EVA UNIT 01
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Went bruja...which i then realized wasnt best as i want to be a ranged fighter bit oh well i commit.
Also did i completely overlook character customization in the opening menus?
Or is that done in game?
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Went bruja...which i then realized wasnt best as i want to be a ranged fighter bit oh well i commit.
Also did i completely overlook character customization in the opening menus?
Or is that done in game?
Don't worry, gun controls are quite wonky anyway. Melee is better.
There's no character customization apart from gender, clan, and history if you installed the patch. You'll be able to pick up a few clothes during the game, but there aren't particularly many and they're complete sets.
GavinUK86
Member
Bruja is a really solid choice for a first playthrough. Focus on melee attacks.
cj_iwakura
Member
You'll want to be something of a social butterfly to get the most story, at least for some NPCs. Brujah only has one key NPC that I know of(every clan gets one), but you get
Smilin Jack
Anarchy in Santa Monica, baby.
cj_iwakura
Member
Go Tremere. Broken as hell, swank haven.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
So as a bruja ranged just isnt doable?
Id honestly prefer it but i can run melee if it just isnt viable.
Also lol at the reinstall post, never fails
And i installed some player character model mods.
The defaults were just unlikable.
Im running as a better looking NPC.
cj_iwakura
Member
You get nicer outfits later on.
Pilgrimzero
Member
There is a way to either take a pre done vamp or spend points to stat your own. So you could make any kind of
Vamp that good and melee, or range, or whatever. Though some do better than others in certain fields.
Brujah are made for combat but that's about it. Where as a Toreador is great at socializing.
If you installed the unofficial patch you also get backgrounds. Like a Brujah who used to be in the circus, or in the army etc. which tend to give some sort of positive and negative attributes.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
By customization i mean pure appearance/cosmetics
It's perfectly fine. Just focus on one fighting style.
Also a tip for newcomers: Don't put points in Research unless you are absolutely 100% sure and even then save before you do it.
There is no cosmetic customization. There's different clothes that you get over the course of the game. That's it.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
...fuck
May have dropped one in research.
But just one.
Is it just a useless skill with no real use?
Any other tips related to skills like that one?
Im a noob here so i have no idea if some skills are just underutilized.
Also is it a bad idea trying to be a jack of all trades?
Should i just just pick a few core skills and dump all points into them?
Edit: then im glad i added some character model mods.
Using a custom avatar
Some things:
1) Focus on a single fighting style because some parts of the game, especially the last part, are very combat-heavy.
2) Research is a skill that allows you to use books to boost other skills and certain items. It's not bad, but you may end up wasting points for skills you don't like. Best save before you spend points for a book.
3) While I think focussing on a few core skills might be very advantageous and while some skills are better than others, I'd recommend you to just play the game the way you like it.
4) Keep in mind that you have a power that allows you to temporarily push your physical skills. That can help you with some things, e.g. lockpicking.
5) Hacking is used to avoid passwords. Often you can find them somewhere in the game, or you can just look them up on the internet, i.e. in theory you *could* avoid the skill, if you wanted to.
6) Talk to people. There are a lot of quests and they can net you a lot of points to spend.
7) Don't overthink it. Just have fun. Seriously. Don't sweat it.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
the unofficial patch is installed by default when buying from GOG isnt it?
cj_iwakura
Member
I would assume. I've never played a patched version, though.
Plague Doctor
Member
Dear Gaming Industry,
Let's remake this game... or just give us a new one. I'll paypal you money right now, and you know about my evangelical hatred of season passes, yeah... I will go full hypocrite for a follow up to this game and buy into any money making scheme you present just to have a Bloodlines 2.
XOX,
A person who misses White Wolf video games.
PS: Let's just not do that new world of darkness thing. Let's keep it VtM
Let's remake this game... or just give us a new one. I'll paypal you money right now, and you know about my evangelical hatred of season passes, yeah... I will go full hypocrite for a follow up to this game and buy into any money making scheme you present just to have a Bloodlines 2.
XOX,
A person who misses White Wolf video games.
PS: Let's just not do that new world of darkness thing. Let's keep it VtM
cj_iwakura
Member
Hey hey, NWoD Mage is great.
Not a fan of Requiem either. Do be aware that Paradox-WW are planning things for the V:TM license, though.
Plague Doctor
Member
I fear how badly they'll fudge the mechanics to do the free form magic system. A mage game of either incarnation would be a bridge too far and too ambitious, I think.
cj_iwakura
Member
I agree, I can't imagine how they'd pull it off. I'd guess you'd just have to limit each Arcana to a set array of spells, and allow some room for variety(like Magicka's system or something).
NWoD Mage would make a fantastic CRPG, however they do it.
Plague Doctor
Member
That could work out nicely. An another idea there is not enough interest in them specifically, but the Technocracy could work perfectly in an XCOM like game in the WoD. Resource management and scouring reality deviants across the world.
Elaugaufein
Member
A cut down version containing only things that are strictly bug fixes. They do link to the full patch on the store page if you want it.
