Storyfag
Perfidious Pole
there isn't anything in the game that tells the fledgeling is special in any way
Do listen to Andrei's final conversation one more time.
there isn't anything in the game that tells the fledgeling is special in any way
How so? The entire game you are doing someone else's bidding, knowingly or not, right upon until a few moments before the end (and only if you choose to not side with anyone), also there isn't anything in the game that tells the fledgeling is special in any way.
If there is someone that pawned everyone of power in L.A. in the game, that would certainly be Jack, who is already a pretty powerful and old vampire himself, that basically is responsible for handling in the shadows all the trouble with the sarcophagus (hell, and that might possibly have been all idealized by Caine).
To me it sounded too vague to make any assumptions besides "the protagonist might be a bit stronger than I presumed at the beginning" (besides he talks about he smell of the blood being greater, and I don't know if there is any other way to make your blood stronger other than through diablerie, but honestly I don't know much of WoD lore so yeah), but anyways, the main point of my argument is that the fledgeling is, through the story, treated as just a pawn that any other vampire could occupy were in his place.there isn't anything in the game that tells the fledgeling is special in any way
Do listen to Andrei's final conversation one more time.
This image is obviously referring to (Smiling) Jack and Caine being behind everything, which leaves so far only what Andrei said as any indication of the fledgeling being special.How so? The entire game you are doing someone else's bidding, knowingly or not, right upon until a few moments before the end (and only if you choose to not side with anyone), also there isn't anything in the game that tells the fledgeling is special in any way.
If there is someone that pawned everyone of power in L.A. in the game, that would certainly be Jack, who is already a pretty powerful and old vampire himself, that basically is responsible for handling in the shadows all the trouble with the sarcophagus (hell, and that might possibly have been all idealized by Caine).
This image is obviously referring to (Smiling) Jack and Caine being behind everything, which leaves so far only what Andrei said as any indication of the fledgeling being special.
You mean the vampire behind Jack (which is Caine)?This image is obviously referring to (Smiling) Jack and Caine being behind everything, which leaves so far only what Andrei said as any indication of the fledgeling being special.
LaCroix can dominate you into following orders every time he speaks to you except the final part, which is a clear indication that your generation has been lowered (by the vampire behind Caine).
I think any effort is more than that deal deserves. If you're capable enough to make a VTM-like game, just make your own version and sell it on Steam. At least then people might buy it.shovelhead roguelike is a brilliant idea but probably requiring more effort than this shit deal warrants
Rigged sarcophagus and fucked Lacroix are the only constants in this pucture. And it is a pretty elaborate plan just to deliver bomb to Lacroix.
Camarilla is fucked either way but it seems Caine did not care who inherits LA, anarchs or KweiJin.
Adult RPG where you play as a ghoul boytoy for a female Toreador.... I laugh, but immediately think of what I could do. Anyone up for a shovelhead roguelike? A Nosferatu sewer simulator?
This is cool and I'd like to see more B-tier IPs do something similar. Sad that they've sabotaged themselves with two poison pills:
Typical for corporate lawyers, they are only thinking about protecting their client, not how to create a contract that entices the less-than-desperate to agree to it. They should have created a new branding moniker and encouraged people to use it.
- You cannot use "Vampire: The Masquerade" or "World of Darkness" in the title.
- They can terminate the license with 30 days notice at any time for any reason.
May as well make your own urban fantasy game with vampires and werewolves, the concept isn't copyrighted.
You don't get to use the VTM trademark in your title, so what's the point? Make your own vampire urban fantasy and you can sell it on Steam and GoG, get all of the revenue (minus what the storefront takes), port it to consoles and mobile if you want, and never have to worry about losing the license cause it's your own setting. You can even pump out sequels if it's successful enough.
Kinda like these:
If this guy took Paradox's offer here and made his games with the official VTM license... but then only got to offer them on itch.io and couldn't even slap VTM into the title... what would he have gained?
Nothing.
This deal is completely worthless.
So they’re trying to turn World of Darkness into a crude substitute for Chronicles of Darkness, rather than use Chronicles of Darkness or do another reboot with the benefit of hindsight? I actually liked Chronicles of Darkness once upon a time and it pisses me off that Paradox threw it in the trash because “lol nostalgia” while ripping off the premise anyway. Fuck Paradox and fuck their IP. We’re better off making our own IPs and that’s what I intend to do.
If you are a developer considering this, please do not do it. Just make your own urban-fantasy setting and scratch the serial numbers off.
So they’re trying to turn World of Darkness into a crude substitute for Chronicles of Darkness, rather than use Chronicles of Darkness or do another reboot with the benefit of hindsight? I actually liked Chronicles of Darkness once upon a time and it pisses me off that Paradox threw it in the trash because “lol nostalgia” while ripping off the premise anyway. Fuck Paradox and fuck their IP. We’re better off making our own IPs and that’s what I intend to do.
“Scratch the serial numbers off” makes it sound like you’re copying the IP and only changing the names. I don’t think that’s remotely necessary. I think you can do a lot better by making your own setting from scratch rather than trying to carefully rehash Paradox’s IP while trying not to get sued. You can even use similar ideas by drawing on public domain resources, while still doing something unique with them.If you are a developer considering this, please do not do it. Just make your own urban-fantasy setting and scratch the serial numbers off.