Let's Play: Vampire: Bloodlines - Page 23

BitVyper · 08-20-2008, 02:52 AM

I was playing a Gangrel too. I found the werewolf scene scarier, personally.

Krylo · 08-20-2008, 05:15 AM

Honestly the werewolf didn't scare me at all. It was a tangible being that could be dealt with in tangible manners--like squishing it between two large pieces of cement, or just running the hell away. It didn't have the power to attack me with heated steam out of nowhere, attack from unexpected angles invisibly (even to Auspex), control the electrical systems of a building I was in, insta-gank me with an elevator, or transform entire rooms into spirals of ectoplasmic energies. It also lacked the ability to create any kind of real psychological terror--just a visceral fear of something larger than you, that you can't kill in a direct fight.

I guess in the end it's merely the fact that the later encounter wasn't an unknown. I knew what IT could do to me. I did NOT know what the murderous ghost could, and, indeed it often surprised me with new and frightening tricks. Not to mention the voices. Jesus, the voices...

BitVyper · 08-20-2008, 11:06 AM

You could kill the werewolf? How? Is that in one of the fan-updates? As far as running away goes, that was the thing; the ghost only ever did one thing that was actually a threat to me. That was the elevator. Everything else, I could just tank, or walk around fairly easily, though to be fair, I'd done all the available sidequests at that point, so I might have been a bit overpowered. The werewolf was an invincible death machine that was also faster than me, and did around half my life in aggravant damage with every hit, and when I tried to run away, it ripped the shit out of the building I ran into.

This isn't to say that Ocean House wasn't scary; it's just that once I realised I could just flip on fortitude and pretty much take no damage from 99% of the stuff, or just regenerate faster than I was getting hurt, the horror lost a lot of its effect. In a good way though, like I mentioned in my previous post; I think that's how my character actually would have reacted. Coming up against something five times bigger, and five hundred times meaner than me though...

Basically, I could say "fuck you, I'm a vampire" to the house. I tried to say that to the werewolf once. It went more like "fuck you, I'm- OH GOD, MY FACE!"

Edit: I just noticed you have a link to Sailor Nothing in your sig. Rock on.

Krylo · 08-20-2008, 12:59 PM

To kill the werewolf you run to the electrical house, then run to the observatory, open the whatever you call it for the telescope, go out through that, piss off the werewolf, run back in. The werewolf will try to smash through it, and lean through, then you close the doors. And I have no fan updates.

You can accomplish this in about 30 seconds if you know what you're doing. I did it with about 1 minute left on the clock the first time I got to that point. Well... second if you count the time I tried to fight it proper.

BitVyper · 08-20-2008, 05:01 PM

Cool. I'll try it next time I play.

Krylo · 08-20-2008, 05:18 PM

Oh yeah, turn ON the electrical. Don't just go there. Forgot that important tidbit.

Jagos · 08-20-2008, 09:08 PM

???

Wait... Are the sisters...?

DFM · 08-20-2008, 10:18 PM

Um. Gonna need more information than that to answer.

Jagos · 08-20-2008, 10:20 PM

Welll... * From the cutscenes they seem to be the same person. Possible DI Disorder? Split personality?*

They come out as an interesting person to me...

DFM · 08-20-2008, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jagos

Welll... * From the cutscenes they seem to be the same person. Possible DI Disorder? Split personality?*

They come out as an interesting person to me...

V Yo there be game story spoilers up in this bitch.

Well, as much as I don't want to ruin it for people who haven't played the game, yeah, her name's Tourette and Therese and Jeanette are her two split personalities. There's a pretty neat little reveal for it at the end.

^ Yo if you read that it's your fault

08-20-2008, 02:52 AM	#221
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	I was playing a Gangrel too. I found the werewolf scene scarier, personally. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

08-20-2008, 05:15 AM	#222
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Honestly the werewolf didn't scare me at all. It was a tangible being that could be dealt with in tangible manners--like squishing it between two large pieces of cement, or just running the hell away. It didn't have the power to attack me with heated steam out of nowhere, attack from unexpected angles invisibly (even to Auspex), control the electrical systems of a building I was in, insta-gank me with an elevator, or transform entire rooms into spirals of ectoplasmic energies. It also lacked the ability to create any kind of real psychological terror--just a visceral fear of something larger than you, that you can't kill in a direct fight. I guess in the end it's merely the fact that the later encounter wasn't an unknown. I knew what IT could do to me. I did NOT know what the murderous ghost could, and, indeed it often surprised me with new and frightening tricks. Not to mention the voices. Jesus, the voices... __________________ I am very tired.

08-20-2008, 11:06 AM	#223
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	You could kill the werewolf? How? Is that in one of the fan-updates? As far as running away goes, that was the thing; the ghost only ever did one thing that was actually a threat to me. That was the elevator. Everything else, I could just tank, or walk around fairly easily, though to be fair, I'd done all the available sidequests at that point, so I might have been a bit overpowered. The werewolf was an invincible death machine that was also faster than me, and did around half my life in aggravant damage with every hit, and when I tried to run away, it ripped the shit out of the building I ran into. This isn't to say that Ocean House wasn't scary; it's just that once I realised I could just flip on fortitude and pretty much take no damage from 99% of the stuff, or just regenerate faster than I was getting hurt, the horror lost a lot of its effect. In a good way though, like I mentioned in my previous post; I think that's how my character actually would have reacted. Coming up against something five times bigger, and five hundred times meaner than me though... Basically, I could say "fuck you, I'm a vampire" to the house. I tried to say that to the werewolf once. It went more like "fuck you, I'm- OH GOD, MY FACE!" Edit: I just noticed you have a link to Sailor Nothing in your sig. Rock on. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here. Last edited by BitVyper; 08-20-2008 at 11:09 AM.

08-20-2008, 12:59 PM	#224
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	To kill the werewolf you run to the electrical house, then run to the observatory, open the whatever you call it for the telescope, go out through that, piss off the werewolf, run back in. The werewolf will try to smash through it, and lean through, then you close the doors. And I have no fan updates. You can accomplish this in about 30 seconds if you know what you're doing. I did it with about 1 minute left on the clock the first time I got to that point. Well... second if you count the time I tried to fight it proper. __________________ I am very tired.

08-20-2008, 05:01 PM	#225
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	Cool. I'll try it next time I play. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

08-20-2008, 05:18 PM	#226
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Oh yeah, turn ON the electrical. Don't just go there. Forgot that important tidbit. __________________ I am very tired.

08-20-2008, 09:08 PM	#227
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	??? Wait... Are the sisters...? __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

08-20-2008, 10:18 PM	#228
DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	Um. Gonna need more information than that to answer. __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE

08-20-2008, 10:20 PM	#229
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	Welll... * From the cutscenes they seem to be the same person. Possible DI Disorder? Split personality?* They come out as an interesting person to me... __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories