Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines

caff · 26 Feb 2007 at 17:01

This game is awesome! How did this get so overlooked? I think I've almost completed it.

It reminds me of Morrowind in some respects, except less 'fiddly' (i.e. no filtering through barrels full of bones). And it's got a great atmosphere, you really feel like you 'fit' into the world and it's characters, really moody lighting, great character development etc.

Darkwave · 26 Feb 2007 at 17:25

I love that game, but I can't get it to work with my monitor. 1440x900 is a no-go.

Surfer · 26 Feb 2007 at 18:55

caff said:
This game is awesome! How did this get so overlooked? I think I've almost completed it.

It reminds me of Morrowind in some respects, except less 'fiddly' (i.e. no filtering through barrels full of bones). And it's got a great atmosphere, you really feel like you 'fit' into the world and it's characters, really moody lighting, great character development etc.

Agreed

I think it gets overlooked because its buggy and people dont have enough patience these days.

What class did you go? What stage are you at? and which side did you decide to side with?

What did you think of the werewolf bit?

where it chases ya

did you manage to get it on with a certain malkavian vampire-ess?

(Jeanette she hangs out at the nightclub)

scorza · 26 Feb 2007 at 19:28

Surfer said:
did you manage to get it on with a certain malkavian vampire-ess? (Jeanette she hangs out at the nightclub)

Did you have to be playing a male character for that to happen? I tried (was roleplaying a lesbian vampire

) but just like irl, no luck with the ladies

Great game though - only criticism is that as usual, sword fighting sucks.

Surfer · 26 Feb 2007 at 20:17

went back to see her later in the game ( i think you have to have helped her her in her mission earlier) i think i was a ventrue (domination abilities aka forcewill hehe) Dont think you get to see the action though.. just hear it.
But yeah i always go back through areas ive done just to check if somethings different

didnt do swordfighting i think i had a 2 handed hammer but yeah melee- fighting was a tad repetitive.

porkrind · 26 Feb 2007 at 20:19

i tried this but was very buugy on release any patches make it playable?

Surfer · 26 Feb 2007 at 20:24

http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/vtmb/downloads.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs

not sure but latest might be v3.4 unofficial but dl v1.2 official patch first

caff · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:24

Well I've completed it... got the werewolf... christ I was bricking it lol... far too much use of quick save. Awesome game, I won't give any of the plot away for those that haven't played it.

You can play this in widescreen.

Instructions (you must do in this order):
1. Install game
2. Install official patch 1.2
3. Install user patches (I used v3.4)
4. Install resolution changer from here: http://files.vgpro.com/file/5978

Make sure you copy the res patcher to your /bin/ directory and then run it, click 'widescreen' to open up widescreen settings in game

Last Kronin · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:32

Ive played thru it, i tried to re install it a couple of months ago and it kept crashing, a conflict with my sound card.

Steedie · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:44

This was one of the most under-rated games ever, its so so good

I never played the first in the series but this was just awesome. The voice acting in it is superb as well, really helps the immersion, which is really good due to the storyline being so well thought out

Pumpkinstew · 26 Feb 2007 at 22:19

The hotel scene was the best bit for me. Won't say more or I risk spoiling it.

That and going to clubs for a quick snack. :cool:

Pookie Bear · 26 Feb 2007 at 22:24

Great game

decmatt · 26 Feb 2007 at 23:01

Skidmark said:
Great game

yep, I love that haunted masion level, best level I have played on any gam, ever.

smit101 · 26 Feb 2007 at 23:32

scorza said:
I tried (was roleplaying a lesbian vampire )

Aren't we all mate!

Flibster · 27 Feb 2007 at 00:02

Solac said:
yep, I love that haunted masion level, best level I have played on any gam, ever.

Oooh. One of the bestest levels of ALLL time.

Simon/~Flibster

Jon33 · 27 Feb 2007 at 00:11

Great game, their is a patch that sorts stuff out, didn't notice any bugs when I played through it.

peetee · 27 Feb 2007 at 00:12

Jon, i must disagree with you there. Even whilst patch i do beleive the game is still somewhat buggy. I dont think the graphics are too impressive either.

Psyk · 27 Feb 2007 at 00:22

scorza said:
Did you have to be playing a male character for that to happen?

Nope. I did it while playing a female malkavian. Can't even begin to imagine what sort of crazy, deranged sexual acts they got up to

Tical · 27 Feb 2007 at 00:27

There are a few player made mods which fix awhole lot of bugs, as well as implement new things in the game that Troika didn't have time to finish. Well worth checking out, I don't think they are backwards compatible with old saved games though.

Duff-Man · 27 Feb 2007 at 00:27

Yeah, it is a great game. I played it through three or four times.

As for why it was largely overlooked? When it first came out it was almost totally unplayable. The code had a memory leak, the game was full of bugs, and it uses an incredibly early and un-optimised version of the Source engine (aka Half Life 2 engine).

I bought it when it first came out and tried to play it on my 6800 Ultra (top-of-the-range at the time of release). I just gave up and left it on the shelf for 18 months or so. I picked it up again when I had SLI 7800GTXs, but it still ran like a dog in places. The gameplay is great though.