Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
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I never really understood the attraction either - played it to the level after the abandoned hotel, and while it was entertaining enough, I didn't think it was anything special.
I enjoyed it, It's like any RPG, you either like it or you don't in my eyes...
Theres several RPG's that I haven't tried just because of the setting etc...I like the idea of Vampires (hah, now that sounds odd me saying that) so that is why I enjoyed the game.
Yeah, there was a few bugs, the only one I really encountered was ones involving physics with dropped / fallen objects getting in my way...And not moving. But it was only minor.
If you can get it cheap, try it, if you don't like it, then hey...
Theres several RPG's that I haven't tried just because of the setting etc...I like the idea of Vampires (hah, now that sounds odd me saying that) so that is why I enjoyed the game.
Yeah, there was a few bugs, the only one I really encountered was ones involving physics with dropped / fallen objects getting in my way...And not moving. But it was only minor.
If you can get it cheap, try it, if you don't like it, then hey...
You didn't try the unofficial ones then? What was it like; did you have proper graphics etc, were there any problems with the appearance of the UI?
Cheers,
SW.
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Have you played the game before your current 4GB setup though? You might not notice the low-detail textures bug if you don't know what it's supposed to look like. You'd probably just chalk it up to it being an old game
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It was just very well written dialogues, a decent plot, well-acted voiceover, and imaginative sidequests, that are so rare in RPGs. The gameplay itself was nothing fantastic, although using some of the powers was cool. Personally I just liked being part of an immersive and convincingly-drawn world, one where things happen they way they probably would in reality of the basic premise of the game (vampires, werewolves etc.) were true. It's a gritty and mature universe rather than the pompous, self-righteous faerytale of high fantasy and I enjoyed that.
It's a shame Troika's gone, but hopefully the best people in it found homes in other codeshops, and hopefully some will have ended up in CCP-White Wolf working on the MMO based on this universe, cause they really seemed to gave a feel for it. Personally, I'll proably start frothing at the mouth the first time I see a screenshot from that game
Have you played the game before your current 4GB setup though? You might not notice the low-detail textures bug if you don't know what it's supposed to look like. You'd probably just chalk it up to it being an old game
I played it with only 2GB, on XP. I never had any real issues, other than a few random objects bloking my path...like a sheet of metal
If you have 4Gb it looks like crap. I tried all sorts of patches and fixes to get it looking as it should with 4Gb but none of them worked.
The only way to get it running properly is to set Windows to boot with only 2Gb of RAM in msconfig (Start > Run > msconfig > Boot > Advanced Options > Maximum Memory) and then reboot.
Once you're done you'll have to reboot again to get your full 4Gb back. A lot of hassle but I thought it was worth it to play it through again. Hell it's easier than pulling a stick of RAM out which is what most people suggested to me.