Nice job, solving that umm, what did I call it? Super difficult ultra-puzzle. :)
Hey, since you're hopefully a fan of the original game, can you tell us any story you have about playing it? Something fun you did? Something unexpected? Some crazy bug or whatever? Or just silently enter the giveaway and hope for profitz, I guess...
Good luck! :)
Hardest puzzle ever.
Thank you for the chance at this. I haven't been this hesitantly hyped for a game in a long time.
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Hope it lives up to some of the hype anyway, living up to all of the hype would be impossible... :)
Good luck! :)
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Knackered.. all braincells notempty!
PS. A fan that hopes to find the time to play the games!
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Yeah, I'd feel silly if whoever wins forgets to play, once it's playable I mean... :)
Good luck! :)
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Playing as nosferatu is quite a different experience xD
Everybody knows that you are vampire just by looking at you.
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So is playing Malkavian, everyone instantly knows you are vampire Alex Jones.
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Yeah, think I had more fun playing some boring kind of vampire, plus Malkavian of course... :)
Good luck! :)
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No much of a story, but... I bought this game on the week it got released. Bootleg pirated version, of course; no official ones were available where I lived. Loved every bit of it (even the sewers), but encountered that nasty boat crash bug, and, due to having no internet, resigned myself to never finishing the game. But, a few months later, a gaming magazine I used to buy put the patch on their complimentary DVD, and, miraculously, it even worked with my bootleg version - patches normally wouldn't do that. Being able to actually finish the game made me very happy.
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Oho, that was a lucky break! :)
Hmm, I suppose if a patch was like a diff from the original files you'd need the non-piratey exe somewhere for it to patch, but then all the copy protection would come back... Glad it worked! :)
Good luck! :)
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Yes. A fan. Totally. I remember I had this... crazy bug! Yes, sure, it was a bug. Totally crazy. Would you believe it?
Well, if you want a real story, I once borrowed a CD with first game from my friend, aaaaand my PC was too crappy to play it. So, probably now this story is going to repeat itself with second part too. Oh well, maybe I'll win a consolation giveaway and finally play it? Who knows.
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Great story! :)
I dunno, hopefully you will be able to turn all the fancy graphics down to 0 and play this... :) Or maybe it will be delayed a year so Valve can release Half-Life 3 first, and it's buggy as heck...
Good luck! :)
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It's been a while sense I played the original bloodlines. What I remember most fondly was a haunted beach house. I forget why you had to go there, but it had a wonderful atmosphere that had me jumping at shadows/
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Ahhhhh, that's one part I don't remember fondly... :) But maybe I'm not a big fan of horror stuff... :) Oh well...
Good luck! :)
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Never got around to playing the original, didn't really know about it when it got released. Only heard about it much later, is the original really that good? From what I've read it's kind of buggy at the moment even with the fan patch? Also kind of difficult if you spec your character wrong? I'll look into the original game some more before considering entering this.
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Yeah, it's that good. :) I don't know the current status of the game with the absolute latest patch, but the last time I played it wasn't buggy. Old, definitely. :)
I'm sure if you level up basket-weaving or macramé or whatever you could make things difficult for yourself. :) And you'd probably not have enough points in whatever stat to get the best results in various conversations, but... :)
I'd say don't expect min/max perfection the first time playing it. It's a great story, and you can always play through again as a different sort of vampire, making different choices, etc.
Or there's always the sucker's choice of looking everything up on the internet first and spoiling the whole game for yourself... Hopefully the winner won't do that... :)
Good luck if you try for it... :)
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That's what I got from reading the Steam reviews, probably Windows 10 issues. Apparently most of it is fixed with the fan patch. I remember I spec-ed my Diablo II characters somewhat randomly and the game was really difficult/annoying so I don't want to repeat that. I might enter for both games, if I should happen to win this one I'll get the first one myself, not sure yet though. Maybe I'll let Lady Luck decide whether I should play this or not.
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Yeah, there's a lot of abandoned Dark Souls characters floating around, once people figured out badly they'd screwed everything up it was faster just to start over... :)
The game was super buggy on launch, and the fan-made patch fixed a ridiculous number of things... Let's hope they don't decide to copy that part of the Bloodlines experience... :)
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As someone who plans to pick up Dark Souls again in the future and play through it, any advice on what not to do so that my character doesn't end up like one of those abandoned ones?
