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Development Info Bloodlines Weekly Update #13

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Tags: Troika Games; Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Here's this weeks Bloodlines Q's courtesy of Activision's Bloodlines community manager Shane Defreest:
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Well its update time. We've got a busy schedule of events coming up and
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some neat stuff to announce soon. For those of you who were not able to
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check out Bloodlines at E3 we will be showing The 2004 E3 demo at San Diego
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Comic Con July 22-25. Make sure to stop by the Activision booth and check
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us out. Also we've recently updated out fan site links page so make sure to
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check out the new members of the Bloodlines Community. And now on with the
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show. Here is what Leon from Troika had to say this week...
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1) How will melee- combat be handled? Will you merely swing and dodge and
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such (like in Rune) Or will there be blocks parrys, special attacks, combos?
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(like in Jedi Knight) If you have gone with the latter option then are there
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varied fighting styles (one handed, two-handed, above head, to the side
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etc.) , or will there be one melee stance for all weapons? Also, can melee
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weapons break, in accordance with the physics engine? If i hit the Gargoyle
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with a katana, will the Katana break as it should?
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Hits misses and damage are all keyed off of the interaction between the
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melee feat and the defender's defense feat (and soak, if applicable). The
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results of that interaction will determine whether the NPC will dodge,
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block, get staggered, or any other number of possible outcomes. It's not
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entirely data driven, however, as the player has to decide in real time
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which attacks or combos to use and on which enemies (as you are often
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fighting multiple enemies). The attacks and combos are keyed off the
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different direction buttons. Holding down "W" (moving forward) will key off
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a different set of attacks than holding down "A" (left strafe) will.
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2) Is there some sort of monetary system in Bloodlines? If so, what sort of
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things will we be able to obtain, besides blood and guns?
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Clothing/armor, occult items, melee weapons, and research manuals. Most of
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your money is used for buying either blood, weapons and ammo, as a lot of
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items are given through quests.
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Well, no surprises there. Especially as we covered the melee question in our recent <a href="http://www.rpgcodex.com/content.php?id=104">interview</a> with Troika's Leonard Boyarsky.
 

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