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Anonymous No.712993424 >>712993794 >>712998886 >>712999257 >>712999809 >>712999872 >>713003005 >>713003646 >>713004681 >>713005224 >>713006013 >>713007520 >>713007779 >>713009209 >>713009424 >>713009702 >>713011665 >>713014048 >>713015251 >>713017236 >>713018432 >>713018448 >>713018991 >>713019129 >>713022397 >>713024532 >>713025092 >>713025321 >>713028851 >>713031941 >>713032870
Let's talk about Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2.
>After Hardsuit Labs were fired for making a "fucking disaster" Sumo Digital offered to take over the project, but they pushed the project onto their subsidiary The Chinese Room because they are viewed as a kind of prestige studio. No matter what anyone tells you, TCR did not volunteer for Bloodlines 2.
>Paradox read the pitch that TCR put together, and really liked it. But they wanted the game done quickly, so set a 2 year timeline. (This is why Paradox suggested it could release in 2023. That was the original plan.)
>TCR's version recycled assets from Hardsuit's, but is essentially a completely different game.
>They did not meet the unrealistic two year timeline, but Paradox liked how the project was coming along and gave them more time to refine the vision.
>The first major gameplay footage was shown in Jan 2024, and while there was nothing specifically wrong with it, it looked kind of jank. Major systems like the open world were not functional at this time so they only showed the interior of a single warehouse.
>Game delayed from Q4 2024 to mid-2025 for rewrites and design alterations in response to community feedback. The number of endings was increased, Fabien was rewritten from a thinblood to a Malkavian, guns were reintegrated as Superhot-style temporary upgrades that could be thrown, the combat was refined with enemy counters, blood magic mechanics, etc. stuff like that.
>Game delayed from Q2 2025 to October 2025 for polish.
>PC Gamer have been given hands on, but no other outlets yet.
>Game's tone is noir, with a heavy focus on being a vampire detective/investigator/sheriff. The soundtrack is noir-oriented, but the music Rik Schaffer wrote has been recycled into the new version.
>Studio's B team have delived Still Wakes the Deep and its expansion in the meantime (it came out today), indicating that they're not completely dysfunctional.
Anonymous No.712993509 >>712993907
Anonymous No.712993612
Anonymous No.712993703 >>712999127 >>713004359 >>713013303 >>713023656 >>713024238 >>713028928
Anonymous No.712993723 >>713024259
How about we DON'T? Cocksucker.
Anonymous No.712993794 >>712994952
>>712993424 (OP)
Huh, PCG still exist? Also, I haven't heard about Bloodlines 2 in ages
Anonymous No.712993809 >>713011336 >>713019336
Anonymous No.712993907 >>712994151 >>712994317
>>712993509
>Two Vampire Clans, Camarilla and Anarchs
So does this mean I can't be a Malkavian?
Anonymous No.712994151 >>712994808
>>712993907
how stupid are you?
Anonymous No.712994317 >>712995885
>>712993907
It's a typo because they copied the text box from the other page that talks about the game's clans. And no, you can't be a Malkavian. The decision to rewrite the voice in your head, Fabien, from a thinblood to a Malkavian, is probably them trying to pander to Malk fans.
Anonymous No.712994808 >>712999127
>>712994151
How stupid are you? Camarilla isn't a clan, yet it's posing it as if it is one. My question is valid. If they were mentioning clans, they would have brought out a list with Nosferatu, Malkavian, Brujah, etc. but they didn't.
Anonymous No.712994952
>>712993794
>Also, I haven't heard about Bloodlines 2 in ages
There's been a pretty much non-stop stream of updates for the past year. They stopped releasing updates when they announced the delay to October, but the reality is that the dev diaries have covered pretty much every aspect of the game imaginable. There isn't a whole bunch left to say.
Anonymous No.712995806 >>712998491 >>712999024 >>713002263
The new Still Wakes the Deep expansion has 93% positive reviews on Steam so far.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3465690/Still_Wakes_the_Deep_Sirens_Rest/
I wonder how high the reviews on Bloodlines 2 can reach. Is 98% possible? This is probably going to be the kind of RPG that completely redefines what people think an RPG can be, so...
Anonymous No.712995885
>>712994317
Nice, only 4 options. I guess it's better than nothing, and I've come to expect nothing with how much this has been in development hell.
Anonymous No.712996270 >>712997346 >>712997626 >>713010925
The Chinese Room is possibly the worst fucking developer you could hire for a game that's succeeding Bloodlines, they don't do mechnically heavy games.
Anonymous No.712997346
>>712996270
Eh, I remember when people complained about Silent Hill 2 being given to the team behind Layers of Fear.
Anonymous No.712997626 >>712997749 >>713003752 >>713006442
>>712996270
>they don't do mechnically heavy games.
While that is true, PC Gamer claim that the combat they played was fantastic.
Anonymous No.712997749
>>712997626
Combat in Bloodlines was jank as fuck, the game is revered due to its atmosphere, writing and arguably most important, hub zones. I don't see Bloodlines 2 not being linear to a hard degree, but I'll read the article I guess.
Anonymous No.712998157
I would have made a great sequel. It would be full of sexy vampire women you could fuck. Lots of hunters outfits from nwod you could fight. Overarching plot was to stop a wizard from making an artificial female Cain but it turns out he used your sister as the base material and parts of her are still intermittently aware. Also your sister wants to fuck you
Anonymous No.712998425 >>713013903 >>713019491
No game will ever emulate the feeling VTMB managed to evoke
Anonymous No.712998491 >>712999024
>>712995806
>ALL REVIEWS:
Positive - 93% of the 29 user reviews for this game are positive.
Anonymous No.712998886
>>712993424 (OP)
I know it will probably not be a masterpiece but I'm actually hyped for this game. Vtmb is my favourite game and while I know this will not be even close to that in terms of quiality of writting, I think it will be fun. Also, canΒ΄t wait to listen to Rikk Shcaffer's new songs.
I'm trying to be positive.
Anonymous No.712999024
>>712995806
>>712998491
>Overall Reviews:
>Positive (29 reviews)
Anonymous No.712999127
>>712994808
>If they were mentioning clans, they would have brought out a list with Nosferatu, Malkavian, Brujah, etc. but they didn't.
Except >>712993703
Anonymous No.712999257
>>712993424 (OP)
It's a Day 1 trainwreck I intend to watch. Will it be the new Veilguard? Probably not.
Anonymous No.712999809 >>713018123
>>712993424 (OP)
Armpit status?
Anonymous No.712999872 >>713001324 >>713003879
>>712993424 (OP)
Can I have sex with vampire Christina Hendricks? If yes, I'll pick up the game, even if the rest of it is shit
Anonymous No.713000101 >>713001210 >>713002571
>millennial malkavian writing

