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Re: So after all these years I'm playing Vampire Bloodlines w. unofficial patch.

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From: Xocyll
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:17
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unibalm <unibalm@csipga.zzzz> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 22:46:18 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
><no-spam@never.spam> wrote:
>
>>Hi unibalm.
>>I to really MUST get on and play V B properly.
>>
>>Are you using any other Mods besides Werner's - wesp5 - 
>>Semi Official  Patches Site one ?
>
>Just Werner's patch.
>I'm well into the game now.
>
>I'm fine with the graphics.  There're a few graphical/rendering
>glitches but nothing gamebreaking.  The art is ... well... visceral.
>Immersive.  Jeeez, after each playing session I run to the shower to
>wash the sleaze off!  Very "politically incorrect" stuff.
>
>The reason I can play it through this time is I've picked up the
>general feel for RPGs.  Couldn't stand them until relatively recently.
>
>I've gone to youtube playthru's twice now to get thru' sections (it's
>no doubt too late to learn patience - "oh it's that tiny key in the
>corner in a room I passed thru' way back there...") and see how
>choosing different clans and traits totally changes the experience.
>So I'll no doubt play it again in a few months.

There's a large to massive difference between clans.
IE Nosferatu have to sneak around constantly since they cannot ever pass
as human.
Malkavian is quite fun once you get used to the fact that they are
totally batshit crazy - they get the best dialog by far.
And of course the Tremere get blood magic making them the most mage
like.

Having played several of the clans, Malkavian was probably my favorite
because of the dialog, and since they too get stealth, I did a lot of
sneaking up on enemies and inst-killing them (when you get in range a
skull icon pops on screen,) with a stabbing, neck break or whatnot.

Sneak up behind them, pop out of stealth and insta-kill, pop back in,
sneak on to next target, sometimes having to wait until they were in
just the right place and/or facing the right direction.
Took a long time to clear areas at times, but was fun and the most
vampire-like in feeling I thought.

Hrm I really should fire up the game again.

Xocyll
-- 

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