What is even weirder is that she recognizes that the rape scene was part of a movie shoot and that framing made it apparently semi-alright, even though she wished the game could've provided that framing earlier. But I just skimmed through her HM2 article and she did drone on about her safe space in a game where everybody gets horribly murdered (where one of the muderers is female, but she might not have been aware of that). Of course that's not Ellison's fault, she didn't ask for a ban (afaik). Which is more of a reason to mourn the sheet should things become more simple in BL2.Ĭlick to expand.The game was banned in Australia because of an implied rape scene. It is one of those games where the uniqueness of a playthrough stems from which clan you are and which superpowers you have. The latter half of the game doesn't give you reasons to need skills such as Seduction, Intimidation or even much of a commitment to Stealth that could possibly leave you stretched thin for latter playthroughs. So I do think its important to recognize that the character sheet in Bloodlines didn't really reach its full potential. Meaning that with minimal Intelligence investment you can get the final points of Computers, Melee, Dodge and Firearms. Beckett then gives you the last two point for free. Thats for Malks, Toreador and Tremere if I'm not mistaken. More often than not your character will leave out of the gate with 3 points in it. It gives a bonus to Persuasion, so its a great skill to have early game. > On top of that, if you know the maximum points that you can have to still benefit from Skill Books and Teachers you end up saving on dozens of EXP in a game that already gives you nearly 300.

> Because of the way character creation and EXP expenditures work, you'll generally put all of your points of each category into a single skill. That renders much of the obstacles moot for a long time. > Bloodbuff and Auspex are nice ways to buff Stealth, Lockpicking and Hacking by +2 on convenience. Click to expand.I do hate it when people say that hacking is useless just because they end up reading passwords out of a walkthrough, but Bloodlines does give you a shitton of points and ways that render choice into a formality.

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