Oh boy, I can only imagine how bad and f-full of s-stutters "d-did I just do that?!" it'll be
Anonymous No.713001210 >>713001374
>>713000101
Brian Mitsoda who was the writer for Bloodlines also worked on Bloodlines 2.
Anonymous No.713001324
>>712999872
this tbqh. how many games let you romance a vampire mommy?
Anonymous No.713001374 >>713001779
>>713001210
...anon, I... Mitsoda was booted from VTMB2 in 2020.
Anonymous No.713001779
>>713001374
Yeah because it was a horrible abomination of a game.
Anonymous No.713002263 >>713003104 >>713020908
>>712995806
I liked the base game but did it really need a DLC? The story was pretty well concluded and a prequel feels pointless since a part of the fun of the story was it being kinda vague
Anonymous No.713002571 >>713003585
>>713000101
They rewrote him because everyone hated his lines from the gameplay demonstration, the goal is to make him less obnoxious.
Anonymous No.713003005 >>713003478
>>712993424 (OP)
Remember how they scrapped clans because it was "Problematic" so now you play as a gay ass thin blood because segregation is bad.
Anonymous No.713003104
>>713002263
the game was an unexpected success so of course they have to pump out some pointless dlc to siphon off more money
Anonymous No.713003294 >>713003548
Can you finally make your own character or at least choose clans or is the MC still some weird sexless enby
Anonymous No.713003478
>>713003005
Anon that was Hardsuit's Bloodlines 2, written by Brian Mitsoda
TCR has you play as an elder from one of 4 clans waking up with the voice of a young vampire in your head.
Anonymous No.713003548 >>713003649
>>713003294
There's a male version, but they're trying to do that thing where they only market the female protag.
Anonymous No.713003585 >>713003649
>>713002571
Did they change the protagonist to be an actual man and an actual woman instead of a non-binary abomination that looks the exact same no matter the sex?
Anonymous No.713003646
>>712993424 (OP)
>Every single bit of footage has looked like shit
can't wait to not play it
Anonymous No.713003649 >>713003807
>>713003585
>>713003548
Anonymous No.713003752 >>713004752 >>713022247
>>712997626
>PC Gamer claim that the combat they played was fantastic.
As if you should even entertain the notion of listening to PC Gamer.
Anonymous No.713003807 >>713004167
>>713003649
I know there is a male version, but he is pretty much the same as the female version, hence the question if they changed that already.
Anonymous No.713003879
>>712999872
unlikely
Anonymous No.713003914 >>713033131
>the combat they played was fantastic
yeah i'm sure
Anonymous No.713004167 >>713004880 >>713016129 >>713018816
>>713003807
They were never the same, that was genuinely misinformation from jaded anons predicting a they/them troon MC.
Anonymous No.713004359
>>712993703
>Venture
They don't even proofread this shit.
Anonymous No.713004681
>>712993424 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPvPDkHBxO4

