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Buy new armor, grab a flamethrower when it appears for sale and, if you haven't looted one from a hunter, get a machine gun. Their stock updates after most of the main quest steps. They typically come at the end of areas which you don't have any way of backing out of to quickly duck to the shops too, so check in with weapon vendors frequently. That's because with the right weapons they're trivial, and without them they're ridiculous slogs.

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The plus patch does add shortcuts that'll let you skip past the most boring combats-there's a computer you can hack to unlock a door to bypass most of the sewers, and if you make friends with NPCs Yukie and Chunk then max-out Persuasion they'll offer shortcuts too-but boss fights can't be avoided and they really are some bullshit. Melee will deal with the first batch of fights (the fire axe is an excellent weapon at this point), but later it'll be worth going for Ranged Combat as well. Chat with Nines Rodriguez, who hangs out at the Last Round, and he'll put it plainly, saying 'a speech ain't gonna save your ass when you're staring down the barrel of a shotgun.' (He also helps improve your Brawl and later your Melee skill if you ask for some pointers.)Д«loodlines hands out plenty of experience points, especially if you're tracking down all those sidequests, and you'll need to start jamming them into combat abilities eventually. While stealth and charm can get you through most of the early game, eventually you'll need to kill a whole mess of people. (Image credit: Activision) Learn to fight

Maybe those tunnels look so bright because vampires can see in the dark? Yeah, let's go with that. Your score in Sneaking is more important than sightlines, and a lot of places that appear well-lit have guards who act like they're in deepest shadow. You'll be stalking the alleys to keep your blood topped up anyway, so poke around any suspicious places you find while sneaking about.Д«loodlines is not always great at being a stealth game, however. There's a weapons dealer in each hub, often someone who needs to be persuaded to do business, and it's worth tracking them down. Sidequests are easy to miss if, for instance, you don't stumble into the abandoned hospital in the Downtown hub, or if you don't hang out in nightclubs. With a high enough score in Persuasion you can often blue-text your way out of trouble, and stealth is a valid option too. The Bloodbuff power can make you temporarily better at lockpicking and Auspex at hacking, if you haven't got quite enough points in the relevant skills.

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Bloodlines is the kind of game where you can solve things multiple ways, so choose a clan that reflects your preferred play style.Д«loodlines is a vent-crawler, not a full on Deus Ex-style immersive sim, but still the kind of RPG where learning how to pick locks and hack computers is worthwhile. The rebel punk Brujah and animalistic shapeshifting Gangrel are good combat options, the blood magic specialists of the Tremere have the strongest powers, and the artsy bohemian Toreador and power-dressing corporate Ventrue are best at talking their way out of problems. They're your new-game-plus clan, highly recommended to shake up your second go around.ДЄny of the other clans are fine for a first-timer. Also, since those insights into the future drive Malkavians mad, playing one means hearing voices and having hallucinations. The Malkavians have a limited ability to see the future, which means they have a lot of bespoke dialogue options that spoil twists because they know them already. They're your hard-mode challenge run choice. The Nosferatu appear so blatantly undead they can't show themselves in public, and you'll spend most of the game travelling via sewer if you play one. Though it's not up-front about this, two of the vampire clans are designed for a second playthrough.

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And among the changes are optional shortcuts that let you bypass some of the late-game combat dungeons that are its weakest points, and a sewer rat who is also a cab driver (though he only appears if you play a Malkavian). Some of its additions are rough around the edges, sure, but so is everything about Bloodlines. The existing sidequest where a character trades collectibles for sexy posters of the game's lady NPCs-even for a game about vampires, Bloodlines can be pretty thirsty-has been expanded and made even tackier.ДЄnd yet, I recommend the plus patch anyway. There's an entire sidequest that ends at the library which 'never even made it to alpha' according to Bloodlines writer Brian Mitsoda and had to be created essentially whole cloth, with writing that doesn't match the rest of the game. It puts a cop in the tutorial you can talk your way past to learn how the dialogue skills work, and his voice acting is pretty rough. Some of the things the plus patch restores are questionable, I'll admit.

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