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Hmmmm, that's a good question. :) There's a spoiler-free jpeg with some Dark Souls hints, if I can find it...
But really, I think that as long as you were learning something starting Dark Souls over isn't a big deal. People don't quit because they put the game into an unwinnable state, they went aha! I hate being a Sorcerer! Let's start over with a nice big sword. :) Or they kept boosting their Strength stat but finally noticed it wasn't making their Dexterity-based weapon hit any harder... :)
Your starting class just determines your starting equipment and stats. Every character class can find anything and do anything, but of course on your first playthrough you won't know how to do it, or where to go.
I'd suggest try to resist the temptation to play "correctly" on your first time through the game. You don't need to look up the bestest builds or how to be OP in 10 minutes, where's all the loot, that sort of thing. :)
I just started playing Sekiro. I have no idea what's going on, where I am, where I'm going, etc. I'm sure there's a lot of awesome stuff I won't find. I'll probably overlook some important NPCs, miss some vital clue to the big treasure chest, etc. But I'm still having a lot of fun. :)
You only get one chance for that first blind playthrough, don't waste it! :)
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Well, my previous attempt at Dark Souls I went in blind. I got through the tutorial section, and wound up by the graveyard. I went straight into the graveyard and died.
This being Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition, a "hard" game, I went into the graveyard again, and died again. And again, and again, and again.
I looked around, remembering hearing something about climbing to ring a bell, climbed the nearest visible structure and found nothing at the top.
I went down below, to the lake, and was swiftly murdered. I went to the lake again, got a little farther, and was murdered again. I tried the lake again, got slightly farther still, and then died. Trying again, I was killed before I even made it back to my corpse, losing any souls I had.
Frustrated that all avenues available to me resulted in a quick death, I went online and found out that I was supposed to go up a set of stairs to the Undead Burg that I hadn't seen at all. Had I not looked up the guide, I wouldn't have seen those stairs at all.
I feel like Dark Souls has intentionally terrible sign posting (i.e. the game hinting as to where to go without actually telling you), and the difficult nature (or reputation) makes it difficult to figure out if you're going the wrong way or just not good. The graveyard is a prime example, where the game is trolling you by presenting it as the first available route. But where other games use death to tell you where not to go, Dark Souls kills you so often that using death as a learning tool no longer works. If I turn left and I die, and then turn right and I die, how am I supposed to know that left is the correct way while right is designed for much later in the game? And since you start over each time you die, it starts to feel like the game is intentionally wasting my time by not telling me where to go. I had a similar problem with Demon's Souls, which was even worse at sign posting - often intentionally - but at least usually had only two routes to chose from and both were easy to find.
So at this point I'm more interested in an enjoyable playthrough than a blind one. :) Maybe if I had a lot more free time I'd feel differently. With very limited free time, I hate when I feel like games are wasting it.
But thanks for the pocket guide. That would have certainly made my first playthrough better, albeit more confusing, and I'm still not sure I would have ever found those stairs if I wasn't told to look for them by a walkthrough.
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I think you're right about the "Dark Souls is hard" reputation hurting things. If people have heard nothing else about Dark Souls, they've heard it's super mega difficult, and if anything seems impossible oh no, it's not impossible, you just suck. :( Probably the worst thing about Dark Souls is Dark Souls fans, though... :) Sorry! :)
So yeah, that's a risk with playing blind. :( You're not the only person who tried all the wrong ways from Firelink Shrine... :) I don't remember how I finally noticed oh, hey, look over there, didn't try that direction yet... :) I had help with the start of my first playthrough, and learned about a lot of stuff I never would have discovered for myself that first time, which helped a lot. But I also lost the chance to learn that stuff for myself.
Would I have noticed those things eventually? Eh, I dunno. Maybe. Or maybe I would have become frustrated and quit playing after a couple hours...
I've heard of people spending hours playing Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! with the Asylum Demon because they never noticed the passage to run away instead, fortunately I wasn't one of those... :)
So maybe spoiler-free hints wouldn't do you much good, after all... :) I haven't watched it in a few years (sigh...) but https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQDWoXFQ-YLpeEFkzeDZF1MmNQS7BDoI4 might be worth a peek. It's about the old "Prepare to Die" edition and not the remaster, so a lot of stuff will probably be different/wrong/whatever today, but the basics should be good. :)
Hmm...
