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By Dark PhaZe Go To Postisnt gears 4 crossplat for everything but non ranked games though? there should be plenty of xbox players to play with

regarding bloodbourne–ran around as much as I was willing to…got about 8000 souls or whatever…probably not a lot to some but I thought it was a decent amount for a low level player and I don't want to continue further without being able to level up using these

not sure where else I'll be able to go though and its not giving me an option to do anything but fortify weapons at the hunters dream :/

got a new armor set though

edit: only place I can think of that I haven't gone to is the area past the two werewolf monsters on the bridge but they are too strong for me to deal with

ay fuck those wolves

By DY_nasty Go To Postshook

i don't know if you cut out for this phaze

i'll see if I can clear the area and draw agro to take one on solo

but the reason I didn't really bother trying was I went at them once, saw the massive damage difference and figured I was not supposed to go that way for a while

Dark Phaze, you level up by talking to the doll in the Dream

she's lifeless now until you 'meet' your first boss. You don't have to kill him, just rush to the far end of the bridge then use a Bold Hunter's Mark to teleport home

8k is a decent amount! But dont be disheartened if you lose it because bosses give out an obscene amount anyway

you won't struggle nearly as much once you level up and get past this area in particular

check out Facism's post a page or two ago!

Man Civ 6 is the truth. Glad to see em bounce back after cocking up the vanilla Civ 5 and that mess Beyond Earth

But as Civ vet from the days of Civ 2 I feel like I am fucking up in the start any start up tips?

Xenoverse sold 1.4 mil in one week. God damn for an anime game.

By data Go To PostXenoverse sold 1.4 mil in one week. God damn for an anime game.

And it's basically Xenoverse 1.5.

I finished Vampire: Bloodlines and that's one of my favorite games of all time now. Everything about the game(except the combat) is masterclass. The characters, story, voice acting, setting, music, atmosphere, whatever else. It's so ahead of its time and it's so disappointing that it never got a sequel or even a game done in a similar vein even without vampires. The good thing is Paradox has the license and has a relationship with Obsidian with a lot of former Troika devs. I'd also be into seeing Arkane make a spiritual sequel with Chris Avellone but a lot of that game is a time and place. Seedy, perma-night New York's not the popular setting that it was in the early 2000s and late 90s. The facial animation is amazing and playing it after Mankind Divided made me laugh at how hard a game from 2004 completely shits on a game from 2016 with facial animation. Same for Fallout 4.

I have some other games I need to finish but I want to check out the new Division update which apparently added a bunch of new features. Despite all the criticism, I really liked my time with The Division's campaign and if they didn't focus so much on the Dark Zone, I think I would have gotten really hooked on the end game.

By data Go To PostI finished Vampire: Bloodlines and that's one of my favorite games of all time now. Everything about the game(except the combat) is masterclass. The characters, story, voice acting, setting, music, atmosphere, whatever else. It's so ahead of its time and it's so disappointing that it never got a sequel or even a game done in a similar vein even without vampires. The good thing is Paradox has the license and has a relationship with Obsidian with a lot of former Troika devs. I'd also be into seeing Arkane make a spiritual sequel with Chris Avellone but a lot of that game is a time and place. Seedy, perma-night New York's not the popular setting that it was in the early 2000s and late 90s. The facial animation is amazing and playing it after Mankind Divided made me laugh at how hard a game from 2004 completely shits on a game from 2016 with facial animation. Same for Fallout 4.

I have some other games I need to finish but I want to check out the new Division update which apparently added a bunch of new features. Despite all the criticism, I really liked my time with The Division's campaign and if they didn't focus so much on the Dark Zone, I think I would have gotten really hooked on the end game.

so lucky, getting to experience VTM:Bloodlines for the first time

one of my top 3 games alongside the original Deus Ex, there's nothing like it anymore

if we get a sequel, it will be some budget isometric shit that won't do justice to it

By data Go To PostI finished Vampire: Bloodlines and that's one of my favorite games of all time now. Everything about the game(except the combat) is masterclass. The characters, story, voice acting, setting, music, atmosphere, whatever else. It's so ahead of its time and it's so disappointing that it never got a sequel or even a game done in a similar vein even without vampires. The good thing is Paradox has the license and has a relationship with Obsidian with a lot of former Troika devs. I'd also be into seeing Arkane make a spiritual sequel with Chris Avellone but a lot of that game is a time and place. Seedy, perma-night New York's not the popular setting that it was in the early 2000s and late 90s. The facial animation is amazing and playing it after Mankind Divided made me laugh at how hard a game from 2004 completely shits on a game from 2016 with facial animation. Same for Fallout 4.

