Interview Bloodlines badgers at GameZone

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Leonard Boyarsky; Troika Games; Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

<A href="http://www.gamezone.com/">GameZone</A> has <A href="http://www.gamezone.com/news/08_04_04_09_21AM.htm">an interview</A> with <b>Leon Boyarsky</b> covering <A href="http://www.vampire-bloodlines.com">Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines</a>. Here's a little bit about modern versus dark ages stuff:
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<blockquote><b>Question: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is a title that has thrived in the darkness of other times. What prompted upgrading the tale to the present day and why did you choose Los Angeles as the setting?
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Leonard:</b> Actually, the Vampire: The Masquerade system is geared toward the modern world, unless you’re talking about the Dark Ages sourcebook. We wanted to make a game that reflected the feel of the contemporary World of Darkness, with all its political intrigue and challenges of Vampire society in today’s world. Also, we felt that there was no need to make this a Dark Age game, since there are so many fantasy RPGs in similar settings and this one seemed to lend itself well to different setting anyway. We chose LA as the setting because it’s the “anarch free state” which fit into the story we wanted to tell nicely.</blockquote>
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Yeah, but 1800s LA would have kicked ass.
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.duckandcover.cx">Duck and Cover</A>

 

[errorcode]

how about a 1930's LA?

 

[Jed]

Sorry, Saint, but 1800s LA was little more than a sparsely populated farming pueblo. No fun unless you want to play as a chupacabra...

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Sorry, Saint, but 1800s LA was little more than a sparsely populated farming pueblo.

With three houses, a church and a cow pasture [/Lazlo].

No fun unless you want to play as a chupacabra...

True, that. At least in Bloodlines you'll be able to play an angsty, modern chupacabra with big titties.

Incidentally, i just can't read the word 'chupacabra' without at least grinning

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Sorry, Saint, but 1800s LA was little more than a sparsely populated farming pueblo. No fun unless you want to play as a chupacabra...

VAMPIRE ZORRO WOULD BE L33T.

 

[errorcode]

Incidentally, i just can't read the word 'chupacabra' without at least grinning

I just always hear Sarge from RvB saying "Chupra-thingy...i like that, gots a nice ring to it."

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Actually, i grin because when translated into portuguese, it gets a meaning other than 'goat-sucker'. It can be roughly translated as "Suck it, bitch".

 

[Spazmo]

Does the sentence "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is a title that has thrived in the darkness of other times" completely fail to make sense for anyone else? I can't fathom what he's trying to say. Sounds like he's confusing the core V:tM game with Bloodlines and also is generally confused about V:tM, which is all modern-day anyhow.

 

[errorcode]

he may be confused with the original Vampire: The masqurade - Redemption, which was mostly based in medievel europe. Just a guess though.

 

[DrattedTin]

It's quite possible he's suffering from an advanced case of being a fuckin' moron. :D

 

[Whipporowill]

No way that guy can be a native english speaker - some really weirdass phrasing going on there. Look at this for instance:

Q: In speaking of Los Angeles, there are some famous sites, which are not truly the ones in the area but rather look-alikes simply because of licensing issues. Were you surprised by some of the restrictions you had in creating this game in a real-world setting as opposed to a truly fantasy setting?

Say whaaaa? He just reams as many words in there as possible...

And as for Redemption. It was both set in medieval times as well as modern. So his first assumption is out of whack.

 

[chrisbeddoes]

Sorry, Saint, but 1800s LA was little more than a sparsely populated farming pueblo. No fun unless you want to play as a chupacabra...

VAMPIRE ZORRO WOULD BE L33T.

Only if he could double wield lightsabers .

 

[StraitLacedDeviant]

DUEL lightsabers!!!!!! and change his name to Zorro Drizzt

 

[suibhne]

The most promising part of that interview was the very end, when Boyarsky cited "character interaction" as his favorite part of the game. I hope the final product bears out his enthusiasm.

 

[FrankHorrigan]

Their's 2 major fact errors in the introduction to the interview alone.....