If you're looking to kill things without a lot of fooling around, the Zweihänder at Firelink Shrine (near the end of the cemetery part) is the simplest "Stupidly OP" weapon to get. Don't bother fighting, run past everyone and pick it up and die. At the start of the game you don't have enough souls to worry about losing them anyway. :) Once it's upgraded you'll be murdering everything, but even at +0 it's great. :)
One other early weapon that might be even better (or you might hate it, so use what you like...) but requires a bit of skill and RNG to get is the Black Knight Halberd from the Black Knight in Darkroot Basin. If voluntarily seeking out a Black Knight to fight sounds stupid, forget about it. :) You eat some humanity to increase the drop rate, and you can get there quite fast if you know what you're doing. Make a new character, rush to kill the knight, if the halberd doesn't drop you delete the character and repeat the process until you get the drop. Watch any Dark Souls speedrun to see the particulars, but even without using the moveswap glitch like speedrunners do the thing hits like a truck. :)
With either one of those weapons you'll want to two-hand it to help you meet the Strength requirement since no class starts with high enough stats. You'll also be wanting more Endurance because they are heavy. :) Anyway, once you've done all that, you hit the thing, and the thing dies. Pretty simple. :)
For more general suggestions, umm... I haven't played in a while, but let me try to come up with some stuff. It's probably not going to make a lot of sense, sorry... :)
Don't worry about dying. It sucks, it makes you angry, all this time wasted, I hate this game!!! But whatever you lost, you can get back. With interest. Dying doesn't matter, dying doesn't hurt you. Later in the game, that huge pile of souls you lost is going to sound like a joke... And every time you have to re-fight some clowns, you have a chance for whatever they drop. Some crappy enemies have a chance to drop some nice loot...
If you're ok with mindless farming, those bums in the Undead Parish drop Titanite Shards for upgrading your stuff. If you're in the Depths you can farm slimes for Large Shards (and rats for umm, those humanity balls). Best farming for Large Shards is in Blighttown though, so screw that noise until you're comfortable in Blighttown. But if you are comfortable in Blighttown, skip farming. Just go to Anor Londo and buy your upgrade materials from the blacksmith... :)
Upgrade every weapon you are using, as far as you can! A five-minute boss fight is a lot easier to survive than a ten-minute boss fight. :) When you're in a tough battle, or you're having trouble even hitting the thing, you'll need every hit to count. So have a +5 whatever once you hit the Parish, have a +10 whatever when you're in the Depths, and have a +15 as soon as you can drain New Londo.
You can upgrade your armour, and it's never going to make things worse, but unless you're rich you can find better uses for that money/upgrade materials. Later in the game, sure. Every little bit helps. But at least don't waste any chunks/slabs on armour. :) Now, if you're wearing something that upgrades with Twinkling Titanite, upgrade all that stuff once you reach the Anor Londo blacksmith - he has an unlimited supply.
Ahh, by the way, the strongest armour of all is "don't get hit". :) Every single time you get hit, it's because you screwed up. Figure out why you took damage, and see if you can avoid it next time. Easier said than done, of course, but it's possible to finish the whole game without a single thing hitting you. Ok, it's not possible for me, but for people who know what they are doing... :)
Oh, speaking of taking damage, do you know about "iframes"? During a roll (and some other stuff like pulling levers or backstabbing) you're completely invulnerable for a certain number of frames of the animation. Hence the name.
Anyway, if you're in a fight, and someone's swinging their giant sword at you, you can roll straight at them, right through their swing, and by some funky video game magic you don't get hit. The ninja flip ring gives the most iframes, ordinary fast roll (0% - 25% equip load) has a bit less, mid roll (25% - 50%) a bit less, and fat roll (50% - 100%) has the fewest, so paradoxically the best way to avoid taking damage is to remove that big heavy armour to fast roll. That's why you see a lot of naked guys with a Zweihänder - naked only matters if you get hit. :)
Every time you die, try to figure out why you died, and (if possible) don't die that same exact way next time. If you were surprised by something around a corner, well now you know it's around the corner so next time you have your shield up. If you were ambushed, next time you look behind you and kill that guy first. That sort of thing. :)
Always have a ranged attack. Bow, Crossbow, magic, whatever. And buy a ton of arrows/bolts/whatever. They don't weigh anything, stock up. Even if you're into smacking everyone with your sword.
