Source Engine Vampire Title Explored

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday August 13, 2003 @06:52AM from the half-life's-fanged-little-brother dept.

Thanks to Eurogamer.net for their preview of Vampire:The Masquerade - Bloodlines, with new info and screenshots on the FPS/RPG hybrid from Troika, the creators of Fallout and Arcanum, and the first announced title apart from Half-Life 2 to use Valve's Source Engine. According to a Troika representative, "Bloodlines is the first game to combine the classic RPG feel with a first person shooter engine", and Eurogamer also single out the return of the classic RPG 'conversation tree' as providing fresh gameplay ideas: "For example, your character may have excellent seduction skills, or be part of a specific clan that allows you to ask questions or offer responses otherwise unavailable to you, and these 'special' branches of the conversation will be shown in a different font to indicate this."

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First RPG to use an FPS engine? by skyknytnowhere · 2003-08-13 06:59 · Score: 3, Informative

Haven't they heard of Deus Ex? System Shock 2? Please.

RPGs and FPSs have been mixed many times, the first person RPG having been ignored lately. But games like Ultima Underworld, the Bard's Tale series, and numerous others that focus on exploring from a first person perspective.

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