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  • Didn't know they bought out the license owner. That makes it even worse.

  • I would have held my nose with the Day1 DLC if the game was good, but nah, they transformed it into an action RPG.

    It's really too bad that Paradox was the company that got the VTMB license.

  • It's almost certainly going to be complete shit (if you are looking for a roleplaying game with strong world building and well written characters).

    A mediocre action-RPG with a VTM theme. And Paradox are going to release a whole bunch of pricey DLCs while abandoning the core game and ignoring critical bugs.

    I used to buy Paradox games 10+ years ago, by this point they are a European EA.

  • Played the original (but Win95) release as a kid in the 90s.

    Exploration was a huge part of the maps. I remember constantly getting stuck and not being able to progress forward.

  • If I remember correctly, Linux support is planned, not sure about Linux support for demo.

  • I would say mostly planned. It was always supposed to be galactic sandbox strategy with colonization, city-building and space station stations.

  • A lot of the classical westerns were produced by Italians. Even ones with Clint Eastwood. Hence the term spaghetti Western.

    Italian productions were also profilic in making Mad Max clones (post apocalyptic action) and Conan clones (sword and sandals action) in the 80s, but I am not aware of a specific name for these styles.

  • I've been following this game for several years now (I am a Kickstarter backer), it's impressive how many different genre are combined in this game (while seemingly doing this in a manageable way).

    I am looking forward to checking out the demo.

  • Well deserved!

    It's one of the few games where I truly felt I was in an alien/different (sci-fi) world.

  • My favourite was Zombie Panic! Played that so much.

  • I see. Cheers!

  • How exactly do these in-game VHS tapes work?

    It wasn't clear from the mod page.

  • I would argue against that. You can keep the quality up even with larger sizes but you need focused moderation and some level of distinction between sub-communities (e.g. large forums of old would have special rules/culture for certain sections).

  • With Deus Ex you definitely can play very different characters with a broad spectrum of personalities and narrative decisions. Although I do agree that an argument can be made it's not an RPG.

    Eve is a sandbox MMO and The Sims is lifeim, don't really see how they are RPGs.

    Very few RPGs execute the role playing component so well as VTMB IMO.

  • Eve Online and The Sims are excellent additions. But they are not RPGs.

    I would personally include VTMB or Deus Ex, but from a broader perspective probably one of the Ultimas (6 or 7 are considered the best I believe) would be more appropriate.

    Don't play jRPGs, but from my understanding FF7 is considered the "best in genre" release.

  • Pretty solid collection IMO. I am surprised they haven't included any RPGs (say one CRPG like Ultima 6 and one jRPG like say Final Fantasy 7).