>this is the quality of the feeding animation, several years in the work, for a VTM game

someone post that comic of itsuno walking into the DMC2 studio with one of the devs showing of stinger as being the only working animation
Anonymous No.713004752 >>713005343 >>713006558 >>713011785
>>713003752
I still don't know what "eerily heterosexual means.
Like, is everything between the Holy Roman Empire and the 1950s a creepy liminal space for these people?
Anonymous No.713004880 >>713005050
>>713004167
It's the same shit. Both non-binary trans-masc looking retards.
Anonymous No.713005050
>>713004880
You're blind, only the woman looks like shit.
Anonymous No.713005150 >>713005252
It's doomed to be shit because it is not set in the 90s.
Anonymous No.713005224
>>712993424 (OP)
Erm, why the HECK is there another vampire inside my frickin' head?
Anonymous No.713005252
>>713005150
It's doomed to be shit because it's overseen by Paradox
Anonymous No.713005343
>>713004752
>I still don't know what "eerily heterosexual means.
It means they're seeing what they want to see.
Anonymous No.713006013 >>713006256 >>713009653
>>712993424 (OP)
>>Studio's B team have delived Still Wakes the Deep and its expansion in the meantime (it came out today), indicating that they're not completely dysfunctional.
WOAH, you mean the studio that has only made fucking walking simulators managed to make a walking simulator?!?!?!?!

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, I AM NOW EXTREMELY HYPED FOR THIS GAME THAT LOOKS LIKE A COMPLETE PIECE OF SHIT!

>b-but they didn't want to make it!
I don't give a fuck, they should have intentionally sabotaged their pitch so their owners decided not to give it to them
this is like a plumber saying "my boss told me to fix his car even though I don't know how at all, so I'm going to make it look like I'll be perfect for the job!" and then acting surprised that people who drive cars say it looks like a piece of shit that they have no interest in whatsoever

fuck TCR, they ruined Amnesia and now they're going to ruin VTMB, they can fucking die for all I care, they've NEVER made a good game
Anonymous No.713006256 >>713006918
>>713006013
>this is like a plumber saying "my boss told me to fix his car even though I don't know how at all, so I'm going to make it look like I'll be perfect for the job!" and then acting surprised that people who drive cars say it looks like a piece of shit that they have no interest in whatsoever
This makes no sense.
Anonymous No.713006442 >>713024851
>>712997626
PCGamer is a fucking shell of its former self

if the guys who wrote the magazine back in the 90's could see the fucking terrible articles the troons and faggots they hire there put out now, then they would shut the company down before it could ever become that
Anonymous No.713006558
>>713004752
Yes.
It means they're actually repeating political conspiracy theories as if they're both true and a good thing.
Anonymous No.713006918 >>713007374
>>713006256
boss = sumo digital
plumber = TCR
car = VTMB2
making it look like they would be perfect for the job = "Paradox read the pitch that TCR put together, and really liked it"
people who drive cars = anyone who actually likes video games

