Bloodlines: RPG or FPS?

RPGVault have <a href="http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/512/512140p1.html">done another interview with Leon</a> about <A href="http://www.vampirebloodlines.com">Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines</a>. It's another 9 questions in addition to the 13 questions they asked in <a href="http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/510/510375p1.html">their last interview</a>. That makes a total of <b>22 questions</b> RPGVault have asked Leon Boyarsky about Bloodlines recently. So there you go. Here's a snip:
<br><blockquote><b>Jonric: </b>To extend that thought, to what extent does Bloodlines represent a departure from your previous style? And what have you found to be most interesting or challenging in this regard?
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<br><b>Leonard Boyarsky:</b> Well, most obviously, Bloodlines' biggest departure for us is using Valve's next-gen Source Engine technology, as well as moving to first-person perspective and a totally new combat system that strays away from the traditional point and click combat interface.
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<br>It's also a step forward to be able to compete visually with any other games regardless of genre. I'd say the most challenging and interesting aspect of creating Bloodlines so far has been the different approaches we're using to bring the Troika RPG to the first-person view.
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<br><b>Jonric: </b>Why did you decide to use the first-person perspective, and how does it differ designing and creating a first-person game versus a third-person one?
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<br><b>Leonard Boyarsky:</b> We decided to go with a first-person perspective for a number of different reasons, not the least of which was the immersion of seeing the Vampire world through that point of view, and being able to interact face to face with NPCs and see their reactions to you. We also liked the immediacy of the first-person view, and the excitement it brings to gameplay.
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<br>In many ways, it's a different experience developing a game with a first-person, full 3D engine because the development pipeline is vastly different, from creating characters all the way to laying out maps. The aspects that are still the same are things like dialogues and quests.
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<br>Be sure to check out the new screenshots that are sprinkled throughout the interview. Like <a href="http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=2115975&object_id=566186&channel_id=227&page_title=Vampire%3A+The+Masquerade+-+Bloodlines+Game+Style+Interview&adtag=network%3Dign%26size%3D468x60%26channel%3Drpgvault%26site%3Drpgvault_hub%26channel%3Dfeatures%26type%3Dpartner">The Glowing Man with the Golden Gun</a>, <a href="http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=2115977&object_id=566186&channel_id=227&page_title=Vampire%3A+The+Masquerade+-+Bloodlines+Game+Style+Interview&adtag=network%3Dign%26size%3D468x60%26channel%3Drpgvault%26site%3Drpgvault_hub%26channel%3Dfeatures%26type%3Dpartner">Radioactive Man</a> and <a href="http://vaultmedia.ign.com/rpgvault/image/vtmbloodlines0405-05_1083951526.jpg">The Cat in the Hat</a>.

 

Sunglasses? Take a closer look, that ain't glasses. That's a Malkavian, a clan that's supposed to be deeply insane, and the eyes reflect that pretty well I think.

I bet you're thinking of the fellow with the queer hat wearing a fur COAT. He appears to be wearing sunglasses. Duh...

 

I think you mean womb and I think he is.

 

Yeah, you'd also have to be living under a rock too, in order to not know that.

Sometimes though, people do research. Research makes a person not ask a question because they discover the answer on a learning journey of much fulfilment and satisfaction which they undertake and partake of themselves. It also helps the person to get out from under their rock.