DeathGlobe
Member
Someone on the forum said there was a unpatched copy listed but I can't find it anywhere in my library
The final stretch really is something where you need to be able to kill people. My first playthrough was a sexy, social toreador with no heavy combat skills and I almost got stuck at the end. Fortunately I'd banked xp so I could buy Celerity 5. Even the toughest things die if you stab them 100 times a second.
Frozenprince
Banned
"You have made a powerful enemy this day, sign"
GOAT
GOAT
MadYarpen
Member
Malkavians ftw, right?
Nikodemos
Member
Playing one is like reading a walkthrough written by somebody coming down from a shroom trip.
In other words, completely awesome. Unfortunately, they're not exactly the best combat bloodline. Auspex helps a lot with ranged weapons, except most of them are weak against Kindred or Blood Horrors. Dementation is good, but, again, supernaturals have high resistance. Obfuscation gives you criticals in HtH, but supernaturals have enhanced senses and basically halve the effective radius of your stealth field.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
So I presume the GoG version works without tweaking right? Because the Steam version sure ain't.
Elaugaufein
Member
It should. That's their goal. Sometimes there are issues though (pretty sure that Septerra Core still needs extra meddling for example).
Plague Doctor
Member
New Changeling is better in all ways to Old. That game alone would make an amazing modern fantasy horror video game. I'd think though it's best presented as something more on the rails and narrative drive and not open.
While it has some practical issues in actual gameplay, I really love the concept of Promethean. They might have the coolest antagonist ideas of all the games.
Requiem just didn't have the same punch as Masquerade though.
cj_iwakura
Member
They tried too hard to make Requiem approachable by killing all the weight of Masquerade's backstory, but they failed to realize that's what people love about Masquerade. And yeah, NWoD Changeling would make a great CRPG as well.
Mage first, though.
Pilgrimzero
Member
cj_iwakura
Member
Both Hunters are great, if for different reasons. One is a bunch of people with limited means against the unknown, the other lets you play anything from the local hobo with a shotgun to the spec ops team from Cabin in the Woods.
This game is awesome! I guess everyone else has known this for a decade, but for a guy who hasn't played anything on PC, ever, this is so damn fun.
I love the small but densely packed world. Santa Monica was great; just got to Downtown.
I love the character interactions, and persuasion/seduction dialog choices.
I love making the tough decisions on how to spend my precious experience points. There are always two or three things I want to upgrade at the same time, and pulling the trigger is gut-wrenching.
And Therese and Jeanette! Maybe others saw that coming, but I sure didn't.
I love the small but densely packed world. Santa Monica was great; just got to Downtown.
I love the character interactions, and persuasion/seduction dialog choices.
I love making the tough decisions on how to spend my precious experience points. There are always two or three things I want to upgrade at the same time, and pulling the trigger is gut-wrenching.
And Therese and Jeanette! Maybe others saw that coming, but I sure didn't.
cj_iwakura
Member
Which one? I think there are at least two different clan books. And keep in mind, not all Brujah are Anarchs.
pixelpatch
Junior Member
buying this right now
8xSGSSAA etc. all set up, only need to make a Steam Controller config and I'm ready to go
cj_iwakura
Member
Seeing that it's the top seller behind Witcher 3(etc.) and Homeworld. Good to know.
BigTnaples
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Was reading through this thread, realized I've already replied. Still need to play through this at some point.
bati
Member
One of the best games ever made.
It is, very much so. You'll spend the first half of the game as melee/stealth though because you'll be pressed for skill points, especially if you want to put some into hacking, lockpicking, etc (and you really should). At the end of the game as Brujah I had so many leftover points that I almost fully skilled up range and just tore the last level apart, Matrix style. Bullet time all day erry day.
It is, very much so. You'll spend the first half of the game as melee/stealth though because you'll be pressed for skill points, especially if you want to put some into hacking, lockpicking, etc (and you really should). At the end of the game as Brujah I had so many leftover points that I almost fully skilled up range and just tore the last level apart, Matrix style. Bullet time all day erry day.
Bl@de
Member
Played for hours today and totally forgot about soccer. My god is this game good. The characters, the dialogue, the gameplay ... how could I ignore it all this time? Need to play more but this has the potential to land very high on my list of favourite games (of all time). Everything I experienced so far lines up perfectly with my tastes. The only downside are the low resolution textures when it comes to characters. Aside from that it's still a good looking game (great artstyle and lots of supersampling make it easy on the eyes).
I play as a female toreador and go for charisma, seduction. But I'm still unsure about combat (have 2 points in melee/ranged, but I'm not sure what's better in the long run) and other complementary skills (like lockpicking etc.). I try to avoid combat and prefer talking. But sometimes combat is needed and I don't want to run into unwinnable situations (
. Any tipps (please don't spoil anything) for a newcomer?
I play as a female toreador and go for charisma, seduction. But I'm still unsure about combat (have 2 points in melee/ranged, but I'm not sure what's better in the long run) and other complementary skills (like lockpicking etc.). I try to avoid combat and prefer talking. But sometimes combat is needed and I don't want to run into unwinnable situations (
the bloodspirit in the gallery was already lots of running around waiting for my health to regenerate and then furiously slashing with bloodbuff enabled)