Game News Bloodlines Official Patch 1.2

[Diogo Ribeiro]

I believe you. I was just emulating obnoxious beliefs that ocasionally float about.

 

[mr. lamat]

^harsh mr. lamat fanboy.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Just installed the patch now, and I'm gonna play it. Hopefully, it wont create new problems.

 

[Jed]

A trip down memory lane:

You'll be even happier to find out that the game will surpass every single one of your RPG-geared expectations and present itself as, clearly, one of the best RPGs in years.

Bloodlines' loading times are relatively fast, ranging from 3-5 seconds for me per area - and that's very rare considering how large most of the areas in the game are. The only long load up I have to experience is when I start the game up initially and it does the SafeDisc security check, but that's a given with any game with copy protection.

Xemous is on crack if he thinks that 'every room' has a loading time. What the fuck are you on, kid? I've been in the Suites in Downtown LA and there wasn't a single loading screen despite the fact that the building is 6 stories high, with 1 basement, with 1 apartment per floor, each apartment containing roughly 8 rooms, not including the vent shaft.

 

[NeutralMilkHotel]

hahaha

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

Yeah. It makes the head hurt and the eyes water just thinking about it.

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Yeah. It makes the head hurt and the eyes water just thinking about it.

So, you're saying reading Exitium's posts are like banging with your head against the wall then peeling an onion?

 

[Jed]

Rex has a random opinion generator in his head.

 

[Volourn]

He is Hades Version 2.0.

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

So, you're saying reading Exitium's posts are like banging with your head against the wall then peeling an onion?

Actually it's more like banging your head against a wall while peeling an onion.

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Ouch. That's harsh, mate. But oh so true :razz:

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

He is Hades Version 2.0.

No, Visceris is much different and far, far worse than Exitium even imagined he could be. Visceris bitches about a game before he plays it because of X, Y, and Z, then claims he's never going to buy the game - or any other games ever again. In fact, he'll do this for hours on end on whatever developer's forum that's making the game every single day for MONTHS. Then he buys the game and says it's WONDERMOUS!

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

He is Hades Version 2.0.

No, Visceris is much different. Visceris bitches about a game before he plays it because of X, Y, and Z, then claims he's never going to buy the game - or any other games ever again. Then he buys the game and says it's WONDERMOUS!

He also makes a cycle out of it.

 

[Volourn]

Yeah. Now, he's saying he hasn't enjoyed any game since BG2. That's in spite of the fact he's stated clearly that's enjoyed SOU, HOTU, KOTOR, and played MW for 400+ hours.

R00FLES!

Exitium ain't there yet; but ya never know..

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Yeah, I liked that bit about Visceris playing Morrowind for 400+ hours and hating every minute of it. There's not much I do in my free time that I actually enjoy for a total of 400+ hours.

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

Not only did he play it 400+ hours, but he played it that long WITH THE SAME CHARACTER! :shock:

WTF?!

 

[Mendoza]

A trip down memory lane:

You'll be even happier to find out that the game will surpass every single one of your RPG-geared expectations and present itself as, clearly, one of the best RPGs in years.

Bloodlines' loading times are relatively fast, ranging from 3-5 seconds for me per area - and that's very rare considering how large most of the areas in the game are. The only long load up I have to experience is when I start the game up initially and it does the SafeDisc security check, but that's a given with any game with copy protection.

Maybe his computer flip flopped once he got to Chinatown and started making the loading times longer to spite him?

 

[Sol Invictus]

"Most performance problems reported to Activision Customer Support are due to computer systems not meeting the minimum system requirements or not having the latest video and sound card drivers installed."

Proof please. My computer specs DESTROYS the recommendations. What a bunch of maroons.

As for the actual patch; not bad; it's too bad it didn't fix the worst "bug".

I was very pissed off about that statement, too. I mean honestly, what the fuck. I can run Doom 3 with all the settings set to "High" and not have the game stutter at all, and Doom 3's a much better looking game than Bloodlines.

About my flip flopping, I already explained that. I already fucking covered that a million times over but it's nice to see how you guys can bring up the whole 'flip flop' argument as if I didn't provide any explanation as to my likes and dislikes. So I liked the early area at first, I had a lot of high expectations. I thought the subquests would have an actual impact on the game instead of giving me 1-2 XP. I thought Jeanette would have an effect on the game ending. I was wrong. I was dissapointed. Flip flop.

I liked the game's performance at first and the game runs pretty smooth for me in the first two hubs, but I tried going hostile with the shotgun in Hollywood and Chinatown and said goodbye to my framerate. It's like these two areas are very poorly optimized, for some reason.

Load times still aren't bad for me, but the problem arises when there's too many load areas. I'm sure others have covered that before. It just gets irritating when you have to talk to one NPC in one load area, exit that area, go to another NPC, etc.

For the record, I'm nothing like Visceris. I don't play games I dislike.

If I had said I liked the first hub instead of jumping to the conclusion that Bloodlines was good throughout, I probably wouldn't be accused of flip flopping. Mea culpa.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

Try and wiggle out of it exitium, dont worry we wont see you

FLIP FLOP
biscuit

 

[PennyAnte]

naw, it's the two gigs of dual channel ocz ram. i can play dow in a window and render crap in studiomax at the same time if i want.

Beefing up the RAM to 2 GB on my machine has helped it handle buggy games as well. For example, I was able to largely live with the stuttering in HL2, and only had one really bad crash.

But adding RAM to give lousy programs extra "breathing room" is not ideal. It doesn't excuse a lack of streamlined, tidy programming. We deserve good, clean code for $50.

 

[Old Scratch]

Exactly how much of an impact could Jeanette/Therese, have had on the ending anyway? What, were they supposed to end up being your girlfriend and fighting along side you or some horse shit?

 

[mr. lamat]

he wanted some hentai-esque porn at the end, so when he finished he'd really be satisfied.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Exactly how much of an impact could Jeanette/Therese, have had on the ending anyway? What, were they supposed to end up being your girlfriend and fighting along side you or some horse shit?

There really should have been some impact of things that require higher speech skills on the main plot, though. After all, they are the baron of Santa Monica, they should be able to provide SOME support to make things easier.

 

[Dhruin]

^I don't really understand why Jeanette has to have an impact at the end. Jeanette's story arc is finished...isn't this common in every RPG I've ever played? When I'm playing anything - even Fallout - aren't there major characters I meet on the journey that don't reoccur (leaving aside Fallout's slide at the end)?

 

[mr. lamat]

i loved it when killian richard dean anderson darkwater showed up at the end and supersledged the master... that was some tight shit, yo!