I've always always wanted to try it! (and I did very briefly and liked what little I played)

I was told to start with a certain class on GAF years ago but I forgot which one it was. Ah, it was either the funniest or the most fun to play with..

a quick google tells me it might've been Malkavians?

By Ciaran Go To PostI've always always wanted to try it! (and I did very briefly and liked what little I played)

I was told to start with a certain class on GAF years ago but I forgot which one it was. It was either the funniest or the most fun to play with

a quick google tells me it might've been Malkavians?

I would keep Malkavian and Nosferatu for the second/third playthrough since they change the tone of the game, the first time should be using one of the "normal" clans.

that's just me though

By Ciaran Go To PostI've always always wanted to try it! (and I did very briefly and liked what little I played)

I was told to start with a certain class on GAF years ago but I forgot which one it was. Ah, it was either the funniest or the most fun to play with..

a quick google tells me it might've been Malkavians?

The Malkavians probably offer the most unique experience, but most veterans would tell you to make your first clan anything but the Malkavians or the Nosferatu. The Malkavians hear voices and have completely unique dialogue that you have to puzzle out the meaning of when you're speaking to other NPCs which can fuck you over. I don't think it's as difficult as the Nosferatu and I don't think it's that hard to figure out the dialogue choices but it's better to do it after you've beaten it with one of the 'normal' clans(Ventrue, Tremere, Brujah, Gangrel, or the Toreador. To me, the Nosferatu are much more difficult because the Malkavians can still walk the streets.

You have a system called the Masquerade system which you have 5 marks of and you violate it 5 times, by exhibiting vampirism publicly you lose., and if you're a Nosferatu then your mere existence in view of normal humans is a violation so you spend the entire game navigating the world through the sewer system, making use of stealth and your invisibility spell(which costs blood). You also can't seduce the women at bars to get free, easy blood refills. You can fill it up with rats in the sewers though.

The Malkavians have some funny dialogue choices and even the local news channel that recaps events has something amazing when you watch it as a Malkavian. But to me, the Nosferatu are much funnier because of other NPCs reactions to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSa_3N1s9R4

By data Go To PostThe Malkavians probably offer the most unique experience, but most veterans would tell you to make your first clan anything but the Malkavians or the Nosferatu. The Malkavians hear voices and have completely unique dialogue that you have to puzzle out the meaning of when you're speaking to other NPCs which can fuck you over. I don't think it's as difficult as the Nosferatu and I don't think it's that hard to figure out the dialogue choices but it's better to do it after you've beaten it with one of the 'normal' clans(Ventrue, Tremere, Brujah, Gangrel, or the Toreador. To me, the Nosferatu are much more difficult because the Malkavians can still walk the streets.

You have a system called the Masquerade system which you have 5 marks of and you violate it 5 times, by exhibiting vampirism publicly you lose., and if you're a Nosferatu then your mere existence in view of normal humans is a violation so you spend the entire game navigating the world through the sewer system, making use of stealth and your invisibility spell(which costs blood). You also can't seduce the women at bars to get free, easy blood refills. You can fill it up with rats in the sewers though.

The Malkavians have some funny dialogue choices and even the local news channel that recaps events has something amazing when you watch it as a Malkavian. But to me, the Nosferatu are much funnier because of other NPCs reactions to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSa_3N1s9R4

fuck me this all sounds fucking BRILLIANT :lol

sounds like one of those games you gotta jump right back into as soon as you finish it. It's not that long, is it? And please tell me it works on Macs ;_;

By Ciaran Go To Postfuck me this all sounds fucking BRILLIANT :lol

sounds like one of those games you gotta jump right back into as soon as you finish it. It's not that long, is it? And please tell me it works on Macs ;_;

The first time through took me a while just because you want to read every note and email and you have to discover all the side quests since this is before the age of 'here's everything on the map' which VTMB doesn't even have a real map. But your second time through will be much quicker since you'll know where everything is.