Among other things, a ranged attack helps you to fight guys one at a time. :) Play around with it, if you see a few guys together, see if you can get just one guy's attention and lead him back a bit so you can fight him alone. Repeat until the whole group of guys is dead.
If you're up against one enemy, even if he's strong and you're not, there's probably a way to kill him. Parry him if you can, lock on and circle behind him for a cheap backstab, climb a ladder and toss a few firebombs, whatever you got. :) But if you end up alerting all his friends too, you're probably screwed.
Oh, did I mention parrying? Parrying is OP. If you can master that one skill you can turn frightening encounters into a big joke. As a bonus you also get iframes durring the riposte, so in addition to murdering that one scary guy you're safe from all his angry friends for a brief moment. :)
Kill things as you progress through a level, at least until you know how to run past everything to the boss fog. :) That way, if things gets out of hand and you have to run away, you can run backwards to the cleared-out area and not straight ahead into I dunno what's up there, hopefully nothing too dangerous... :)
In many places you can play Dark Souls as a stealth game, which is a strategy I definitely recommend in Blighttown. :) The Ring of Fog and a bow work very well for this, but you have to be patient and slowly work your way around. It's slow and not much fun, but if you're having a lot of trouble with an area it's something to consider. Did I mention it's slow? :)
Spoiler: By the way, if you're playing the non-remaster, and are frustrated about losing souls there's a boss soul eating glitch you can find on youtube or whatever. Of course you'll need to defeat a boss to get a boss soul. :) Sif's soul is worth a lot, but the Moonlight Butterfly is easiest for new people. Summon Beatrice and try not to get hit. Help if you want, but she can kill it solo. All the souls you could ever need, buy stuff, upgrade your equipment, level up, whatever.
Sorry, this got very long-winded, and it's completely random... I should probably get back to Sekiro, just remembered I'm still in the game here... :)
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Thanks for that. Some of it went straight over my head - I only played the original game, don't have the remaster, and I got as far as ringing the first bell - but other stuff sounds like good advice I'll keep in mind. At this point I've forgotten everything, so I'll probably have to just start over from the beginning, and it'll be like a first run.
The thing is, by wasting my time, it hurts me where it hurts the most and where I'm most vulnerable. I get the whole learning thing, and how you're more prepared each time, and that mistakes are often your own, and how great it feels when you triumph. But when I do die, because I went the wrong way or was surprised or forgot and attacked the parry guy when he was in his parry state, it hurts because I know that I'm now going to have to do it all again and I just wasted all that time. I can always get more souls, but I'm never getting my time back, and I think that element and the repetition has been my biggest issue with Dark Souls. Because I can get that learning and triumphing experience from a game with checkpoints that doesn't force me to re-play through the stuff I've done to get back to the stuff that challenged me.
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You know, I completely ignored the "no free time" problem, which I can't argue with at all... Sorry! :)
It's possible to finish Dark Souls in a single hour, but first you'd need to play hundreds (or thousands) of hours to gain the skill that makes that possible. :( So maybe it's not the right game to try right now... :) Oh well... :)
And really, if Dark Souls had a "story mode" or something, where every enemy died in 1 hit, you'd discover the story isn't exactly Shakespeare anyway. :) It's a great game, but with very limited time I'd definitely suggest playing something else instead. :)
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See, while I'd love for Dark Souls to be easier, that's not what I'd want at all. I don't want everything to die on one hit, that would be boring. But I would like not to die in 1-2 hits, either. I'd love to be able to last a little longer against enemies so that I can learn their patterns and learn how to beat them, for the riposte to badly wound me instead of killing me outright, for their to be checkpoints right before boss fights (admittedly, I think Dark Souls is better about that then Demon's Souls). So having the enemies do 1/3 to 1/2 less damage would be perfect. :)
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Hmm... With your base Vitality stat, you're not going to have a lot of health. And with the base Endurance stat you won't be able to wear much of the heavy armour. So you could try plan A, play a whole lot until you get super good at Dark Souls - but you don't have time for that nonsense. :)
So maybe try plan B, level up a bunch. :) Either legitimately via fighting things you can safely defeat over and over again, or with the boss soul duping glitch. Either way works. I didn't even know about the boss soul glitch for years, did a lot of farming for upgrade materials or free humanity or whatever... You get to practice your parrying, but man, it takes time... Nowadays, I think a lot of people aiming to make a specific build just say screw it and use the glitch.
