort of breakish.
This would be absolutely perfect for walking around though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgVa_O4JdHo
>>343593746
>>343592201
>>343590710
As a hue who particularly dislikes Rio, I think it would be a pretty great setting for Vampire. Rio right now is in decay, crime and violence are taking over the city, and the state of Rio is fucking broke, in the middle of a crisis. The contrast between the the beautiful and the idealized image it has and it's actual rotten nature is pretty much perfect for World of Darkness.
>>343598314
VV's whole schitck, her voice, her words, her demeanor, actually make it a lot harder for me to sexualize her, as insane as it is.
Jeanette and Damsel get my rocks off, but VV's too nice for me to trouble with my cock, would only do it if she wanted me to.
>>343598854
>harder for me to sexualize her
>as insane as it is.
I think you are Malkav himself.
>>343559778
Please post webm of Jeanette speaking dialogue...
Want to study.
>>343599434
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_Mdz1ppjI
>>343599293
I get it, she's so transparently sexual, but she's just so sweet (even if it is mostly for show), sex seems too vulgar for her.
I have to hand it to Bloodlines, those main three girls actually perfectly match the clan; VV's voice is basically level 1 Presence.
>>343598624
Very comfy. A lot of the music is sorta lowkey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y1gm26U95U
>>343599694
>I have to hand it to Bloodlines, those main three girls actually perfectly match the clan
Yes everything about them make them the perfect poster girls for their respective clans.
I asked once, I'll do it again. Does anybody have this thing saved? Neroticus site is down.
>>343599776
Glad you're fully coming out as a /mu/tant, though.
I would be okay with this for a modern LA VtM, not Bloodlines as it is.
Since we're being transparent about it, witch house is kind of perfectly designed for VtM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7XJHiLSKKk
>hanging out with a group of friends
>friend of mine said she liked rpg like vampire the masquerade
>mfw she's a toreador just like me
>>343600080
Definitely. Don't know Witch House all that well.
But this reminds me of the game too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hLHfOiFlr8
>>343599480
I ask for Jeanette and you give me Velour... :((
>>343600550
You could ask me for directions to the next 11/7 and I would give you VV.
>>343600363
>>hanging out with a group of friends
>toreador
I am not even surprised. Kill yourself, humanfag.
>>343600363
I hope you two fucked
>>343561061
Topkek, a while later and this is the most posted in thread on /v/. Get fucked you overshit faggot
>>343600368
/r/ more stuff like this
>>343601446
Are you trying to prove yourself to someone that you'll never meet? No one cares faggot
>>343600363
Damn, you're lucky
>tfw no one of my friends know or have interest in VTM.
>>343601446
oh You're not insulting me
sorry
pic still stands tho
>>343602074
/r/ more images like this
>>343602146
>>343602074
Anon is everything alright?
Do you need a hug?
>>343602074
Is this lewd? If so sauce
Anyone know what social levels you should have at certain points in the game? I just went downtown and I have +5 persuasion and seduction... seems a little overkill, and my guns dps suck harder than the stocks after brexit.
Gog version has base non-plus 9.5 patch, right? It's just bugfixes without changing item locations?
>>343601446
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ikm7i8G1E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMwsxwXwPOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUDrpLp5gUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxaxV4pmbgo
Hope you like
>>343602240
yes. somewhere on /pol/ of all places.
>>343602074
>>343602146
Someone needs to get some sleep
>>343602318
afaik anything above 8 persuation is only required if you absolutely want to get every tiny single dialogue option (Giovanni mission comes to mind), you should be good for 95% with 8 points.
desu seduction isn't worth the investment other than the fap factor when playing as female PC.
>>343602230
Desu senpai
>>343602401
Thanks
>Ventrue are the only clan with full use of dominate in dialogue
>Ventrue are heavily pushed towards raising persuasion
>If you do that, your dominate dialogue is wasted
>If you don't take persuasion, dominate won't help you in several more important checks in the game
It's like it's designed to be irritating no matter what you do.
>>343602797
Nah, Malks can use it as well... but that is full on turtles with the chat. I am just mad that if you want to invest in social stats even moderately, you will get rape trained by the time you are to the plaugebearer quest.
>>343603015
>full on turtles
>>343602797
Ventrue explicitly look down on using Dominate when you could just convince them using normal methods. It's gaudy, gauche, and lazy.
Dominate is useful in combat anyway so it's not like its a waste.
>>343602796
glad to help. the whole album that the Summer of Haze album (Jessica) comes from is good all the way through, and Mr Kitty (Time).
Trevor Something has his album, Trevor something. Also really good, I play it while playing through mirror's edge .
>>343603838
Although Trevor Something can have edge talking in between tracks sometimes. Anyways. I'm off to bed faggots
I have bloodlines with a 8.something patch. Can I update to 9.4 and load my save or am I screwed and have to start a new game or
>>343604116
New game, and 9.5 is the newest.
