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Hey, guys. Sorry for the lack of uploads...life stuff, etc, etc. Planning on getting back into this series by Monday next week.
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 Episode 26 - Undead Melodrama We explain to the Prince what happened in the museum and check out our next hub - Hollywood!
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Nov 8, 2016 02:58
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 But how do you wear an albatross by the way?
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Nov 8, 2016 14:45
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Poil posted:
With gravitas
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Nov 8, 2016 15:01
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Poil posted:
Like this: 
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Nov 8, 2016 15:01
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Ah, of course. How silly of me not to know that. It does make a smashing fashion accessory though.  In preparation for the next video, which I assume is going to involve a trip up the Asp Hole, here are the two songs that play in it. Apologies for the poo poo quality of the first but it is the official video on the record company's channel: Tiamat - Cain (the relevance to the game is not subtle in the slightest) Lacuna Coil - Swamped (this is also the song that plays at the credits, and the album cover is a poster up the wall near the bed in the Santa Monica safehouse, close to the the door if memory serves) The devs have good taste in music.
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Nov 8, 2016 15:31
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I like the writing in the Prince's monologues such as this one. It does a great job painting him as a pretentious, two-faced gently caress who makes a big number about how the sarcofagus "must not fall into the wrong hands lest it be exploited!" while obviously just wanting it for his own power-hungry shenanigans.Poil posted:The devs have good taste in music. One band I discovered thanks to a poster you see on walls in the game is The Empire Hideous, they're pretty good stuff if you like gothic rock, and would also fit any of the clubs in the game perfectly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q9A5g1D8Wc
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Nov 8, 2016 19:00
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Not sure about Domination, but Dementation definitely works on Samantha.
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Nov 9, 2016 11:50
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Tiggum posted:Not sure about Domination, but Dementation definitely works on Samantha.
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Nov 9, 2016 19:58
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 Episode 27 - Get Down in Grave Town We head to the nearby graveyard in search of Isaac's tape, and do a couple favors for the caretaker.
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Nov 17, 2016 06:40
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You've successfully pimped for Romero, your mother would be proud. Considering you've spent time at the graveyard getting zombie splatter everywhere, took a quick dip in the sewer and hung around in an internet cafe you must smell really terrible at this point. 
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Nov 17, 2016 10:10
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Poil posted:You've successfully pimped for Romero, your mother would be proud. To quote Smiling Jack: "I bathe. Occasionally."
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Nov 17, 2016 10:18
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Haha, yeah pretty much. Can't remember, but with luck maybe we'll be able to buy a new set of clothes soon.
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Nov 18, 2016 00:41
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ugh, the gate defense quest is almost impossible to do without whatever the bullettime power is. Almost impossible and incredibly stressful. I've managed it on every character but it isn't fun, at all.
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Nov 18, 2016 00:55
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 Episode 28 - Stone Zone We return the tape to Isaac with grisly results and do a side job that helps both him and Max.
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Nov 19, 2016 06:31
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Man, I'm convinced you have some different version of the unofficial patch that tweaks that graveyard zombie quest, because goddamn I've always found it straight-up undoable legitly, at least without Celerity. You weren't even doing anything differently than what I've tried. I'd keep bolting back and forth between the gates killing off a number of zombies at both ends, just like you were, and then the gates would go down when there was still like a minute left. Fortunately the quest can be cheesed. If you immediately make a beeline to the furthest corner of the cemetery, behind the big mausoleum thing where the tape was, you'll be so far from both gates that the game doesn't process the zombies or something. Then you can just sit there and pick your nose until the timer runs down. When I saw you hesitating with the Colt Anaconda I was going like DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE IT, and was relieved when you did grab it. I find that gun is pretty much the point in the game where guns go from "functional I guess" to "actually really good". It's accurate at range with the default fire mode, and with the secondary mode it just pulps things up close. I always grab it first thing when I arrive in Hollywood.