This wasn't hard, but I'm guessing fans of TCR's writing are a bit too simple for metaphors, so I'll dumb it down for you: they are going to make a shit product and they should have known this from the beginning, to the extent that they should have made a terrible pitch so it wouldn't be given to them.
We only had ONE chance at getting a VTMB 2 and these stupid faggots are going to ruin it and kill the IP out of ego because they thought they were better than they actually are
Anonymous No.713007374
>>713006918
>they are going to make a shit product and they should have known this from the beginning, to the extent that they should have made a terrible pitch so it wouldn't be given to them.
>We only had ONE chance at getting a VTMB 2 and these stupid faggots are going to ruin it and kill the IP out of ego because they thought they were better than they actually are.
That makes more sense than your retarded metaphor, but it's still a terrible fucking idea, as sabotaging their pitch would sabotage their whole studio in the process.
Anonymous No.713007520
>>712993424 (OP)
not starting as a neonate literally kills any desire to play the game
Anonymous No.713007627 >>713011301
The Hardsuit version looked more like a real sequel to VTMB, they should've just rewritten it
Anonymous No.713007779
>>712993424 (OP)
Souless garbage. Naming it "Bloodliness 2" is a fucking sacrilege.
Anonymous No.713007837
>no release date
Anonymous No.713009209
>>712993424 (OP)
>Studio's B team have delived Still Wakes the Deep and its expansion indicating they're not completely dysfunctional.
Still Wakes the Deep destroyed solidified my opinion that TCR don't have a fucking chance.
What tiny amount of gameplay it has is so fucking arbitrary that it's 100% the most walking simulator game i've ever played. The main character keeps reminding everyone he's an electrician, but then all the mindlessly tedious puzzles revolve around turning valves on plumbing.
About all I can hope for at this point is they get the atmosphere ok
Anonymous No.713009424
>>712993424 (OP)
Still Wakes the Deep was shockingly good. Was it really done by their B team? How does their back up team deliver something like that while the main guys develop this janky mess?
Anonymous No.713009653
>>713006013
Womanly sperg out.
Anonymous No.713009702
>>712993424 (OP)
I know /v/ loves to clown on this but I'm still coping that it could be ok.
It won't be a real bloodlines sequel, but it could still be fun.
Anonymous No.713010925 >>713011106
>>712996270
I'm willing to let them cook/give them a chance.

But I don't think ANY studio, TCR or not, can make Masq. 2 a success. The game was announced nearly a DECADE ago and STILL isn't out and has gone through THREE DEVELOPERS and REBOOTED THREE TIMES.

It's the newest Duke Forever. If Paradox shits it out this year, I'll be honestly surprised.
Anonymous No.713011106
>>713010925
>But I don't think ANY studio, TCR or not, can make Masq. 2 a success.
I actually think that CDPR could maybe have a 50/50 shot at making a good VTMB game. They would just need to make Cyberpunk but with a vampire theme and not make the same mistakes that they did with CP2077.
Anonymous No.713011301 >>713029185
>>713007627
HSL version focused too much on RPG elements and not enough on gameplay.

TCR version is focusing too much on gameplay and not enough on RPG elements.

