Vampire the Masquerade:Bloodlines

[Roam]

I <3 you Omega, but you've turned cryptic statements that are purposely so vague that they won't really spoil the game for 90% of the people into massive spoilers by explaining them. ;p

[Me]

I <3 you Omega, but you've turned cryptic statements that are purposely so vague that they won't really spoil the game for 90% of the people into massive spoilers by explaining them. ;p

Pretty much this. Coincidentally I'd just done that bit of the game and had figured out the

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wolf bit and the don't open it bit

but now I know everything

[Omega Supreme]

That's why we call them spoilers!

Also need to upload a screen but:

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Found the easter egg very early on where you see a Sabbat in Santa Monica. Mind was fucking blown when I realized that despite playing through 3 times prior and over 50 hours put in upto this point, I had never known it was there.

[Iloni Atoriandra]

That's why we call them spoilers!

Also need to upload a screen but:

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Found the easter egg very early on where you see a Sabbat in Santa Monica. Mind was fucking blown when I realized that despite playing through 3 times prior and over 50 hours put in upto this point, I had never known it was there.

What? Can you expand on this? Im not sure if I missed this.

[Roam]

It's next to the haven in the alley behind Trip's. It's a half second event.

Almost finished the game again now! I forgot about the one tiny criticism I have for the game: Just because a race/faction exists in the lore does not mean they need a chapter or level dedicated to it. The inclusion of

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hunters, Kuei-jin and to a lesser extent the werewolf (because it was done so well)

was in all but one case utterly superfluous and just a question of "well, let's throw those in there in case there's an untapped demographic that might like it".

I would have much preferred a greater emphasis on the scheming and political intrige of the Masquerade world, with the 4 hub being a sabbat area. That would retain the focus and emphasis on the actual vampires, instead of diffusing it with a bunch of other creatures. Plus, the sabbat are more interesting than the game portrays them: they aren't all psychotic idiots. That's my take anyway. What did others think?

[Omega Supreme]

It's next to the haven in the alley behind Trip's. It's a half second event.

Almost finished the game again now! I forgot about the one tiny criticism I have for the game: Just because a race/faction exists in the lore does not mean they need a chapter or level dedicated to it. The inclusion of

  Spoiler:

hunters, Kuei-jin and to a lesser extent the werewolf (because it was done so well)

was in all but one case utterly superfluous and just a question of "well, let's throw those in there in case there's an untapped demographic that might like it".

I would have much preferred a greater emphasis on the scheming and political intrige of the Masquerade world, with the 4 hub being a sabbat area. That would retain the focus and emphasis on the actual vampires, instead of diffusing it with a bunch of other creatures. Plus, the sabbat are more interesting than the game portrays them: they aren't all psychotic idiots. That's my take anyway. What did others think?

If you

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Thought Ming-Xiao was a cunt for her shit with the Mandarin and the Kuei-Jin ending, don't fret. Malkavians can really fuck with her head.

[Corwyna]

It's next to the haven in the alley behind Trip's. It's a half second event.

Almost finished the game again now! I forgot about the one tiny criticism I have for the game: Just because a race/faction exists in the lore does not mean they need a chapter or level dedicated to it. The inclusion of

  Spoiler:

hunters, Kuei-jin and to a lesser extent the werewolf (because it was done so well)

was in all but one case utterly superfluous and just a question of "well, let's throw those in there in case there's an untapped demographic that might like it".

I would have much preferred a greater emphasis on the scheming and political intrige of the Masquerade world, with the 4 hub being a sabbat area. That would retain the focus and emphasis on the actual vampires, instead of diffusing it with a bunch of other creatures. Plus, the sabbat are more interesting than the game portrays them: they aren't all psychotic idiots. That's my take anyway. What did others think?

I hated the

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werewolf

part.

[Omega Supreme]

Swear to god every time I speak to Velvet, it's like my ears are orgasming.

[Spaztick]

Swear to god every time I speak to Velvet, it's like my ears are orgasming.

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Also, another Easter Egg:

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If you get Aura Perception in the Auspex discipline, you can see the aura of the taxi driver is black. This implies that he is Caine, but at the very least he's a diablerist.

[Omega Supreme]

Swear to god every time I speak to Velvet, it's like my ears are orgasming.

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Also, another Easter Egg:

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If you get Aura Perception in the Auspex discipline, you can see the aura of the taxi driver is black. This implies that he is Caine, but at the very least he's a diablerist.

Doing that also results in:

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You being able to see Beckett in the Museum before you're supposed to know he's there.

[ElweSingollo]

playing again forgot how fucking spooky the hotel bit is...

[Omega Supreme]

playing again forgot how fucking spooky the hotel bit is...

It gets worse.

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EVERY FUCKING TIME I go up the stairs during the start of the Death Mask Productions HQ, I know the damn Andrei Creation is there, but I keep fucking getting spooked. EVERY MOTHERFUCKING TIME. Gun out, expect it, still fucking gets me.

[Tyrus Tenebros]

I got the early Santa Monica Easter Egg, but :so what

It's there, and then smokes away a few seconds later? Is there something to that story I'm missing?

[Navigator Six]

I got the early Santa Monica Easter Egg, but :so what

It's there, and then smokes away a few seconds later? Is there something to that story I'm missing?

Not that I'm aware of.

[Spaztick]

I got the early Santa Monica Easter Egg, but :so what

It's there, and then smokes away a few seconds later? Is there something to that story I'm missing?

I've been trying to find this reference and I don't remember it, what is this supposed to be?

[Omega Supreme]

I got the early Santa Monica Easter Egg, but :so what

It's there, and then smokes away a few seconds later? Is there something to that story I'm missing?

I've been trying to find this reference and I don't remember it, what is this supposed to be?

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It's a sign the Sabbat has always been watching you. IIRC it shows up before you go to the warehouse, may be afterwards.

[Me]

Sewers bit on my talky Ventrue.

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My dude's got all his points in talking and domination so this bit was a royal pain. Just enough points in guns to know which end to point at the thing you want dead(er) and went down with full ammo for all guns up to that point. Ran out of bullets just before the last pregnant monster thing and luckily the beast took over and finished it off, beastmode punching and kicking did a lot more damage than swinging around the sword with no points in it

Plus no blood from rats made things interesting.

Wish there was a way to talk your way out of more boss fights though. 10 persuasion should count for something. Haven't noticed much different from just sticking a few points into it.

[Roam]

I did some more digging on other modding projects, and stumbled upon Tessera's True VtM Patch website, and the drama that is linked to it. O_o

I have literally never been as disturbed by someone's posting. The guy comes across as utterly insane and psychotic in his quest to prove to the world that Wesp's patch is devilspawn that needs to be eradicated.

[spasm]

beat the game.

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So the sarcophagus just had some dead mummy it in the whole time? Why was everyone so freaked out, who killed everyone on the boat, and what made Beckett change his mind about it?

[Mona]

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Why was everyone so freaked out,

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Rumour about ancient vampire, to be sucked and jump couple generatioms.

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who killed everyone on the boat

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My bet is on Jack.