There should be guides to runnig it on Mac as well as the unofficial patch which you should most definitely get.

Thanks for the tips Ciaran

But man.. that doesn't seem natural. Seems for sure designed to waste hours of your time and efforts before you figure that out. Making me want to just play the game with a FAQ :(

By Ciaran Go To Postfuck me this all sounds fucking BRILLIANT :lol

sounds like one of those games you gotta jump right back into as soon as you finish it. It's not that long, is it? And please tell me it works on Macs ;_;

It is a brilliant game that didn't work well when it came out... maybe I will get again to finish it during my next dry spell

i have vampires sitting in my steam library, completely untouched. one day.

in the meantime, fuck hoth

yeh definitely going to break out my copy of Bloodlines. It barely ran when it came out but I still managed.

By Facism Go To Postyeh definitely going to break out my copy of Bloodlines. It barely ran when it came out but I still managed.

the memory leaks made you have to save every few steps in certain areas

So like what ya`ll been playin?

Havent been buyin much recently just actually playin/grinding in Fightin games and JRPGs. Bought God Eater 2 on sale tho.....

Coppin Xanadu Next in a few days.

WESP's unofficial patch helps with a lot of the issues.

Data, one of the reasons the facial animation is so good is because it was a Source game and that was something Valve had spent a lot of time and effort trying to get right.

Of course the game was also ultra buggy in part because it was the first Source game ever, even before HL2.

By Dark PhaZe Go To PostThanks for the tips Ciaran

But man.. that doesn't seem natural. Seems for sure designed to waste hours of your time and efforts before you figure that out. Making me want to just play the game with a FAQ :(

there's a lore aspect to it regarding 'insight' and seeing things that will be addressed later... ;)

and by all means, try playing with FAQ/guide for the first 3-4 bosses at least, till it all *clicks*.

I like Troika's World of Darkness so much more than original Whitewolf's and now Paradox's Whitewolf's. I prefer Onyx Path's Chronicles of Darkness (formerly New World of Darkness) but no video games were made for that setting. :(

I will not succumb to a guide

... Am I locked in with the boss when I encounter him?

I refuse to lose these souls

Mafia 3 is probably No Man's Sky level of disappointment for me now that I've spent so much time with it. It's got everything going for it and can't pull itself together. It's like the dude in Story of RIcky. He's big and strong but his guts are falling out and he can't beat Ricky when he's trying to keep his guts from falling out. The setting, music, story and characters are strong enough but they're tied to a bullshit progression system that feels like busy work. Keep in mind, I've replayed Division while saying this. This game has a more boring progression system than a MMORPG. That's not acceptable.

The games art style is bipolar. It is one of the games I've probably taken the most screenshots of. It has a great depiction of New Orleans at times and some of the shots at night can be downright beautiful. But then you're in the other parts of the game where it's the blurriest video game I've ever seen. Depth of Field and then Double Depth of Field, Mafia 3 feeling like the latter. San Andreas did a heatwave screen filter back on the PS2. That worked. It made you feel the heat of the game through osmosis and it wasn't distacting. Mafia 3's filters are the epitome of distracting. The game's art is like looking at one of the most beautiful sunsets you've ever seen but through the cracked lense of a century old pair of binoculars covered in smog and grease.

The game lacks anything to drive you forward but the story. You feel as if you have to work through these menial, copycat, boring 'main missions' to unlock the real ones. I've not had a game feel like such a bait and switch since Brutal Legend as the starting hours of the game are cohesive and interesting. Quality acting performances interlaced with exciting segments and even more lowkey segments that set a time and place. And then you get to the real game.