If only they could have fused together somehow.
Anonymous No.713011336 >>713013736
>>712993809
>romantic feeding
Imagine lustfully sucking blood from Lou's fat knockers
Anonymous No.713011665
>>712993424 (OP)
>a classic pulp noir detective yarn
Eww please no I just played Nobody Wants to Die and the whole detective noir style got old 2 hours in
Anonymous No.713011785
>>713004752
Yes and if they don't do that, they convince themselves that the past was actually super progressive and gay and diverse and those records were wiped and changed at some point by those evil toxic white male archeologists and historians.
Anonymous No.713012678
Just want to see hot emo vampire whores once more, is that too much to ask?
Anonymous No.713013216
>voice in your head plot ripped from cyberpunk
>4 (FOUR) CLANS
Anonymous No.713013303
>>712993703
scientist lady is cute
Anonymous No.713013480 >>713013649
How the hell did this travesty not get canceled?
At this point theres no chance in hell to recoup your losses, you're just digging a bigger hole
Anonymous No.713013638
where is my huge breasted malk waifu mc
Anonymous No.713013649 >>713013813 >>713024669 >>713025075
>>713013480
The CEO of Paradox said not long ago that it's basically a hail mary kind of situation because they have already spent so much money that they now just want to get it out there and be done with it. He also said that if there ever is a Bloodlines 3, it won't be from them, they will just "lease" out the IP instead.
Anonymous No.713013736
>>713011336
more like sucking blood directly from some sadnigger bruja if we go by todays trends, it would be a mandatory cutscene btw
Anonymous No.713013813
>>713013649
>say that
>game is still delayed
I cant imagine in what state it actually is, when you just want to get it over with and you cant even throw it out. This is the same paradox who releases a clearly unfinished game, then sells you back piece by piece through dlc.
Anonymous No.713013903
>>712998425
The obsession with realism makes it impossible to recreate the atmosphere from vtmb in a modern game
Anonymous No.713014048 >>713026174 >>713026314 >>713029813
>>712993424 (OP)
Not even going to pirate
Anonymous No.713014135
>paradox resurrected white wolf
>old staff who wrote the old books are getting their jobs back
>friend that worked on the mummy books as a historian got rehired
>he actually hates the current right think shit
Gentlemen, I dare say I could possibly puppet a company
Anonymous No.713015251 >>713016530 >>713018638
>>712993424 (OP)
>and why the heck am I hearing another vampire in my head
The tiniest bit of curiosity for this game shriveled up like my dick during ice swimming the instant I read this part. Modern writers need to get publicly diablerized.
Anonymous No.713016129 >>713016274
>>713004167
Who is the male and who is the female?
Anonymous No.713016240
Will this game have mods?
Could mods save it?
Anonymous No.713016274 >>713016639
>>713016129
You gotta be joking bro
Anonymous No.713016530 >>713017514
>>713015251
It's some weird reddit writing style, definitely off-putting. Also I'm quite sure having a Johnny Silverhand dynamic is not a good idea.
Anonymous No.713016639 >>713017005 >>713017021
>>713016274
Nta, and it's obvious which is which, but you can't pretend they didn't try and obfuscate it as much as possible. No boobs, ambiguous outfit, same facial structure. This is troon shit all over.
Anonymous No.713017005
>>713016639
Oh i absolutely agree the woman looks like shit, i'm just also saying the man is very clearly a dude and no amount of troonness in the woman can obfuscate that.
Anonymous No.713017021 >>713017176 >>713017414
>>713016639
There is no denying that. I don't know much about this british developer but they seem to adhere to all that troon shit. Actually WoD in general appears to appeal to troons for some reason now that I think about it.
Anonymous No.713017176 >>713017858 >>713029448
>>713017021
The UK is absolutely cooked, and I find it absolutely hilarious that JK Rowling seems to be one of the only prominent figures standing against it now.
Anonymous No.713017236
>>712993424 (OP)
How come vampires become human again?
Anonymous No.713017414 >>713017490 >>713017559
>>713017021
It might be the feeling of being an outcast making them relate to kindred?...except Kindred are not really outcasts at all.
Perhaps it is simply the desire to be uniaue yet have a community to belong to.
Anonymous No.713017490
>>713017414
Unique* fuck
Anonymous No.713017514 >>713017890 >>713018291
>>713016530
Everything about this game feels like they got the idea 5+ years ago and then just couldn't adjust when even the normalfags turned against this shit since then.
Anonymous No.713017559
>>713017414
They relate to nosferatu KEK
Anonymous No.713017858
>>713017176
Rowling makes up for her singular good stance by being a complete fifth column cunt on every single other issue.
Anonymous No.713017890 >>713018000
>>713017514
>even the normalfags turned against this shit

