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World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 from Hardsuit Labs

Roguey

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Zombra why did you fake news me? He's quoting this tweet from the article.
 

Polyphemus

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Don't stare at women, don't say anyone has nice ass. No flirting,

Is it that hard not being a horny creep in the workplace?
Game developers are like slaves to me. I don't care how well they're treated or what happens to them, I just want good games. If a "creative lead" makes a good game, I wouldn't really care if he was whipping the coders to do it.
 

Koolz

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It's impossible to be single and not flirt when you are around attractive women. I don't care what you are doing for a job. It's impossible. It's in a guys nature to flirt with attractive women.
 

CappenVarra

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Malkavians in Bloodlines are way more than "lolrandom". Malkavians have, probably, the best insight in the situation among all clans
Obfuscate with bonus whispers is so damn addictive, i cant bring myself to play anything else

such pleasant memories it shakes loose, awwww
 

J1M

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Still wondering why Paradox is keeping it silent about what studio they chose to replace Hardsuit.

Said it was because the contracts aren't actually signed.

It's within the realm of possibility that the deal falls through and they just silently let it remain canceled (like Obsidian's Wheel of Time game that people kept bringing up for years even though it never existed beyond an announcement). :lol:
There's no chance a publisher would leave that much preorder money on the table. Something will be released.
 

J1M

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He says he was an officer without specifying his rank.
You know, you are right about the rank. But I believe the premise still holds.

The French Revolution created many social changes within the army. The title and birth right of nobility was forbidden by the National Assembly. The officer corps thoughout Europe primarily consisted of nobles or men who had attained noble stature or station (Elting, 1988). The reorganization of the officer corps within France had actually assisted up and coming officers such as Napoleon." - cite


Unfortunately, I can't find my main citation, but I'm by no means a history buff. Just remember reading that most generals and officers prior to the French Revolution were aristocracy, but post Revolution were made of rapidly promoted sergeants and their ilk. There are probably better read folks on here who could confirm or shred this.

Well, he never even claimed to be noble. His Sire was. Still, the story and the accent *could* have been false. Or maybe he just decided he *likes* the English accent. Weirder things have happened in WoD.
Or adopting that accent was part of maintaining the masquerade if he came west when America was young.
 

J1M

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I already explained my position that you can't get all the way there but you can certainly make a better attempt.
Then it should be easy to post one example you can't make that criticism about.
It is extremely easy. I googled "beautiful woman painting" and this was the first result.
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Exactly, common techniques used by painters to convey supernatural beauty:
-nature submits to the subject, wildlife is docile and unafraid
-subject is surrounded by a halo of light or an aura
-more vibrant colors for the subject than the rest of the scene
-giving the subject proportions at the edges of natural limits
-subject is less tethered to the natural laws, such as gravity or time
-(current year only) lens flares

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Ninjerk

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I already explained my position that you can't get all the way there but you can certainly make a better attempt.
Then it should be easy to post one example you can't make that criticism about.
It is extremely easy. I googled "beautiful woman painting" and this was the first result.
66b0cb917a1721a753333f22a7c1d37d.jpg
Exactly, common techniques used by painters to convey supernatural beauty:
-nature submits to the subject, wildlife is docile and unafraid
-subject is surrounded by a halo of light or an aura
-more vibrant colors for the subject than the rest of the scene
-giving the subject proportions at the edges of natural limits
-subject is less tethered to the natural laws, such as gravity or time
-(current year only) lens flares
-shows tiddies
 

DeepOcean

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It's impossible to be single and not flirt when you are around attractive women. I don't care what you are doing for a job. It's impossible. It's in a guys nature to flirt with attractive women.
Pepe Le Pew is being sent to jail for that, this is dangerous man, be careful around such dangerous creatures.
 

Semiurge

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-nature submits to the subject, wildlife is docile and unafraid

They always screw this up by making the cute animal more interesting than the girl.

:updatedmytxt:

It's impossible to be single and not flirt when you are around attractive women. I don't care what you are doing for a job. It's impossible. It's in a guys nature to flirt with attractive women.

The question is how flirting is done, and unfortunately, who is doing it. It can be done right. If you keep staring at peoples' private areas in public, someone will eventually take notice. Don't let your eyes linger on them for too long. Interacting with attractive people however is a mire in which I can't dip my feet, you need someone not on the spectrum for detailed instructions.
 

Trithne

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So nothing about this trainwreck at the Paradox Insider? Probably still trying to figure out what they can even reuse before picking a studio to use.
 

Semiurge

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I don't know how this kind of gameplay is still acceptable. See a potential enemy perched in an inaccessible location. See air vent. Use auspex batvision super senses™. See a button prompt on screen about entering the air vent. Turn to mist next to the air vent - appear conveniently behind the potential enemy. Attack. Rinse and repeat.

Context dependent abilities are an insult to everyone. Either make their use completely free or don't include those abilities, either option is better than what we almost got.



And unlike that trailer, a game like this should include view bobbing. they should at least pretend it's not a popamole shooter clone.
 
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Eli_Havelock

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There's no chance a publisher would leave that much preorder money on the table. Something will be released.

Maybe, or maybe Paradox will realize that every distributor gives refunds for pre-orders before the release date, and that most have refunded by now. Even discussions on Steam have acknowledged this:

"Judging from the topics we can view and the ownership icons that remain, the deleted megathread circa the announcement would have seen the greatest mouse ethnic cleansing since An American Tail."
 

Wesp5

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I don't know how this kind of gameplay is still acceptable. See a potential enemy perched in an inaccessible location. See air vent. Use auspex batvision super senses™. See a button prompt on screen about entering the air vent. Turn to mist next to the air vent - appear conveniently behind the potential enemy. Attack. Rinse and repeat.

Deus Ex invented this system and has been using it with success in several game! The Werewolf game released lately did the very same thing only even more obvious...
 

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