The music selections are fantastic. Some of the best. And they use it poorly. I feel like the music is actually the best metaphor of the game itself. Of every aspect of it. Because the music is great. But you'll not hear it for very long as you'll constantly be in and out of your car either picking up collectibles or dealing with sporadic gang sub missions. In response to the criticism of Mafia 2's empty open world, you can't go 2 feet without interacting some dumb fuse box to pick up or some 'main mission' to unlock the other 'main mission' to make progress to play an ACTUAL main mission with voice acting, unique enemies and settings. That's the game. The good stuff is all over the place. And the game feels rushed. The progression of the story is all there is because the game lacks customization of any sort. The game even opens with Lincoln's car seeming like something important. A FUCKING CAR GAME IN THE LATE 60S AND YOU HAVE NO CUSTOMIZATION AND NO ATTACHMENT TO THE CAR. You have no way of regularly finding Lincoln's car and you lose it forever pretty easily. Instead you go for the much viable 'pick up the shitty generic car at your nearest hideout' because you only need it to go 2 feet to the next fuse box anyways. And to let you all know what fuse boxes are. Remember the generic non-content of towers in every Ubisoft game? Ok imagine if to use those towers, you had to go find material first. And like multiple materials to do it. Welcome to Mafia 3's 'optional content'

There's also the fact that the cast of Mafia 3 feel like they belong to the game at the start of Mafia 3 than the game it becomes. Lincoln Clay's only goal is vengeance. And he wants it slow and painful. So they use that as an excuse to put out a bunch of Godfather 2 & Scarface: The World Is Yours type systems that both of those games, not great games, did much better. The UI for these things tell you NOTHING and this game's menus are the biggest victim of style over usability I've ever seen. They are awful at conveying information of any sort. Lincoln is a war veteran. He's hardened, he's determined, he's resourceful. He is in the business because of loyalty. He doesn't care for glamorous things or money. His reasoning for his 'crime empire' is to bleed the antagonist dry. As if he couldn't do that by using his military skills to blow up all of the mafia's resources and systematically execute its members. There's a line from Roy Donovan, a great character that doesn't belong in this game, about 'Is this about vengeance? Because if it was, I know you, you'd grab some war paint and a rifle and take them all out using guerrilla warfare' which stuck with me. Because that sounds like a WAY better game.

The game has all these little things that should be applauded. The unique police reactions based around your neighborhood, cops following Lincoln around rich neighborhoods because he's black, stores with 'No Colored Allowed' that accost Lincoln which make you not feel bad about robbing them blind. But it weaves them into a pile of ideas that can't keep it together. The game lacks cohesion. Whoever was the director or lead should be fired or moved to another department because this is the most cut and clear case of a game lacking direction I've ever seen. And everyone wants to blame the big bad publishders for pushing out what looks like an unfinished game(both technically and content-wise. Saying 'we want to add car and character customization later' is a point that we are actually at now. This is 2016.) but the games been in development for over 6 years. How long can you blame 2K? 2K who reportedly tried to get Rockstar to go over there and help them? At some point, you need to look at the heads of the studio. Because it felt like the director just wasted a bunch of peoples talent and money.

And the ending's not even that bad. It is honestly a 'plus mark' compared to the game parts of the game.

ay Titanfall 2 looks pretty damn good graphically. It's also good to get back to the game that started the copycat movement system in FPS. TF2 got you gliding around the map

Well-done movement-based games usually give the best feeling to play. I love games where there is a high degree of freedom of movement. It's why I always tried to pick the Aliens side when playing Natural Selection.

By Dark PhaZe Go To PostI will not succumb to a guide

… Am I locked in with the boss when I encounter him?

I refuse to lose these souls

no. As long as you have the item "Bold Hunter's Mark" you can use it to teleport back to the last lamp you rested at. I'd recommend encountering the boss, getting the insight reward, going back to the Hunter's Dream and leveling up at the doll.

By Kibner Go To PostWell-done movement-based games usually give the best feeling to play. I love games where there is a high degree of freedom of movement. It's why I always tried to pick the Aliens side when playing Natural Selection.

Kibner, i always knew you were a G.

