Expect new characters, new locations and a fresh original soundtrack. Play as a member of the Lasombra clan. Formerly vicious foes of the Camarilla, the Magisters decided to search for safety in the ranks of their former enemies. Master the shadows and communicate with the inhabitants of the Other Side, but beware — Oblivion is always lurking out there, ready to devour you whole. Explore the streets of the Big Apple. While you search for ways to satiate your bloodthirst, catch glimpses of various fascinating vignettes and forge connections with the eccentric inhabitants of the city.
Shape your mind, shape your fate. You used to avoid defining yourself and tried to stay neutral, but given your situation, you can no longer afford to do so. The choices you make will alter the way you think, and your thinking will alter the paths you take.
Which platforms will Shadows of New York be available on? Will there be a simultaneous release date? Does the game support controllers? Download the installer from our website using the download 2. Around , White Wolf partnered with Troika Games to try again - this time taking the ultra-ambitious route of mimicking cult favorite Deus Ex.
It took three years to get the game out in a mostly-finished state, where it took a long time to get traction in the marketplace. The game may have been a touch too ambitious for Troika, but then again, they ultimately succeeded in making one of the best hybrid RPGs in the business. Surely you've heard someone other than me fawn over the game. You're about to read some more. Bloodlines takes place in Los Angeles in the early s.
California had long been considered a vampire "Free State," but now faces invasion from the supernatural Kuei-Jin from the East, and the Camarilla from the West.
The Camarilla seek to unite all vampires under their rule, and ruthlessly enforce the protective veil of secrecy preventing most humans from knowing that vampires exist the Masquerade. However, the Camarilla also bring with them politics, a power hierarchy, and a ruler - the Prince - who can, among other things, put out death bounties on anyone he sees as a threat.
On top of all this, vampires have their own version of the end of the world Gehenna , and many a clan truly believe the coming days are the world's last. You're brought into this dark world without permission, making you, basically, an illegal vampire under Camarilla law.
Your mysterious sire is put to death in a public execution for this crime, while you are spared at the last moment as a goodwill gesture from the Prince. Now in his service, you head through a series of quests that introduce you to the ancient politics at work, move you around a host of locations and dangerous situations, and eventually let you choose which side to rally with as everything churning in L. It's a fantastic, rich setting that takes excellent advantage of all the prior development done on the World of Darkness series.
You can have lengthy conversations with characters about the histories of their clans and the various vampire prophecies that may or may not be coming true; all taken from the pen and paper universe. Most popular myths or conspiracies are also true here, so you'll encounter ghosts, zombies, werewolves, "evil" vampires the Sabbat , and a variety of supernatural monsters hiding from and preying on humanity.
There's always something to uncover here - at least as someone unfamiliar with the PnP game - and a real sense of discovery. The clans' complex backstories also give many of your decisions a feeling of weight and consequence. Wondering who to side with over the ultimate fate of L. We should break here for a moment and mention the patches.
Bloodlines was initially released with a series of bugs and unfinished features. Though I completed the game without any real trouble when it was released, many users got caught up on scripting that didn't trigger, freezes, crashes, and assorted nasties. Flash forward many years later, and you now have the benefit of an excellent series of fan patches.
Installs come in "basic" bug fixes only and "plus" deleted content re-added formats, and my new playthrough for this review was with the plus patch. I don't have a list of what was added, so I may inadvertently be referring to extra content. Character creation either walks you though a series of questions, or just sends you right to the character sheet.
You spend experience points on attributes strength, charisma and skills firearms, computers to affect the overall effectiveness of your feats lockpicking, persuasion, stealth.
Feats max out at 10, and will require a combination of attributes and skills to get to this point. Feats can also be temporarily buffed by your vampire disciplines.
You spend experience points to boost the effectiveness of these, and spend blood to activate them. Players get three universal disciplines, and three more determined by the vampire clan they choose. These run the range from Auspex which boosts a Toreador's perception, to Dominate which lets a Ventrue mind-control humans. There are seven clans to choose from. Other than the fixed disciplines, which vary per clan, there is little enforced difference.
Some dialogue options will change, and some minor paths will be opened to one clan but not to others like a unique haven , but overall, every character is able to do every mission and see just about everything there is to see. They are also equally effective - at least before disciplines - at every task, so you're free to determine what you're skilled at based on the distribution of your experience points.
Those disciplines do make a serious impact though, so it's beneficial to match your clan with your intended playstyle. Sign In or Open in Steam. View EULA. Languages :. English and 2 more. Publisher: Activision.
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