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PostPosted: 20 Apr 2010, 01:20 
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Vampires: The Masquerade Bloodlines

ha ! didn't like it much
the beginning was ok, however after some time, I felt like you were not a vampire but rather a wizard with pseudo blood powers
moreso since as I remember it, age didn't affect you at all ...

so overall I didn't like the "vampire fiction/backstory" it was built on ...


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PostPosted: 23 Apr 2010, 22:15 
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[quote]Vampires: The Masquerade Bloodlines

ha ! didn't like it much
the beginning was ok, however after some time, I felt like you were not a vampire but rather a wizard with pseudo blood powers
moreso since as I remember it, age didn't affect you at all ...

so overall I didn't like the "vampire fiction/backstory" it was built on ...

I never got far in it. There was some point early on that I got completely stuck at. Maybe I'll give it another go.


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PostPosted: 25 Apr 2010, 18:45 
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I liked Bloodlines a lot. Got damned hard near the end, though.

Malkavian FTW. ;)

Redemption is worth a shot, too.


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PostPosted: 25 Apr 2010, 20:11 
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Aquaria, its a couple of years old now but it was a fantastic game.

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PostPosted: 26 Apr 2010, 15:38 
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ha ! didn't like it much
the beginning was ok, however after some time, I felt like you were not a vampire but rather a wizard with pseudo blood powers
moreso since as I remember it, age didn't affect you at all ...

so overall I didn't like the "vampire fiction/backstory" it was built on ...


Well, a lot of vampire fiction includes hints that vampires had significant powers, and actually, only certain clans in the game had "blood powers." Brujah spent most of the time beating the crap out of people. As for age affecting you.... vampires are immortal? That's pretty standard in any vampire fiction.


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PostPosted: 27 Apr 2010, 05:01 
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Well, a lot of vampire fiction includes hints that vampires had significant powers, and actually, only certain clans in the game had "blood powers." Brujah spent most of the time beating the crap out of people. As for age affecting you.... vampires are immortal? That's pretty standard in any vampire fiction.

The difference I wanted to make between a wizard & a vampire was that a wizard will somehow need to "cast" a spell
whereas a vampire powers are more like natural abilities not requiring much of anything except perhaps to focus ...
of course some of their powers can be considered as spells, however others such as their unnatural speed / vision / hear should not have to be cast ...
at least it should be instantaneous toggles draining your "strenght/blood" a bit more when you use them ...

As for age affecting a vampire, I was not thinking about how a human grow old but rather how in most popular vampire fictions, vampires grow stronger, more resilient & get new abilities as they get older

ho and I just remembered that the feeding was a too small part, and after very little time you could just feed from afar with a spell
although this could make sense if you were a very old vampire or fed from one...


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PostPosted: 27 Apr 2010, 15:08 
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[quote]Well, a lot of vampire fiction includes hints that vampires had significant powers, and actually, only certain clans in the game had "blood powers." Brujah spent most of the time beating the crap out of people. As for age affecting you.... vampires are immortal? That's pretty standard in any vampire fiction.

The difference I wanted to make between a wizard & a vampire was that a wizard will somehow need to "cast" a spell
whereas a vampire powers are more like natural abilities not requiring much of anything except perhaps to focus ...
of course some of their powers can be considered as spells, however others such as their unnatural speed / vision / hear should not have to be cast ...
at least it should be instantaneous toggles draining your "strenght/blood" a bit more when you use them ...

As for age affecting a vampire, I was not thinking about how a human grow old but rather how in most popular vampire fictions, vampires grow stronger, more resilient & get new abilities as they get older

ho and I just remembered that the feeding was a too small part, and after very little time you could just feed from afar with a spell
although this could make sense if you were a very old vampire or fed from one...

Did you actually play this game? Everything you say wasn't there, was DEFINITELY there. It pretty much nailed it.


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PostPosted: 27 Apr 2010, 18:48 
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hum, really ? :? I'm confused by what you just said because I did really play it... so either we got two very different experiences from the game or my brain just plain sucks :mrgreen:


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PostPosted: 02 May 2010, 03:10 
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I'll second Aquaria. Also, Castle of the Winds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_the_Winds
Free Castle of the Winds download from the author here: http://www.exmsft.com/~ricks/castl11a.zip

(it runs fine on any version of Windows)


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PostPosted: 03 May 2010, 14:09 
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hum, really ? :? I'm confused by what you just said because I did really play it... so either we got two very different experiences from the game or my brain just plain sucks :mrgreen:


Yes i really do believe you didn't play it. Because everything that you are saying is wrong with the game and should be fixed by doing such and such is exactly how it IS done in the game. Which is why i don't believe you played it at all.


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