Is there really a trend against "woke" right now in videogames? I'd be happy if it was the case but I haven't seen any indication of that. I mean, their steam discussion is always plagued with people taunting them about which PC is the male or the female, but till now they always end up banning those comments. Sticking to their guns.
Anonymous No.713018000 >>713018234
>>713017890
I'm not even talking about wokeness, but the tired tropes and millenial quippy writing this game seems desperate to emulate.
Anonymous No.713018123
>>712999809
Sweaty with stubble.
Anonymous No.713018234
>>713018000
I guess you're right then. That style of writing is considered extremely cringy and ridiculed by pretty much everyone. Quirky chungus "OMG did I just do that?!?!?" dialogue is frowned upon (as it should be).
Anonymous No.713018291
>>713017514
The BG3 tadpole was hugely popular though, there is no big turn against talking headmates just yet.
Anonymous No.713018432 >>713018941
>>712993424 (OP)
I was willing to buy it because VtMB, but I just have no interest in role playing a legit they/them binary character.
Its just so fucking stupid
Anonymous No.713018448
>>712993424 (OP)
>voiced protagonist with a voice in their head
Anonymous No.713018638 >>713019215
>>713015251
>heck
I know it's a little thing but it tells me a great deal about the writers. I've just dropped this game. I hope castrated shitlennial bugmen enjoy it.
Anonymous No.713018816
>>713004167
1. People were predicting that they'd use the same model because the "female" model was already androgynous as fuck and they refused to show anything about the supposed male model that totally existed for the longest time.
2. When they begrudgingly had to reveal the actual male model they still look like 90% the same so the criticism about the models being off puttingly androgynous still applies and reveals their ideological leanings.
Anonymous No.713018941 >>713019805
>>713018432
Where did the "They/Them Nonbinary MC" idea come from?
We've known there was an undisclosed male MC for like a year now.
Anonymous No.713018991
>>712993424 (OP)
>but Paradox liked how the project was coming along and gave them more time
Dear god no, it's in Paradox's hands? It's over before it began, again
Anonymous No.713019129 >>713019287 >>713019729
>>712993424 (OP)
>Call of The Night s2
>Call of The Night manga new arc
>VTM: B2 releasing soon
I'm really looking forward to the game, I am optimistic it'll be good.
Anonymous No.713019215
>>713018638
To be fair, that specific line is written by a PC Gamer journo, not the devs. It's probably going to be lame and gay anyway, but that line is not the reason why.
Anonymous No.713019287 >>713020021
>>713019129
Huh? I tought the Call Of The Night manga had ended.
Anonymous No.713019336 >>713019883
>>712993809
I liked the fact that the romance drove the plot in the first game, but at the same time you barely had to interact with it at all.
Anonymous No.713019491
>>712998425
You're probably right
Anonymous No.713019729 >>713020183
>>713019129
>I'm really looking forward to the game
Retard who ignores every single red flag
Anonymous No.713019805
>>713018941
Blame the devs, they're definitely been cultivating it by the way they've presented Pyre. Even trying to find the source has been mostly bullshit random forum discussions whining about it.
I'm happy to admit I was wrong but the fact that I generally follow the games news since announced and I wasn't sure is kind of concerning.
Anonymous No.713019883 >>713021641
>>713019336
Wait I didn't actually bother to read PCGameShit's article. Can you actually romance Lou?
Anonymous No.713019967
I just want a V20 CRPG with character creation and the ability to choose between sabbat, cammies, or anarchs to approach the same main story from different directions. Just your basic ass CRPG without these dumbass johnny silverfang gimmicks.
Anonymous No.713020021
>>713019287
looks to be a spin-off?
Anonymous No.713020073
Yeah, I don't know about the rest of the people working there, but if they are anything like their HR and Marketing departments that would explain the troon nonesense
Anonymous No.713020183 >>713020283 >>713020631
>>713019729
they will deliver
Anonymous No.713020283 >>713020814
>>713020183
Yeah a stinking turd
Anonymous No.713020631 >>713020814 >>713021308
>>713020183
They probably won't. I'm not telling you to stop being positive or that you are a retard like the other anon is saying, but you should manage your expectations. Blindingly buying shit trusting "they will deliver" is what's gotten us to the current state of the industry
Anonymous No.713020814 >>713020951 >>713022591
>>713020283
>>713020631
your distrust is what discourages the industry and in turn makes them put out lower quality products.

