Heijoushin Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) I'm also a big Bloodlines fan and would love for this to succeed. I was also surprised to see "kappa" on that list. 吸血鬼 (kyuuketsuki) = vampire in Japanese. It makes sense character-wise. 吸 - suck 血 - blood 鬼 - devil/ogre etc. Hengeyokai is probably 変化妖怪 Henge meaning "to change" (since it wears anothers skin I guess) and Yokai, as Gromnir has said, is a generic term for bad spirits. As others have pointed out, a kappa is a completely different mythological creature. Which makes me wonder what else on that list is inaccurate.Nevertheless, I think that's how fantasy/fiction evolves. Taking a myth from another culture and putting a new spin on it. I don't mind the spelling as long as its a good game! Edited January 21, 2015 by Heijoushin 1
Vaeliorin Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 If Remember Me is anything to go by, Vampyr will probably end up more Redemption than Bloodlines. Linear, action heavy and plot focused.Honestly, I preferred Redemption (well, the first part of it), but that's because vampires running around with guns always seems weird to me, and I pretty much hate non-cover-based shooters.
ShadySands Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 I'm mildly excited at the prospect of a vampire RPG but the "action-RPG" bit is helping to lower my expectations Free games updated 3/4/21
Gorgon Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Kappa? LOL are you serious with that japan or is that some trollish attempt It's bull certainly. Kappa are the mythological equalivants of Panda bears. They wouldn't survive 5 minuites out of a zoo. http://onmarkproductions.com/html/kappa.shtml Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Raithe Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Plus that's the World of Darkness for you, that grouped various names together, and mashed up several to create "new ones" Hengeyokai was the generic "China/Japan" term for shapeshifters in the WoD. Kind of like Kuei-Jin was the mashed up name for their Asian specific brand of Vampires. Remember, it was a roleplaying game. They didn't stress that much over Etymology. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
LadyCrimson Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 I have no comments re: the game/developer, but I rather like the jacket the guy is wearing in the poster - and the fedora on the guy in the background. Also that it's apparently set in a WW1 period vs. some made up dark fantasyland world or something. Not that I know how legit the setting will be. Could be an alternate WW1 universe for all I know. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Noviere Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 I'm definitely hopeful it will be good. I really liked the world in Remember Me, but the actual game was pretty drab.
Jaesun Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 I want my Obsidian V:TM game back..... *cries himself to sleep* 5 Some of my Youtube Classic Roland MT-32 Video Game Music videos | My Music | My Photography
Undecaf Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 I'm super excited, I hear they are taking a lot of inspiration from Twilight. Are they trying to one-up BioWare's in the hilariously bad romance department? Somehow Twilight and Bioware reminded me of this: 1 Perkele, tiädäksää tuanoini!"It's easier to tolerate idiots if you do not consider them as stupid people, but exceptionally gifted monkeys."
Labadal Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I want my Obsidian V:TM game back..... *cries himself to sleep* You gonna sleep for a long time.
Noviere Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Somehow Twilight and Bioware reminded me of this: Damn, I guess I should've watched the rest of those movies... Edited January 22, 2015 by Noviere
Gromnir Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Could be an alternate WW1 universe for all I know. perhaps like an alternate ww1 universe with freaking vampires in it? HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
LadyCrimson Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Could be an alternate WW1 universe for all I know. perhaps like an alternate ww1 universe with freaking vampires in it? HA! Good Fun! I just meant that it may not be a very historically accurate version of ww1 universe, even outside of the vampires. Like when they make those periods a lot more tech advanced in some movies etc. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
ktchong Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) I have tried their last game and first attempt to make an RPG, Mars: War Logs, on Steam. I did not finish it but I will if I ever get the time to play it again. It was not great, but it was not too bad either. I actually think most of you would enjoy it. In some ways Mars: War Logs was quite reminiscent of the early 3D RPG from Troika and BioWare back in the early 2000s. A very interesting/unique premise and world. (Started as a prison escape on a cyberpunk Mars, and then got dragged into some sort of planetary politics and civil war over the limited water resource - that is unique.) So much potentials, yet flawed due to limited budget, overreaching and uneven gameplay. But it was a good attempt. I think they are making a sequel called Technomancer. Hopefully their will do better because the world they had created for the first game was definitely a unique and very interesting one. Edited January 23, 2015 by ktchong
Blodhemn Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Just replay Bloodlines for the thousandth time. It'll probably still be more fun.
GhostofAnakin Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Ahem. In Swedish, "vampyr" is the proper spelling of vampire, so I may say the same about "vampire". It's not a made up word as one might expect so the devs could claim copyright on the IP. They would be hard pressed to prevent the creation of another Vampyr game. I prefer Vampir actually, that's where a certain famous one comes from. Nosferatu - Romania Upyr - Russia Yakshis - India Lampir - Bosnia yara ma yha who - aboriginal australian vampir - bulgaria obayifo - ghana callicantzaros - greece bajang - malaysia baital - india incubus - pan european jaracara - brazilian baobhan sith - old gaelic scottish mulo - serbian vampyr - slavic asasabonsam - ghana ekiminus - assyria kathakano - crete aswang - philippines vampira - philppines danag - philippines mananangal - philippines encantong dugo - philippines capre - philippines tianak (vampire baby) - philippines mandurugo - philippines pontianak - malaysia canchus - peru ghoul - arabic kukuthi - albanian lugat - albanian dakhanavar - armenia bluatsauger - germany nachzehrer - germany mulo - gypsy alukah - hebrew kappa - japan kyuketsuki - japan strix - latin vampir - hungarian upirina - croatian drakul - serbian sukuyan - trinidad and tobago upyr - slavic ukranian What I gather from this is Philipinos can't even decide how to spell it. ----- With regards to the game, I'll put this in my "keep an eye on it' list. Anything RPG-related is going to pique my interest. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation)
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