Welp, the fighting/movement seems decent, but that's all and I am officially out:
The combat is long and drawn out; the voice in your head seems so absurdly annoying, I am not sure why they did it (especially as a sequel to Bloodlines, where you are basically flying solo 99.9% of the time); the writing and acting are quite bad (lacking in emotion, exposition dumps left and right, pointing out the obvious and so on).
Well, as I said once in the past: "worst case scenario, I still have VTMB 1" and seems like I'll need it to cheer up a little.
The combat seems cool on it's own, though I also feel it could get repetitive really quickly. Enemies are really dumb and boring, and there doesn't seem to be much of a real challenge aside from "throw more baddies at the player!".
Aside from that, the dialog just feels really bland to me. With what I've seen, the characters don't seem to have any zest or charisma that would draw me in and make me care for them. Even if the game's plot turns out to be not half bad, that won't mean much if I have no reason to get attached to it.
Regardless, I can't help but love that hyper-punch attack. If the combat gets fleshed out in the final release, I'll at least appreciate it as an action game where I can roleplay as Kenshiro :]
I will need to play the game before have an opinion... the said that you can "choose" your playgame style mostly... stealth, combat or social. Well, I need to see the plot and so...
Sadly (for me), I really hate first person games, I would like that this game would have this option.
Cyberpunk don't have this option, and the mod that makes the magic to third person, have inconsistent animation several times...
Some observations which are somehow not Bloodlines at all:
- The menu screen shows "outfits" and not "inventory". - The menu screen shows "ability tree" and not "character sheet". - You can only fill up the blood points for the active discipline. - You get XP for killing enemies, how does that work for stealth?
- You get XP for killing enemies, how does that work for stealth?
This scares me! If we solve quests socially (hopefully that's actually possible) rather than killing 100 warehouse goons, are we going to be equally rewarded?
I'm also really nervous about the voice in our heads, Fabien. I loved this youtube comment: "Imagine the Ghost Hotel with a voice in your head going "erhm, what was that?" every time there is a quiet moment." And honestly, I can imagine it - and it would completely kill the atmosphere. He wasn't THAT BAD in the reveal, besides the "He's hiding something" line which just insults the player's intelligence (the Nosferatu was obviously hiding something he all but blabbered that himself).
I get we have to design for the lowest common denominator, but it definitely made me cringe. I still am oddly optimistic that we get a good game out of it - and of course, I know great modders like Wesp5 and others will help us shape it to our liking!
Friends of mine have had moderate success with the above issue by disabling all post processing possible, and running the game in windowed mode. Something about the edges of the screen not moving seems to help! Ever tried it?
Post by specialknight83 on Feb 3, 2024 14:42:38 GMT
*whistles for magic mist* *autofloats on road to quest marker* *vampire vision activates* "Mhmm... giant slash marks all over the victim... a Brujah™, gotta be" "Come on, Fabian" *follows nose* *guys in Brujah™ costumes appear* "OY BLOODY 'ELL FUCKING CUNT SHIT FUCK CUNT, IT'S A FUCKIN' ELDER VAMPIRE IT IS! GET 'EM" "Shit, you stink" ALALALALALALALA *knocks guys away and they stumble and recover immediately, does a cinematic punch and pushes them away into a wall* "Mhmm... Sabbat™ pretending to be Anarchs™....... better tell the Prince about this" Come on, Fabian" *autofloats on road back to city* "OY BLOODY FUCK CUNT ELDAH, WOT ABOUT DA CONTRACT WESE PAIDS YA FOR YA BLOODSUCKA' FUCKING CUNT?" "Just some bastards posing as Anarchs™, here's proof *shows beanie*" "OY FUCKING 'ELL, HERE'S YA REWARD DA WHOLE CLAN CHIPPED IN" "Bloody Massacre" Complete AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *$10 and 1 EXP recieved*
my fucking god it's worse than i thought it's a shitty dishonored clone with fallout 4 tier dialogue options what the actual fuck lmao
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