Bloodlines 2 - Official Announcement Trailer
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Embrace your inner Kindred and join us in Seattle for the long-awaited Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Find your place in the battle to come, and try...

It looks a little different than it did a few years ago? There's been radio silence since Paradox started over with the new devs. This game has had a really troubled production, I think Paradox has been trying to get it off the ground since 2015. Now it's being done by The Chinese Room, most known for Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.

Bloodlines is one of my favorite games of all time, so I'm trying to stay optimistic that the devs also hold it in high regard and will try to make a worthwhile sequel. The gameplay from this new trailer looks a little clunky and weird, but maybe that's ok. VTMB never had great combat in the first place. The dialogue, writing, and vibes are where it's at. Looks like there will be gliding around and parkour stuff? Might be cool.

Anyone looking forward to this game? There's even a release window, Fall of 2024, but this game was supposed to originally release in March of 2020, so don't hold your breath.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I don't know what the full game will be like, but the trailer definitely doesn't have that same whimsical nihilistic vibe as VtMB 1. I know it's a trailer meant to get you hyped, but most of it's just combat or exploration. The meat of VtMB 1 was the dialogue and the decisions you could make along the storyline. Also a hallmark of a good game's writing is moral ambiguity. The Anarchs aren't the good guys, the Camarilla aren't the good guys, because vampires aren't good guys. You're a weird monster barely trying to maintain the guise of being human, but this trailer for Bloodlines 2 is like slow motion punching and slamming guys against walls. That looks awesome. But it's too awesome. I wanna play a Vampire game to feel like shit and hate myself. (being sincere here )