#definitely wouldnt eccomend without warning people of a couple of things in it

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Oh don't worry I think it's flawed too but I keep coming back to it... I'm doing a malk these days. The game is full of misogyny/racism/etc but it's just such a time capsule to the early 2000s in every way possible that I don't even mind it while playing because it just feels, idk, accurate to the time period? I'm not sure that makes sense, but if anything it's interesting to examine because they're so blatant about it. But like beyond that holy shit the game just looks so good style wise it pulls me in. anyway yippee yayy vtmb discussion

YEAH FOR SURE. sorry for late reply. got caught up in stuff

the game definitely has an air of genuinety to it and commitment to the setting that a lot of games nowadays lack i feel, not ALL but, a LOT. which is fun to see. obviously the writing in vtmb is very very flawed, as i said before but it's a time capsule as you said, which it doesnt justify the weird shit in it but when it comes to atmosphere and general... like... love for the goth/alt 2004 scene? is really palpable. you dont get games where you can have your protagonist dress up in a skin-tight latext gimp suit unironically nowadays as far as im aware, without the idea of that design being used for a villain character instead

it's definitely a lot to talk about. cuz the writing in some dialogues is very good. like personally its less "not minding" for me more like "i kind of expect it from a game made in 2004" so i try to be very conscious while also being like. This is one of my favorite games ive ever played .