r/vtmb

Is it me or is it wierd that none of the vampires in Seattle ever mention Fabian? It's not like there are hundreds of kindred running around and he has had a pretty important role for a century. You can't mention him to anyone and nobody mentions him or his disappearance. His body apparently just stayed untouched in the warehouse for a full day. I kept thinking there was going to be some twist where Fabian's existence was an illusion or something.

I know the short answer is no, but I'll try anyway. Someone recently recommended me Dishonored and I've been eyeing Nighthawks that released about ten days ago. Any opinion on these games or, well, some recommendations? TIA (and thanks to WESP for their work, I saw a new patch recently came out)

Imagine you're a Tzimisce Elder with an Army of Monsters at your disposal. And then the neonate rocks up with an Uzi and kills you in 4 seconds flat. (I'm obviously joking since no normal neonate has 5 dots in 3 disciplines like this)

Took this video during my last playthrough, sorry for the missing sound.

One of the mods I've been working for the longest is "Make a Haven a home" which will transform the players haven into something less disgusting and more befitting an elder.

Notably it's going to add a bunch of stuff like a thinblood alchemy table, the ability to buy weapons (all costing resonance).

But I've also spent some time adding an arena mode so you can take out your frustrations/explore combatting these enemies.

Here I decide to take on Benny, Ysabella, and Safia with a bonus Damsel and Fortidude - not smart.

I've got a bunch of other mods running here too - including the shadowgun and shadowpuppet that lets you vanish bodies to summon puppets or fuel a shadowy version of bennys gun (including phosphorous rounds if you meet the criteria) and my favourite - contagious curse - where blood cauldron targets get inflicted by blood curse if a target detonates nearby.

But yeah, I wanted to show progress - try to breath some life back into Bloodlines 2.

It goes without saying that the VtMB licensed soundtrack is fantastic and fits the game perfectly, but sometimes on a replay I'll replace the mp3s with other songs to give it a different feel. I just reinstalled the game for my annual replay and am putting a bunch of Linkin Park, Evanescence and MCR tracks in there that would have been big at the time of the game's release. Maybe some Portishead too. And I've replaced the main menu music with Massive Attack's Angel.

Anyone else ever do this?

Edit for anyone wanting to try it:

The mp3s for all music in the game are in the Vampire/sounds/music folder. Just replace any mp3 with the same filename and it will play. You'll need to use a free audio app like Audacity to convert tracks into 128kbps quality or the game will crash. You could also replace the "Deb of Night" radio shows with more music!

It should, afaik, trigger Garinol but it doesn't, I keep running around the Monastery and can't progress, am I doomed to loading some old save?

I'm currently on my third playthrough of VTMB2 and for the first time I selected the option to skip Fabien's segments. They were simply too long and dragged down the pacing of the game. That said, they also contain most of the important story beats and losing them entirely just feels like gutting the game's narrative. It doesn't even keep the parts where the Gardener speaks to you in the field of flowers, which feels really strange because those aren't even really Fabien segments. He's talking to Phyre. I really wish there was an option to keep the important bits while trimming the fat, so to speak, so I'm going to attempt to brainstorm how to do just that.

The Cigarette Girl: Skip the opening at the police station and just start outside the Makom Bar.

Blood Sisters - The Night Out: Skip the entire investigation around the city. Just use Fabien's Scry the Soul ability to discover that Verona has a twin sister she's hiding. Then teleport Fabien to outside Atrium.

In Memorium: Teleport from Weaver Tower directly to the Pioneer Square crime scene. Use Spirit's Touch on the elixir to discover it's memory enhancing properties without running around to Safia and Mrs. Thorne. Move Tolly to the scene so we can question him right there about who would need the elixir. Teleport us to right outside Willem's Haven.

The Mother: After investigating the crime scene, teleport Fabien to the police station. After looking through the files, Fabien realizes he knows all these people. Instead of hunting them down around the city, have Fabien go to Benny's office and request that they be brought in for questioning. Fabien can then question Mr. Lemon, Guru, and Carla in the holding cells downstairs. Teleport Fabien to St. Stephen's.

The Prince of Seattle: Simply remove Tolly and let Fabien enter the elevator. This is probably the most egregious example of meaningless time wasting in Fabien's part of the game.

Service, Pride, and Dedication: Skip stealing the tape recorder, speaking to Ryong, snooping in Cambell's office, talking to Tolly and Benny. Begin with Katsumi telling Fabien where Cambell is.

I think these changes would preserve the core narrative beats in Fabien's segments while trimming the majority of the walking-simulator portions and meaningless busy work that drag down the game's pacing.

bite on dat thing, I guess

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