I just wanna say I love his quick visual representation of the Vampire Rules in Vampire Masquerade. Some Bela Lugosi mother fucker holding a gun under his chin and laughing sums it up perfectly.
Zero Punctuation: Dark
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I'm getting the impression that Yahtzee liked Vampire: the Masquerade: Bloodlines.
>TELL ME MORE ABOUT VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE: BLOODLINES
All I knew about it was that it was the first game to license the Source engine. And that Valve's insistance that the release be delayed until after Half-Life 2 had come out, which itself was delayed a full year, led the developer to go bankrupt. Probably the only time a developer working with Activision has managed to be screwed over by someone other than Activision.
>TELL ME MORE ABOUT VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE: BLOODLINES
All I knew about it was that it was the first game to license the Source engine. And that Valve's insistance that the release be delayed until after Half-Life 2 had come out, which itself was delayed a full year, led the developer to go bankrupt. Probably the only time a developer working with Activision has managed to be screwed over by someone other than Activision.
I was just thinking about doing that...Daystar Clarion said:You mentioned Vampire the Masquerade.
As per the rules of the internet, I must now post this image.
Not me though.
No.
I already have it installed
I really like it when Yahtzee manages to be funny enough to seriously me laugh out loud, and not just occasionally snort or breathe loudly out my nose.
It's a bit sad, really, because if they'd really been into Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines, and done what it did well, while improving on what VtM:B did poorly . . . I would have bought it up right away. I'd love to have a game made by someone that really liked VtM:B, and really put some effort into it. For all the bugs and flaws, VtM:B was a game a couldn't help but love. Dark, on the other hand, sounds like a game I can't help but avoid at all costs.
For anyone who has not yet been convinced to re-download/buy VtM:B, I would just like to remind/inform you that it contains:
A mission in which you fight a ninja stripper vampire hunter.
A boss who fights you by whacking you with his own severed arm.
The Malchavian, whose story is completely incomprehensible if it's your first playthrough, but is the most clever, hilarious, and logical character in the whole game if you already understand the story.
Just, you know, get the patch. Cause you kind of need that.
A mission in which you fight a ninja stripper vampire hunter.
A boss who fights you by whacking you with his own severed arm.
The Malchavian, whose story is completely incomprehensible if it's your first playthrough, but is the most clever, hilarious, and logical character in the whole game if you already understand the story.
Just, you know, get the patch. Cause you kind of need that.
That this game exists lead me to play VtM:B again, did you know it also has a "final nights" mod where you can play outsider clans. It is a delight!
But yes this game "dark" really only seems to exist to show you that there are better games. Better stealth games ,better vampire games .. in overal better games. Dark isn't the worst game sure but it is so inept at times :! That and its vampire powers are weak, seriously weak! You are a vampire, a bad ass and guess what even normal guards can shoot you to hell. Ahum, at least in VtM:B you could pounce them and suck them dry. Or make them insane, ah the joy. Hehehe!
Yes back to Dark. Eh, neither a good stealth title nor a good vampire title. What does that leaves you with?
But yes this game "dark" really only seems to exist to show you that there are better games. Better stealth games ,better vampire games .. in overal better games. Dark isn't the worst game sure but it is so inept at times :! That and its vampire powers are weak, seriously weak! You are a vampire, a bad ass and guess what even normal guards can shoot you to hell. Ahum, at least in VtM:B you could pounce them and suck them dry. Or make them insane, ah the joy. Hehehe!
Not in a first play through though play something else. Your virgin play of VtM:B should not be malkavian they are to awesome for that. After that come back to malkavians and giggle in utter delight.Daystar Clarion said:
Yes back to Dark. Eh, neither a good stealth title nor a good vampire title. What does that leaves you with?
So it's a stripped down wannabe VTMB game, should of expected as much.
Thanks for another good laugh Yahtzee.
Thanks for another good laugh Yahtzee.
Actually, I think Yahtzee is just trying to make us feel better about his not so very positive review of The Last of Us.luvd1 said:
Hell, that's pretty much what he said last time.
"I know you all are sad I didn't like that one game as much as you did. In truth, it wasn't SO very bad.
Come here.
Help me kill these much worse games."
I almost replayed The Masquerade. Then I stopped when I got to the Hotel level. Jezus, that was scarier than Amnesia! And no, I'm not kidding!
I very much enjoyed 'The Final Nights' mod and am patiently waiting for its next update before I replay VtM:B again. I may also give the 'Camarilla Edition' mod a go. At this point (via all the mods and fan made patches) I'm pretty sure that the fan base has spent more time working on VtM:B than the original developers did.masticina said: