Thinking of re-playing Bloodlines: Unofficial Patch opinions

[Silellak]

I hate to create one of these threads myself, but I'm seriously considering re-playing Bloodlines, and I wasn't sure what everyone thought of the "unofficial" patch. Is it best to play with Wesp's Unofficial Patch? If so, do people prefer the "Plus" version or the standard version?

Thanks in advance of fascilitating my laziness.

 

[Jasede]

I am not exaggerating when I say this thread has been made about fifteen times by now. It's not hard to search for "WESP".

The answer will always be the same.

Go with the vanilla version, in before drama, cue bitching for & against wesp's patch, enter that tessera, curtain falls.

 

[Silellak]

Heh, fair enough. My mistake. Any way I can just delete this thread, or have it deleted?

 

[Jasede]

Nah, don't. It'll develop into something nice as soon as Wesp as Tessera show up.

 

[Satori (original)]

First playthrough 1.2 patch, next playthrough latest Wesp. That's all there is to it.

 

[Silellak]

First playthrough 1.2 patch, next playthrough latest Wesp. That's all there is to it.

I played it once a few years ago, so I figure I'll jump in with an unofficial patch.

I do agree with the philosophy of "vanilla first, then unofficial patches/mods", though.

 

[Gragt]

Screw vanilla, go with the last version of Wesp Patch. It's not like it's gonna taint your game experience. I'd go with the full patch but if you feel guilty because the Codex sissies instilled some bad ideas in your brainbox, then just use the basic version.

 

[racofer]

Screw vanilla, go with the last version of Wesp Patch.

This.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Screw vanilla, go with the last version of Wesp Patch.

Not this.

Play vanilla first and modded second. This go for all games btw.

 

[Jasede]

You tell them, Locue.

 

[Voodoo Daddy]

Unless the unofficial patch fixes just bugs - like Drog (Arcanum), Baldurdash (Baldur's Gate), TitanQuest.net (Extreme Paintbrawl), Thepal (Morrowind), TeamX (Fallout1), Killap (Fallout2), Qwinn (Planescape), and... *drumroll* Wesp (Bloodlines).

Unofficial patches that add crap in are recommended not to be used on your first playthrough. These include Quarn (Oblivion), Circle of 8 (Temple of Elemental Evil), and Gizka (HAHAHAHAHAHA... *ahem*). This is unfortunate because in most cases these are more buggy than the games listed above.

 

[Gragt]

If it changes the gameplay dramatically, I agree that one better play vanilla first. If it only fixes bugs, which is what the basic patch does, I do not see the point. I know I couldn't complete vanilla Temple of Elemental Evil due to memory issues and managed to finish it only by installing the Co8 patch. And the full version of wesp patch only has minor changes that have no real incidence on the game.

I believe that you can link sexual insecurity to the practice of playing all game vanilla, even if a certain mod will only fix bugs.

Edit: Co8 for ToEE lets you install only bugfixes, making optional content optional.

 

[poocolator]

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

Basic version of Wesp's patch. The only significant gameplay change it makes is removing spawn points from the Golden Temple, which don't make any sense anyway.

 

[Tolknaz]

Can any of you fuckers read? Silellak is considering replaying the game, which means he has already played vanilla. I would suggest trying wesps full patch so you can see for yourself what shitty drama whores tessera & co. really are.

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

Oh. Then he should try Plus version.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Someone should fully explain the Tessera drama related to the Bloodlines patch to me. I'd like to know all the seedy details.

 

[bhlaab]

the plus patch is FINE

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

I'm having currently a replaying spree of Bloodlines. With Wesps latest patch. I played Malk, Tremere and Gangrel so far. Magnificent.

Yes Wesps *patch* adds some more occult items yadda yadda yadda, it's not a *patch* baaawww, it's a mod! baaawww

 

[Gragt]

BAAAAAWWWWWWW!

 

[Tavicroix]

fix

 

[ghostdog]

If it's a replay, definitely the plus version, which makes some tweaks and restores some content that was left out, if you wanna see some new things. The basic wesp patch is a must whether it's a first playthough or a replay. It fixes a lot of bugs still in the game.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Use Wesp's full patch, and a resolution mod if you use a widescreen monitor.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Can any of you fuckers read? Silellak is considering replaying the game, which means he has already played vanilla. I would suggest trying wesps full patch so you can see for yourself what shitty drama whores tessera & co. really are.

I would suggest trying vanilla over and over again. You can pretty much just take my word for it that neither version of the unofficial modpatch actually makes much in terms of mindblowing.

 

[racofer]

Use Wesp's full patch, and a resolution mod if you use a widescreen monitor.

No need. Wesp's patch comes with widescreen patcher. It's located under gamefolder\tools\ResPatch.exe