PigLick on 10/8/2011 at 04:43

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So I just finished the Ocean House Hotel level, very impressive, made me jump and feel quite nervy even though there is no combat or such. I just wish it had been a lot bigger, the whole "haunted hotel with tragic bloody past" isnt terribly original but it had atmosphere by the truckload.

Thirith on 10/8/2011 at 08:58

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For me, the extreme artifice and cliché of the Hotel defused most of its scariness. It's so corny, it's close to self-parody - especially the diary entries. I'm more of a Cradle man myself.

And I don't think I ever played anything other than a Malkavian. Guess I should play a different clan at some point!

Thirith on 10/8/2011 at 10:36

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Rereading those, it's difficult to believe that the Hotel is anything other than parody - yet there's nothing else in the way it's presented that suggests the developers were being tongue-in-cheek. The dissonance between the Garth Morengi writing and the hotel's atmosphere makes my Malkie head wobble... (In general, I find that playing a Malkavian means that practically nothing in the game is scary, once you get into the batshit insane mindset.)

Matthew on 10/8/2011 at 12:05

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We can't stop here, this is Sab-bat country?

Matthew on 10/8/2011 at 14:06

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:( I'll get me coat.