it's time to drop the pessimism and show devs you want them to succeed
Anonymous No.713020908
>>713002263
>prequel
It's set 11 years after the main story.
Anonymous No.713020951
>>713020814
I see your point but trust has to be earned. What has The Chinese Room done to earn your trust? Blindly trusting someone is foolish for obvious reasons.
Anonymous No.713021135
bros Im scared what DEI will do to this game
Anonymous No.713021308 >>713021931
>>713020631
they will probably actually deliver an average to good experience, but if you are expecting a actual vtmb2 that will never occur unless they somehow rope in more of the scattered troika team, or toss the project to obsidian.
Anonymous No.713021641
>>713019883
They've confirmed that there's vampire romance of the blood bond kind.
Anonymous No.713021931 >>713022115
>>713021308
>Obsidian
Anonymous No.713022115 >>713022231
>>713021931
most of troika got split between InXile and obsidian yes
the first group would probably do better than the current iteration of obsidian though
Anonymous No.713022231
>>713022115
We all know the current state of Obsidian. Theseus ship alright.
Anonymous No.713022247 >>713022895 >>713025764
>>713003752
Did that game end up any good?
Anonymous No.713022397 >>713022695
>>712993424 (OP)
>No Nosferatu
>No buy
Anonymous No.713022591
>>713020814
>your distrust is what discourages the industry and in turn makes them put out lower quality products.
Shut the fuck up you retard. How it should work is that in response to people being doubtful and distrustful of the devs, as they fucking should, the devs should go "You know what? We're going to make the game as good as we possibly can to show the people that we can make a product they'll enjoy." Trust is earned, not given.
Anonymous No.713022695
>>713022397
same
>no gangrel (literally me)
>no buy
Anonymous No.713022895
>>713022247
lol fuck no. the only reason it got attention was because of the character creator and vtumors
Anonymous No.713023656 >>713024067
>>712993703
>banu haqim
that's cool, assamites are underated
but where are the rest? 4/14 fuck that shit
Anonymous No.713024067 >>713024582
>>713023656
>4/14 fuck that shit
It's called scope son, you shouldn't bite more than you can chew
Anonymous No.713024171 >>713024625 >>713024858 >>713026174
Should I still play this game even if I didn't play VTMB 1?
Anonymous No.713024238 >>713024757
>>712993703
disgusting modernslop UI
Anonymous No.713024259
>>712993723
based FourthPBP
Anonymous No.713024482
This smells like a marketing thread
Anonymous No.713024532
>>712993424 (OP)
I might give it a chance when it goes on sale solely because I really like the WoD IP but I wish paradox assholes didn't own it
Anonymous No.713024582 >>713024976 >>713025134
>>713024067
>It's called scope
VtMB had the 7 Camarilla clans way back in 2004
Anonymous No.713024625
>>713024171
play 1 first and wait for word of mouth once 2 is out(chances are high it'll be shit)
Anonymous No.713024669
>>713013649
All the shit that came out after bloodlines has been gay and lame
I expect the same from this game and the shovelware they will "lease out" afterwards
Anonymous No.713024757
>>713024238
for real, they can take their fucking bullshit diamonds and shove them up their ass.
Anonymous No.713024824
what are the chances there'll be only 4 clans because they are investing focusing on fewer clans o flesh them out more
Anonymous No.713024851
>>713006442
This is wrong thinking
Time reveals your true nature
Magic the gathering becoming a troon invested grid worship hug box was set in stone from its conception
Fat and emasculated beta and omega males never have the integrity to say no to social validation extortions
Anonymous No.713024858 >>713025127 >>713028310
>>713024171
If you haven't get the fuck out of this thread an go play it nigga
Anonymous No.713024976
>>713024582
Yeah and that game came out so buggy you couldn't even finish it.
Anonymous No.713025075 >>713025168
>>713013649
I am still confused as to why Paradox would want the VTMB franchise in the first place, their niche is autism simulators not RPGs
Anonymous No.713025092
>>712993424 (OP)
>The Chinese Room because they are viewed as a kind of prestige studio.
>nothing but walking simulators under their belt
kek, that being said I did like the walking sim of A Machine for Pigs. I expect this game to deliver on atmosphere even if all else is trash.
Anonymous No.713025127 >>713025304
>>713024858
I would but it's old and the clunkiness is kinda, you know
Anonymous No.713025134
>>713024582
yeah and look how great did that turn out. the dick sucking vtmb gets is unreal, they nailed the atmosphere and the world but the gameplay sucked balls. its too expensive to make the clans distinct enough these days too.
Anonymous No.713025168 >>713025372
>>713025075
Vtmb has basically become an autism simulator let's be real.
Anonymous No.713025304 >>713037512
>>713025127
It's worth it nigga. The writting, the music, the vibes. You'll forgive the clunkyness, believe me.
Anonymous No.713025321 >>713027303
>>712993424 (OP)
They nerfed Lou's breasts. Shan't be buying.
Anonymous No.713025372
>>713025168
you know what I meant, HoI/EU etc and Cities Skylines is what they've been making money off of for years.
A complex story-driven RPG is not something they have any experience with
Anonymous No.713025764
>>713022247
It's good if you have a RTX 40 or 50 series, otherwise you can't use all the features like 3d scanning objects, or AI driven characters (you describe their behaviour), etc
Anonymous No.713026174
>>713014048
This is exactly the people I want working on my bloodlines game
>>713024171
It's a completely different game, this new one coming out shouldn't even have the bloodlines title
Anonymous No.713026314 >>713027740
>>713014048
they look like actual nerds, I've seen way worse
Anonymous No.713027303 >>713027952
>>713025321
What about her ass?
Anonymous No.713027740 >>713028997
>>713026314
nerds and dudebros with a couple of girls in the art department are the ideal dev team. The best games were made from those dev groups
Anonymous No.713027952
>>713027303
>Sure is a fine looking ass
>Yeah
>What's that? Is that a subtle crease where her cheeks meet?
>Yeah
>And the size of her hips?
>Yeah
>Oooooh looks good huh?
>Yeah
Anonymous No.713028310
>>713024858
>Don't open it
Anonymous No.713028606 >>713029268
I don't trust any modern developers to capture the unabashed sexual titillations of Vampire.
Anonymous No.713028851 >>713029180
>>712993424 (OP)
>centuries old vampire
>heck
Anonymous No.713028928 >>713029185 >>713029587
>>712993703
Huh?? What the fuck???
You mean to tell me the Hardsuit Labs version had more playable Clans?

