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Saint_Proverbius

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Tags: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

<A href="http://www.gamespot.com/">GameSpot</a> has a <A href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/vtmb/preview_6110853.html">preview</a> of <A href="http://www.vampirebloodlines.com/">Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines</a>, which covers Chinatown as well as some aspects of the gameplay. Here's a bit on Chinatown:
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<blockquote>In the Chinatown hub, you'll meet Ming Xiao, head of the Kwei-Jin, or the Eastern vampires in White Wolf's universe. The Kwei-Jin are different from Western vampires in that they don't feed on blood but rather on chi, the life force contained in all things. They also view their vampiric nature as a sort of Zen enlightenment rather than as a curse, like Western vampires. As a result, Ming Xiao's approach to your character in conversation can be haughty, depending on your responses to her baiting. Boyarsky explained to us that your character's responses will be based on his or her abilities and the type of vampire he or she is.</blockquote>
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Western vampires view vampirism as a curse? How very GOTHY!
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Thanks, <b>Mr. Teatime</b> of <A href="http://www.duckandcover.cx">Duck and Cover</a> for the link!
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Well nothing new except the gameplay movies. I watched them in a small window but I still got the game atmosphere. From now on they`re only going to show us the combat part. We have already seen the rest.
 

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Saint_Proverbius said:
Western vampires view vampirism as a curse?

Well, even if it is a curse at least if you are a chick it seems to come with a free boob job. :lol:

I'm seriously worried about some of these Vampire chicks - I mean IRL they would all have major back problems.

Sigh - I'm looking forward to the game, but not explaining to my wife that the jiggletech is not some kind of weird porn but rather part of the game-designers "artistic vision". :roll:
 

Diogo Ribeiro

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DemonKing said:
Saint_Proverbius said:
Sigh - I'm looking forward to the game, but not explaining to my wife that the jiggletech is not some kind of weird porn but rather part of the game-designers "artistic vision". :roll:

Tell her the jiggle is actually a Floatation Device perk for female characters. When she asks you if it works, tell her Activision were mean publishers and rushed the game out of the door before Troika could add bodies of water.
 

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What are the system specs for this looking like?
for a game I had initially had more than "zero"
interest in, I am begining to find myself interested.
 

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Sheriff05 said:
What are the system specs for this looking like?

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

3D hardware accelerator card required - 100% DirectX® 9.0c-compatible 64MB video card and drivers
1.2 GHz Athlon(tm) or 1.2 GHz Pentium® III processor or higher
384MB of RAM (512MB of RAM recommended)
Microsoft® Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP
Quad-Speed CD-ROM drive (600 K/sec sustained transfer rate) and drivers
3.3 GB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files and saved games (plus 1.4 GB for Windows® swap file)
100% DirectX® 9.0-compatible 16-bit sound card and drivers
100% Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP-compatible mouse, keyboard, and drivers
DirectX® 9.0c (Included)

Supported Chipsets for 98/ME/2000/XP

All ATI® Radeon® Chipsets
All NVIDIA® GeForce(tm) Chipsets
Matrox® Parhelia(tm) Chipset
 

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DemonKing said:
I'm seriously worried about some of these Vampire chicks - I mean IRL they would all have major back problems.

Ming doesn't have much in the way of breasts, and she's fairly ugly looking. In fact, she kind of looks like an Asian drag queen.

fnordcircle said:
Isn't making fun of V:TM for being Gothy sort of like making fun of D&D for having elves?

I think I have made fun of elves in D&D before. Pretty sure. :)
 

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Saint_Proverbius said:
Ming doesn't have much in the way of breasts, and she's fairly ugly looking. In fact, she kind of looks like an Asian drag queen.

Hey, you're kinda right. Congrats to Rex on getting a cameo in a Troika game.
 

justcola

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It is, dare I say it, up the anus without an enema. Exitium, fuck you you little gook.
 

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Saint_Proverbius said:
Ming doesn't have much in the way of breasts, and she's fairly ugly looking. In fact, she kind of looks like an Asian drag queen.

even the Western ones look fairly ugly too, if you ask me, though the Western ones seem to be very well endowed in the way of chests.

I find the characters generally ugly looking (is that what they mean by Goth?). is it me or is it the setting?
 

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I was talking about the western vampires. I think the whole point of eastern vampires in V:tM is that they're not ultragoth mascara wearers.
 

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Ask Spazmo why that happened, Saint. I don't much appreciate people coming on the website just to post what a filthy chink I am. I guess it's only a joke when the subject of the insults is an untermensch.
 

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