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Nov 19, 2016 08:29
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I remember failing the graveyard quest even with Celerity in my first playthrough as a Toreador. Mostly because there's no indication you have to protect both gates unless you're paying attention, which I obviously wasn't at the time. My theory is that part of being successful is allowing yourself to skip some zombies to focus on the ones that are closest to the gates. That and being able to one shot some of them - I feel like I got quite a few lucky strikes in with melee weapons which just gibbed the zombies. Honestly it looked to me like the front gate was pretty close to going down as I tried to clean things up at the end.
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Nov 19, 2016 09:43
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Yeah I've had zero problem one-shotting the zombies more often than not, and have pretty much ignored the ones in the middle, just darting back and forth from gate to gate killing the zombies that were at or near them, and still I had no hope in hell of succeeding. I've tried guns, I've tried the sword, I've tried the fire axe that's pretty reliable at oneshotting them since it hits the head real easily, and nope, always the same thing. I run to one gate and by the time I get there there are already new zombies banging at the one I just left, and inevitably one of the gates goes down. In your video it seriously looked like the gates just plain had more HP or something, since as I said I've tried the exact same approach you did and done no worse in killing the zombies. It's weird. I realize I'm probably sounding exceedingly salty over such a small thing, but man, gently caress that quest.
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Nov 19, 2016 10:20
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Nordick posted:Yeah I've had zero problem one-shotting the zombies more often than not, and have pretty much ignored the ones in the middle, just darting back and forth from gate to gate killing the zombies that were at or near them, and still I had no hope in hell of succeeding. I've tried guns, I've tried the sword, I've tried the fire axe that's pretty reliable at oneshotting them since it hits the head real easily, and nope, always the same thing. I run to one gate and by the time I get there there are already new zombies banging at the one I just left, and inevitably one of the gates goes down. In your video it seriously looked like the gates just plain had more HP or something, since as I said I've tried the exact same approach you did and done no worse in killing the zombies. It's weird. Yeah, fair enough. Maybe the Plus Patch I'm using did indeed tweak that. If so, I'm OK with it!
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Nov 19, 2016 15:51
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I don't know whether it's a deliberate thing to show that maybe Lacroix speaks English as a second language or isn't as smart as he thinks, or if it was just the writers trying to sound smart, but the word "remiss" is completely misused in that email.Nordick posted:Man, I'm convinced you have some different version of the unofficial patch that tweaks that graveyard zombie quest, because goddamn I've always found it straight-up undoable legitly, at least without Celerity.
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Nov 19, 2016 17:11
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 Episode 29 - Dirty Dog We check out some of the more explicit venues in Hollywood as we search for the missing half of the tape.
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Dec 8, 2016 09:40
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I've always wondered where Chastity was hiding that sword of hers. 
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Dec 8, 2016 13:28
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Yes, ask the owner about the dancing hunter. Then he sees you walk downstairs and ten minutes later someone finds her murdered. Brilliant. The cops can investigate and call out for your arrest in the time it takes to eat half a donut.Nordick posted:I've always wondered where Chastity was hiding that sword of hers.
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Dec 9, 2016 19:49
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 Episode 30 - Unluckee Star We follow up on our tape lead and check back in with VV. All roads lead to the Luckee Star, it seems.
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Dec 22, 2016 01:35
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That werewolf is really unsettling for some reason.  I've tried to use guns several times but I always end up just slicing things up instead. Partially because the starter guns are so poo poo and by the time you get good ones I'm committed to melee and then there's the whole satisfaction of being able to feed on any human in combat.
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Dec 23, 2016 09:22
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 Episode 31 - Sneak Preview We track down Muddy in Santa Monica, and locate a full copy of the Hollywood tape, which gives us a lead on where to go next.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:38
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Don't forget to stick your head into the Asp Hole before heading down into the best and most wonderful part in the entire game.
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Dec 24, 2016 11:19
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we need guns. Lots of them.