Like it says in that picture I posted before, "Points in VIT and END are never wasted." That's 100% true, good advice. :) If you're dying in 1 hit, get more health. Lots more, if you want. Leveling up in Dark Souls doesn't lock you out of anything or cause any sort of problem. There are hmm, a couple places where NPCs offer to do something, and the cost is whatever * your level. Also, if you're looking to play online with other people, leveling up to ridiculous amounts will make it tricky to find co-op partners. But single-player it doesn't matter at all.
Increase Vitality to get more health, and Endurance to increase your Equip Load (i.e. to wear the heavier armours and weapons, hopefully better ones and not just heavier). That's not going to let you kill everything in 1 hit, but it should let you survive a few hits yourself. :)
Ahh, one thing to mention, maybe you already know this though. :) There's often a fast way to the boss, once you're through playing the level normally and want run back for another try. Once you figure out a route you should be able to run past everyone without getting stuck in a bunch of pointless battles. Watch some speed runners if you're curious (and you're not afraid of spoilers, since they are going to fight things you haven't seen before) - they only fight what they have to, and ignore everythings else.
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This is a big one. I kinda wasted mine, looked up walkthroughs a couple of times and I really wish I hadn't now.. Oh well, it's still one of my favorite games I've ever played
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Let's hope someone heeds the warning... :)
But looking up things on the internet's so easy, and figuring out stuff the hard way is so hard... :)
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Same as Kal above me ^^ like so many awesome games I bought the first Bloodlines in some sale because everybody was raving how great it was, but haven't gotten around to it yet - mostly because it looks so dated. But I've been a great vampires fan ever since Anne Rice, so that's that.
You don't wanna know how much time I spent trying to decipher those damn symbols in circles from the keys table... d'uh.
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Ahh, the first game is definitely dated, but so is Shakespeare... :)
As you probably noticed, those circled things were just anti-bot crap, but when I decided to take a screenshot of the keys they became unnecessary... :) Sorry! :)
Good luck! :)
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Haven't got around to playing it yet, but I have high expectations for it since I've heard of lot of praise for it and I loved Arcanum from the same devs. Hope this one will turn out well, they got the original writer and Chris Avellone but the devs haven't done anything outstanding, and from what I've seen in the trailer it looks like this one might have closed levels instead of an open world.
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Well, you will have a year or so to play the first one if you win this... It's old, but lots of fun... :)
Keep hope alive! :) Sure, maybe it will be another Underworld Ascendant, but then again maybe it won't... :) And if it's free, who cares? :) Let someone else blow their money on it! :)
Good luck! :)
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The original also has closed levels + small hubs (until the endgame of course)
It really is the way to go in storyheavy games IMO. Once you make it too open the narrative drops. Just compare Arkham Asylum to all the others.
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I actually only played it once before, planning more playthroughs, though. That first one was very special, I had a very mediocre mastery of the English language AND I played Malkavian. Suffice it to say, the game's story is still mostly a mystery to me to this day :D But I do remember running around with invisibility on in a pimp suit and killing everyone with a kitchen knife so that's nice, I guess.
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Ouch, first playthrough as a Malkavian, in a language you didn't know well? That's got to be a messed up experience... :)
Malkavian is a lot of fun, but definitely finish the game as something else first... :) As for this game, I'm curious to see how they handle all the different ways to play stuff from the original game... Please don't suck, please don't suck... :)
Good luck! :)
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One might say it's the true Malkavian experience ;)
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Good point! :) And I suppose the Malkavian stuff is full of giant spoilers, but if you haven't played before you'd have no idea, just sounds like random crazy talking... :)
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I actually never finished the original myself. I only watched my older brother play it when I was younger. He used to play the tabletop with his friends, but they would never let me play. VtM:B was both my introduction to the WoD and the first time I got to hang with the older kids, which is a big deal to the youngest brother. xD
I did try to get into it a few years ago, but even with the patch, it was so clunky that I gave up when I reached the mansion.
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The mansion is super spooky, but if you weren't having fun there's no reason to force yourself... :) Clunky, definitely... Oh well...