Look I get that thechineseroom's forte is writing and they're doing a damn good job of actually moving away from walking simulators but can't they give it another year so the game has, say, at least 7 clans or however many Camarilla clans there are in V5? This decision had to have come from higher up, this is an elder vampire that faded into myth for fucks sake, I don't think the studio would shy away from letting said vampire be anyone, even if it was too snowflakey or unicorn-y like a Salubri

Don't fucking tell me Paradox threatened to yank the game out of their hands if it took too long again
Anonymous No.713028997
>>713027740
and there'e one goth chick, can't go wrong with goth chicks
Anonymous No.713029180
>>713028851
'uck on 'eck
Anonymous No.713029185
>>713028928
Now that I think about it, Paradox probably had an allergic reaction to what Hardsuit did because >>713011301 and then started telling every dev studio who wanted to work on this game to overcorrect or else
Anonymous No.713029268
>>713028606
That is fair. Modern devs are too afraid of sexuality, of femeninity, and of backlash.
Anonymous No.713029448
>>713017176
UK is fairly sensible on the troon question if literally nothing else.
Anonymous No.713029587 >>713029761
>>713028928
>can't they give it another year so the game has, say, at least 7 clans
That's kinda the plan.
They intend to release the game with 4 clans, and then sell the others as DLC over the next year.
They left out the most popular choices for assamites instead for a reason.
Anonymous No.713029761 >>713030184
>>713029587
Well I hope that gamble pays off for them, but it really feels like the curse of Caine just follows the Bloodlines subtitle
Anonymous No.713029813 >>713030059 >>713031741
>>713014048
Anonymous No.713030059 >>713031906 >>713033179
>>713029813
I thought the middle guy was Todd Howard
just let Todd make another Bloodlines in Creation Engine, see how it goes
Anonymous No.713030184
>>713029761
>It is the blood of Caine which makes our fate

That is to say... perhaps they were always meant to fail. The wrong developer for the wrong project.
Anonymous No.713031741
>>713029813
kek
Anonymous No.713031906
>>713030059
>just let Todd make another Bloodlines in Creation Engine
Anonymous No.713031941
>>712993424 (OP)
she looks like that one christian girl from Life is Strange
Anonymous No.713032597
>Ahem, I'm a programmer btw...
What does it feel like developing a game for a fanbase full of faggots like this?
Anonymous No.713032870 >>713033267 >>713033631
>>712993424 (OP)
>only four clans
>brujah the fucking designated antifa clan that was revealed first and obviously pushed as the canon because it's the BLM rioter clan and everyone's fucking gay and retarded now
>ventrue based clan but obviously going to be portrayed as "problematic" and in the wrong guaranteed bad ending clan
>tremere decent choice with their unique powers and aren't a political hot button issue just wizard nerds
>FUCKING ASSAMITES INSTEAD OF MALK OR TOREADOR OR FUCKING ANYTHING ICONIC WHAT THE FUCK
These devs are retarded faggots
Anonymous No.713033131
>>713003914
...for an RPG.
Anonymous No.713033179
>>713030059
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZWKw0o6UUQ
Anonymous No.713033267 >>713033910
>>713032870
>brujah the fucking designated antifa clan that was revealed first and obviously pushed as the canon because it's the BLM rioter clan and everyone's fucking gay and retarded now
it was shown off as the "retarded meathead" build compared to the greater complexity of everyone else.
Anonymous No.713033631
>>713032870
>no malk
The devs have already stated they won't touch Malk as is, because it's offensive to actually crazy people.
Fabian, malk in the game, is neutered.
Anonymous No.713033910 >>713034749
>>713033267
He was the best Brujah and wasn't a one sided commie Anarch unlike the others

straight up homie throughout the game its also cool he's voiced by Bender and Jake from Adventure time
Anonymous No.713034749 >>713034992
>>713033910
The window's shifted from those days. Even the commiest anarchs like VTMB Damsel would call modern commies retarded.
Anonymous No.713034992 >>713035136 >>713037028
>>713034749
I wanted to fuck Damsel so bad back then holy shit
Anonymous No.713035136
>>713034992
I her to fuck me as she yells at me calling me a Cammie
Anonymous No.713037028
>>713034992
She was bitchy done right, impossible to find in Current Year.
Anonymous No.713037396
How likely is a Bloodlines 2 release this year? IIRC, there were no new trailers at SGF or the Xbox/Sony events.
Anonymous No.713037512
>>713025304
I still listen to Santa Monica at night, and the radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuXD3jTDqqU
Anonymous No.713038621
I should make my own
should be easier than finding players with the same vibe