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Dec 24, 2016 12:20
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Poil posted:Don't forget to stick your head into the Asp Hole before heading down into the best and most wonderful part in the entire game. Will do. I'll also probably stock up on shotty ammo before we start the next episode, just for fun. double nine posted:we need guns. Lots of them. Agreed!
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Dec 25, 2016 01:31
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 Episode 32 - Blaze of Glory We return to VV once more, and finally get around to checking out the Asp Hole.
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Dec 27, 2016 05:39
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You literally got lost in a straight corridor. That's quite something. Nah, I kid. Not like I never goofed up with my pathfinding. I didn't remember the SPAS 15 being quite so clunky to use. I played my last game with the Arsenal Mod so it's been a while since I touched some of the vanilla weapons. (Didn't really like the mod though, tbh.) Be sure to give the Anaconda a go, though. It does take a bit to aim in but it packs a wallop, and if you use the rapid alt-fire it'll really do a number on things close up.
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Dec 27, 2016 08:54
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Nordick posted:You literally got lost in a straight corridor. That's quite something. Yeah, I'm pretty much the worst with directions. I cut out over 5 minutes of me looking for that drat ladder, too. The SPAS might look extra clunky because I'm using the wrong keys a lot. Been playing some other shooters off the channel with different keybinds and it's messing with my gun fu in this one.
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Dec 27, 2016 10:19
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I've never finished that quest through the sewers, because running around fighting in sewers just isn't as appealing as simply sacrificing some random guy. Of course it helps that the guy's kind of a douche. Isaac has some dialog after you get Ash out, I think. It's just not mentioned in the quest log. So no reward. Probably. 
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Dec 27, 2016 10:58
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Poil posted:I've never finished that quest through the sewers, because running around fighting in sewers just isn't as appealing as simply sacrificing some random guy. Of course it helps that the guy's kind of a douche. If I remember, we'll probly pop in on Isaac when we get a chance.
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Jan 3, 2017 08:22
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 Episode 33 - Blood and Bone We investigate the house in the tape - with disturbing results.
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Jan 3, 2017 08:24
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Apparently the issue with the odious chalice is also due to your ivnentory being full. I don't know why you didn't sell all your vendor trash in the previous video, but if you drop stuff until you see the chalice on the left side of the screen instead of the right it should work again. Then you can just pick up all the stuff you dropped.
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Jan 3, 2017 10:41
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Tiggum posted:Apparently the issue with the odious chalice is also due to your ivnentory being full. I don't know why you didn't sell all your vendor trash in the previous video, but if you drop stuff until you see the chalice on the left side of the screen instead of the right it should work again. Then you can just pick up all the stuff you dropped. Cool, I'll give that a try. I'm a little concerned about salable items straight up disappearing like has been happening for the past few episodes, so I might wait to get to a shop to clear things out. We've got plenty of blood packs for now anyway.
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Jan 3, 2017 11:25
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I was also wondering why you didn't sell all of your vendor junk in the previous video. I don't think the game has any instances of watches or pill bottles or whatever being relevant in a quest; anything like that will be a specific quest item. So yeah unload all of your rings and car stereos and poo poo to vendors at your first opportunity. That said, ultimately the vendor trash doesn't amount to that much compared to what you get as quest rewards and from Venus's club, so don't worry about the money too much even if stuff keeps disappearing. Also that Tszimisce guy is such a pretentious douchebag. And I say this after we have just spent a lot of time dealing with Toreadors.
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Jan 3, 2017 13:18
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You can get an extra dollar or two if you wait until you get more ranks in finance before selling I think. But it's not like in, say, Gothic 2 where you save all trash and sell it to one specific npc in chapter 2 who then dies in chapter 4 and you can loot everything you sold him and sell it to someone else for twice the profit.
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Jan 3, 2017 17:06
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 Episode 34 - Sewer Swarm We begin delving into the sewers filled with nasty critters designed to keep the Nosferatu at home.
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Jan 7, 2017 00:12
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