Wasn't it only the Nosferatu that had the boat glitch in OG version, or was it everyone?
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I am about to play V:TM-Bloodlines for the first time - what do I need to know before I start?
Zenith
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Obligatory "I've played VtMB 1.0 recently and found it fine" post. Aside from the infamous crash at Leo's I think there was a total of 1 (one) quest that didn't work as expected. As of 1.2 it's definitely much more stable and polished than e.g. New Vegas or Witcher 1 after all the patches and enhanced editions.
Also obligatory "Unofficial Patch includes questionable changes even in Basic version" post. Though it's much better now than it used to be around v9.5. At this point I'm fairly comfortable recommending it over vanilla for a first playthrough, but afaik there's still chance of completely fucking up your ending by accident (and as a consequence, the entire experience).
Also obligatory "Unofficial Patch includes questionable changes even in Basic version" post. Though it's much better now than it used to be around v9.5. At this point I'm fairly comfortable recommending it over vanilla for a first playthrough, but afaik there's still chance of completely fucking up your ending by accident (and as a consequence, the entire experience).
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Why would the basic patch fuck up the ending? I don't think I changed anything there, e.g. the shortcuts are all only available in plus.
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"Lycans" door + non-descriptive "Dance, fool!" at LaCroix.
(partially my fault, since I never bothered to check/report things I found since I sent you that list)
Grampy_Bone
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I agree the patch messes with stuff too much.
-Play either a melee build or the race that gets scratchy hands (Gangrel?)
-Keep a reserve of XP in case you need to buff an unexpected skill to get a quest outcome you want.
-Fuck the cammys
-Play either a melee build or the race that gets scratchy hands (Gangrel?)
-Keep a reserve of XP in case you need to buff an unexpected skill to get a quest outcome you want.
-Fuck the cammys
Wesp5
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I don't know which patch version you played, but nowadays this is a hidden feature of the plus patch only!
Zenith
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The laptop is, the door itself was not (and the door sets the flag). In v10.3 or thereabout. But maybe you've fixed it since, like I said, haven't checked it.
Delterius
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'i played vtmb without its ending and found it fine'
Zenith
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The fix is a single console command away ("changelevel2 la_hub_1 taxi_landmark"). At the time of release, that console command could have been found printed in game magazines. Fixed in 1.2, naturally.
Delterius
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what about just fixing everything with the patch
Zenith
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You mean, with a mod. Could do that, sure. Then blame Troika for its additions.
Delterius
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why would i blame troika for such an awesome experience
Wesp5
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The door and the hotel werewolf were already in the original game! I only connected it to the ending easter egg, which is plus patch only. Also it should be after the taxi ride and not before, so I don't understand your console fix...
Zenith
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In vanilla the door was keycard-only with no keycard anywhere. You changed it to be lockpickable. This, in turn, made the ending available in Basic.
I've seen people blame Troika for non-functioning doors, Confession turnstile, tutorial VA and a ton of other things the patch added. I've also seen people attributing regular vanilla graphics and quests to the patch despite it never touching them. Like I said though, the patch is more authentic now than it used to be.
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Wesp5
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No. The easter egg is triggered by opening any door on the map, not only that one. I just added the laptop with the hint and lowered the number of times you need to open the doors so people would actually have a chance to figure it out! And the ending itself was plus patch only already in version 10.0...
All of this was always plus patch only and if people had read the readme, they would know. But then most of this stuff was left unfinished by Troika, I rarely made something up completely
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rusty_shackleford
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Be prepared to be incredibly underwhelmed by the most overrated game on the codex
Unofficial Path and Camarrila Mod. As far as, clan goes, best to stick with Ventrue.
Farewell into the night
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I've also played Malkavian on my first time.
Alphons
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For the true Bloodlines experience you should buy Half Life 2 and play Bloodlines 5 years from now.
Play with Wesp's patch. My first and only "vanilla" playthrough ended in 3rd hub when cutscene bugged out and my character couldn't move (when you confront Johnny in his club).
You can later try out Clan Quest, if you feel like having more content.
Play with Wesp's patch. My first and only "vanilla" playthrough ended in 3rd hub when cutscene bugged out and my character couldn't move (when you confront Johnny in his club).
You can later try out Clan Quest, if you feel like having more content.
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Sjukob
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Only the tutorial area is really finished, Santa Monica is mostly good, but after that the game only goes downhill at rapid pace.
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almondblight
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Yeah, the game is OK but like a lot of Codex favorites it does a lot of things that the Codex claims to hate.
-The combat is mindless and the game often features dungeons consisting of the same 1-2 enemies cut and pasted a hundred times.
-The Hotel that gets lauded so much here has as much gameplay as a walking simulator.
-The character creation system is poor and some skills are mostly useless (like investigation).
-There roleplaying is weak and the game railroads you into doing what it likes, even if said thing is idiotic. The factions who are against your boss (the guy the game forces you to follow) try to win you over to their side, but then shrug and tell you to keep helping your boss (their enemy) accomplish his master plan. Tons of NPC's are unkillable until the game decides to let you kill them.
-Outside of Santa Monica most missions are forgettable fetch quests.
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