Hope this one's super shiny with zero clunk... :) Good luck! :)
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Imagine winning something that you cant use for like a year ... its like ... seized by the popo or something LIKE you dont really have it LIKE is it really a win then? 🤔
But seriously, you are too generous with all these crazy gibabays! We are not worthy!
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Well, some people won Sekiro, like six months ago... They survived somehow... :) I'm sure whoever wins this will forget all about it, and go right back to csgo or whatever... :)
Good luck! :)
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Yep, I'd definitely say I hope I'll be a fan of the original game, but I don't know as I'm afraid I never got around to playing it... 😳
I finally bought it from GOG.com a couple of years ago, but I haven't even installed it yet. I bought VtM - Redemption a couple years before as well (also sitting unplayed) 😅
Are you a fan of Redemption as well?
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I'd love to say I am a Redemption fan, but like you mention doing I bought it on GOG at some point and never even installed it... :( Downloaded the installer though, if that counts... :(
Good luck! :)
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Ultra-Puzzles are too dificult for me :(
I have played the game several times, but I don't think I ever finished it... not sure how far into the game I've come. What I remember best is a fire at the beach, but I think that's pretty early in the game...
Anyways, I don't think I have ever tried it with the unofficial patch, so maybe this time I'll play it through. It's installed and ready for when I find a little time :)
Also curious about Redemption; I installed it a while back, but haven't started it...
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The final part of Bloodlines is basically a FPS, which of course was not the game's strong suit... Sigh... :)
Definitely try with the patch if you get the time, kinda crazy how it's still being worked on, all these years later...
Redemption is probably one of those games I'll keep wondering about forever, but somehow never install... :(
Good luck! :)
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Played the first one when it was released with my cousin, damn that was beautiful.
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If you win this, you'll have a whole year to want to replay it... :)
Good luck! :)
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I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night.
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Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will! :)
Good luck! :)
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This sight really made me jump. :-)
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OOooOOooOo! Good thing none of those were in the hotel... :)
Good luck! :)
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You're a mad man, how did you come up with such a super difficult ultra-puzzle.
About the game, I only learned about it much later, mostly played on consoles back then. And when I got it I didn't get very far, I don't really remember why I didn't keep playing but I keep hearing a lot of good stuff and keep thinking on getting on it but it always slips. With this announcement it's a great opportunity to give it a go before the release of the sequel, which looks also very good.
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Based on the number of entries so far, maybe it really is an ultra-puzzle... Sigh... :)
Give it another try, even if you don't win... :) Or don't, I guess, it is pretty old now... :) Be sure to use the unofficial whatever patch, though... :)
Good luck! :)
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Oh man, I don't think I saw someone use this method before...
I haven't played the first Bloodlines so I have nothing to say. But tell, are other V&M games worth playing? Like this one?
I would ask you about something else too but you probably won't give me clear answer...
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It was pretty common when I was looking at puzzles, don't really do that any more so I don't know if people stopped using it...
Unfortunately I have no idea about Redemption, have it on GOG & Steam but never installed... Good luck...
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Thanks mate great gift been waiting on this!!! =)
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Even if you win, you'll be waiting a year or so... :) Sitting in your Steam library, teasing you... :)
Good luck! :)
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Ahahaha that brake helped a lot xD It was the first thought in a fresh mind to check another picture
Thank you for this (and that) opportunity
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Good to hear you solved it, good luck! :)
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You know, I will probably say it again, but you will never stop to amaze me. XD
I have played the first one a long time ago, so don't remember much, just that I have not really completed it... I should correct that. ;)
Have a great weekend! :3
Oh and how is Sekiro? Are you enjoing it? o.O
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Well, it's a great game but if you have to force yourself to play, forget about it... :) The best way I know to make kids hate a book is to force them to read it... :)
Thank you, hope your weekend is good too! :)
Ahh, Sekiro is exactly like I thought it would be, i.e. I completely suck at it... :) Just like Dark Souls, I will probably need 1000 hours to start catching a clue... :)
Good luck! :)
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Haha, don't worry, I never force myself into anything. ;)
I think I got distracted by playing Thief: Deadly Shadows and then didn't got back to it. X)
Thank you. :3
I have currently started the Dark souls, we will see how long it will take me. ;)
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Excellent distraction! :) That's another classic... :)
Ouch, don't want to think about how many thousands of hours I've spent in Dark Souls games... :)
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Thank you very much for this GA! i still remember how i played first one (great game with great music). I played it outside of steam when it was relased (also played Vampire The Masquerade Redemption but i did not remember so much from this game as from Bloodlines)
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Oh yeah, I didn't say anything about the music. You're right, it's great too! :) Hope this one's able to measure up... :)
Good luck! :)
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Well... I decided to look at the image, scrolled down and my tablet decided to reload and it dropped me on the imgur page (no idea how to do that manually) with the sollution.