Natural Selection was the GOAT and the sequel isn't half-bad. Shame valve let the interns patch Half-life a few years back and broke mod compatibility. We were running the last EU server at the time.

Keep going Phaze. Bloodborne has huge payoff when you finally get over the hump.

Oh

So y'all wanna encourage that mf in BB , but when I went through the fire I get stones thrown at me?!

By Smokey Go To PostOh

So y'all wanna encourage that mf in BB , but when I went through the fire I get stones thrown at me?!

You had stones throne at you?

:(

From every angle

By Facism Go To Postno. As long as you have the item "Bold Hunter's Mark" you can use it to teleport back to the last lamp you rested at. I'd recommend encountering the boss, getting the insight reward, going back to the Hunter's Dream and leveling up at the doll.

doesnt it cost all my souls to do so

By Smokey Go To PostOh

So y'all wanna encourage that mf in BB , but when I went through the fire I get stones thrown at me?!

By Dark PhaZe Go To Postdoesnt it cost all my souls to do so

nope, it just uses up the item.

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Bold+Hunter's+Mark

fuk yes

Also, playing Bloodlines right before XV really gonna hurt me on the writing front.

Play Tyranny instead!

By data Go To PostAlso, playing Bloodlines right before XV really gonna hurt me on the writing front.

haha yes it's going to be like going from steak to a fucking happy meal with carrots.

I didn't start liking RPGs until Deus Ex made them fun. I hate the old top down, CPRG, character sheets upon sheets stuff. Deus Ex and Vampires had a good balance of stat rolls and action to complement the story.

XV?....Fun?


ok.

I don't know I haven't played it yet

By Dark PhaZe Go To Postisnt gears 4 crossplat for everything but non ranked games though? there should be plenty of xbox players to play with

Nah, only campaign/horde/versus co-op (5 humans vs 5 AI)

They said they're looking into implementing social crossplay during a test weekend this month but as I posted on Reddit, I think it's a mistake. Considering it's the only possible way to get a match on PC, you have all the good players. The Diamond ranked players from TDM and Execution all search for Social. On Xbox, Social is for the people who have never played Gears and are trying to learn the game. It's going to look like kb/m gives you a huge advantage, which it doesn't. I've come across plenty of controller players who were having the best stats in the game.

By data Go To PostI don't know I haven't played it yet

Just was wondering why you started playing FFs if you didn't like RPGs so was confused

Also Owlboy looks like one of those games that everyone will lose their shit about for the first week and give 9s & 10s to and then be immediately forgotten about in 2 months time.

By blackace Go To PostMan Civ 6 is the truth. Glad to see em bounce back after cocking up the vanilla Civ 5 and that mess Beyond Earth

But as Civ vet from the days of Civ 2 I feel like I am fucking up in the start any start up tips?

Not a civ veteran, but my starts seem to go pretty ok so:
- Don't walk around with your settler, just build your city or maybe one move
- Always build two scouts, they find City-States, camps (money or other good stuf (scout/builder), etc (i like to have 3, but you will always get one extra from the camps)
- Check your citizen management (only first few guys). Sometimes you will have gold heavy resources, great but not in the beginning. You want food, grow to 3/4 people and then production
-After scouts one builder
- Than Granery (monument if not france)
- round 30 + start thinking about zanother setller
- use your money you find in camps by your scouts to by a slinger, so you can defend against almost anything.

First 50 turns done ;)

I'm also not certain I'm buying XV. Waiting for reviews. I don't typically care for the Final Fantasy games but I like the KH games alright(just alright) and I like the road trip motif they've gone with. The game seems like it's sometimes great and then sometimes not through the various times they've shown it. So I'm waiting for a good amount of reviews. But if I were to play an RPG next, that will likely be it for this year because otherwise the only stuff I'm interested in for the rest of the year are Farm Sim, Planet Coaster, and Steep while I keep playing Titanfall 2, BF1, OW and possibly Division.

By data Go To PostXenoverse sold 1.4 mil in one week. God damn for an anime game.

wish it bombed so they could go back to budokai type games

By Rob Go To Postugh, pc gamers

PC hamster race uber alles.