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Re: Second on Bloodlines by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/22/2005, 3:29am PST
FABIO wrote:

I found KoToR 1 solid, but....alright.

Aside from technical issues, I found Bloodlines more fun and interesting in every way. Good dialogue and plot really carry an RPG (Planescape). Ignore ICJ's opinion to the contrary; Bloodlines completely trumps KotoR in that department. Maybe one of the characters in Bloodlines had some sort of similarity to the Fantastic Four and it shorted out his ability to enjoy the game.


Between this and your well-placed attack on Gimp earlier, you are in a zone right now. I will try to get off the stage quickly.

The thing with VTM:B is that dialogue at some point implies the verbal give and take between two parties, and the garbage lines you get to pick from as the Bloodlines player character is the asinine work of an amateur. Talking to the gypsy was such a painful display of ineptitude that the game should have come packed with a pair of glass eyes so you could pop them in when your own inevitably rolled out of your fucking head. And don't get me started on that one hipster vampire wannabee. A fan-made patch (or in other words "the patch") could replace that character's childish drivel with constant "HURR HURRRR" and you'd be none the worse. More, Creexul's early screenshot was indicative of the exact sort of shitty reply options you have available throughout the whole game. I'll credit the thing for usually giving you a nice rack to look at while the terrible dialogue is bleated out upon you, and I'll admit that half my frustration came with the fact that my shitty PC stuttered throughout, but let's not get ridiculous here about what was my fault and what was theirs. There are things to like about Bloodlines (especially at the bargain bin price it's going for now), but speaking to people in the game isn't one of them. I would play Wizardry 8, KOTOR and Gothic 2 before getting back to this one.

And hey, it's spring break where I go to college, the conclusion of which is usually a fine time to expect a patch seeing how that's when the people who actually fix Troika games have some free time. Putting it off another week might not be so bad.


the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!
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