So random tablet auto-solve brought me here. I still feel dumb. Atleast I got tech to help me out I suppose XD
Been a long while since I played the original last so I can't tell much.
I do know the much hyped scary hotel was a letdown, not scary at all. On the other hand the prostetic doctor and snuff movies set was much scarier to me. I think actual harm scares me more than paranormal bs.
Also the sewers suck. Nothing shocking I know. Hopefully they can prevent doing a terrible long combat slog this time around, even when most modern games do... :/
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Stealing from the puzzle guide:
IMGUR DESCRIPTION - when puzzle maker is posting image from IMGUR (or other image sharing hosting) he may sometimes hide some info in page description for the file, but post link to img file otself, not to this page. In imgur it's quite easy to get to the page itself. you just have to delete .jpg from the link. If you're seeing image posted on ITH or other pages different than SG forum instead of link you will see image itself - in such a case right click image and choose "Show Image" - it will lead you to the site it's hosted on, and then proceed normally. As a practice try to find a HIDDEN TEXT in this image original page :>
I thought the hotel was less scary after I'd played a few times, but still don't enjoy going in there... :) Yeah, that guy is pretty creepy... And the end of the game turning into some run around and shoot everyone thing kinda sucked. :) But it's still an awesome game! :)
Let's hope they keep what worked and throw out the awful bits... :)
Good luck! :)
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The Mansion is so much better if you talk your way in rather than have to fight, even if extremely buggy (played with just official patches so no clue if unoffical fixes all that missing text and vo and whatnot there).
Same. But with a whole new team with very little experience and just the old 2 writers, I am not keeping my hope up too high. Also selling 3 versions already, all the planned storypacks. I don't like modern gaming :/
Also the fear of "modern mechanics" like waypoints or crafting. Love Pillars of Eternity but it's loot system is the worst, due to crafting. The Witcher 2? Bad crafting + limited inventory was a pain throughout, Witcher 1 did that better (can't comment on 3). Or ideas how you need xp per kill. Hope they stick to the progressionbased system. So many potential worries.
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Thinking about it, I didn't like any of the fighting in Bloodlines. :)
All the sneaking, talking, trying to figure out what's going on... The writing, the characters, that stuff's great. :) Who is on your side? NONE OF THEM! :) Who is just manipulating you, using you to get what they want? ALL OF THEM! :)
I wish we could go back to the days of buying a game once and getting the whole thing... But I think price discrimination is too profitable to stop... Some people are willing to pay for the mega-expensive version, plus all the stupid dlc that dribbles out later... Some people are going to wait a year or two until the final complete everything included version costs $20. :)
Oh, hey, yeah. Crafting, open world, survival, multiplayer, umm, guess we sorta have zombies already. :)
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Huh, I'm really a fan. I don't own the first game on Steam, but I had an old disc with it.
I really have a funny story about playing it, not a story about the game itself, but about how I was playing it :D
I played the first game when I was still learning at school, and it was my first PC, and the game was loading for ages for me, literally. Still, I had finished the game multiple times (3-5 or even more, don't remember exactly, but I did it with Malkavian, Nosferatu and a couple more, 'usual' clans). And well, my way of dealing with those eternal loading times was reading a book. I managed to read the full 'War and Peace' by L.Tolstoy almost entirely within those loading times. I was obliged to read it anyway due to a school task, so it was my way of mixing 'business with pleasure'. I was crazy, I know... And well, I totally love the game, but I have no feelings at all towards that book 🤣
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Ouch, that's some insane loading times... :( I don't remember it being bad, but it's been a long time so maybe I'm just blocking it out... :)
Hope the book was ok too! :) I can't remember a single thing... :(
Good luck! :)
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