World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 from Hardsuit Labs

[Sailor Woedica]

Agreed, and I find screwing with technology somewhat to be kind of essential for this setting. Not only because the actual state of the world would make the Masquerade impossible, but for artistic reasons as well.

I've noticed all the best horror movies lately have made themselves difficult to pin down in time, with a disorienting mix of modern and outdated tech. I've kept hoping WoD would pick up on it; seems like it would be a perfect choice. Creates a sort of uneasily semi-apocalyptic feeling of a stagnant society in a ghost world, somehow unaware that it's coming apart at the seams.

This is what Riverdale and the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina do and its the best!

 

[santino27]

you wouldn't want to shoot porn in a city full of pretty but talentless people who dream of making it big on screen


wait what

Hollywood is just a part of LA, so Roguey's not suggesting they don't film porn in LA. They shoot in the greater LA region... up until 2016ish, it was just mainly in San Fernando Valley (just north of Hollywood), rather than Hollywood itself.

 

[Space Nugget]

Days remaining until the Decline Gehenna:

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[Roguey]

Agreed, and I find screwing with technology somewhat to be kind of essential for this setting. Not only because the actual state of the world would make the Masquerade impossible, but for artistic reasons as well.

I've noticed all the best horror movies lately have made themselves difficult to pin down in time, with a disorienting mix of modern and outdated tech. I've kept hoping WoD would pick up on it; seems like it would be a perfect choice. Creates a sort of uneasily semi-apocalyptic feeling of a stagnant society in a ghost world, somehow unaware that it's coming apart at the seams.

V5 addresses current technology. In the 00s, the Feds finally hacked Schrecknet and discovered vampires are among us, so the Camarilla forbids vampires from using the internet (sending all messages through couriers like the old, old days). The anarchs dgaf.

A hazy smartphone video doesn't necessarily prove anything, people will just call it fake (and gay, if on an imageboard).

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

A hazy smartphone video doesn't necessarily prove anything

Reminded me:

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[Delterius]

archmage murphy once cast a spell that ensures all proof of supernatural activity is taken in the worst way possible

 

[HoboForEternity]

all this tender business made me realize tender is the night by jackson brown can be interpreted as quite vampire-y

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Between the darkness on the street
And the houses filling up with light
Between the stillness in my heart
And the roar of the approaching night
Somebody's calling after somebody
Somebody turns the corner out of sight
Looking for somebody
Somewhere in the night
Tender is the night
Tender, when you hold your baby tight
Tender, tender are the motions, tender is the night
Between a life that we expected
And the way it's always been
I can't walk back in again
After the way we fight
When just outside there are people laughing
Living lives we used to lead
Chasing down the love they need
Somewhere in the night
Tender is the night
Tender, and the benediction of the neon light
Tender, tender are the hunters, tender is the night
You're gonna want me tonight
When you're ready to surrender
Forget about who's right
When you're ready to remember
It's another world at night
When you're ready to be tender
Tender, tender tender
Tender, tender tender
Tender
And in the hard light of an angry sun
No one remembers what was said or done
Tender are the words they choose
You win, I win, we lose
Tender
Tender is the night
Tender
The benediction of the neon light
Tender
Tender are the hunters
Tender is the night
When they hold each other tight
Tender
Tender are the undercover
Tender
The stranger and the secret lover
Tender
Tender are the motions
Tender is the night
When you hold your baby tight
Tender, tender, tender
Tender, tender, tender

 

[theLorry]

I don’t get it. Is this marketing campaign actually good? I’m old and understand stuff like selling beer by having bikini-clad women frolicking on a sunny beach, but this whole Tender business only leaves me confused‒and that’s after coming here and having it explained to me!‒and mildly frustrated. Does it work for you guys, i.e., does it in any way heighten your interest in the game?

Or is it supposed to bring in a wider crowd of people who doesn’t have any particular interest in the VtM/WoD setting or the previous games (either pen & paper or digital)? Is it one of those ‘bang-for-your-buck’ kind of things, with this sort of marketing being a lot cheaper than the more traditional kind? I just don't get it.

 

[Jimmious]

If you are talking about it, it's good

 

[Wesp5]

Does it work for you guys, i.e., does it in any way heighten your interest in the game?

Look at this thread! Over 50 pages and nothing has even been announced yet. So hype building is going fine !

Or is it supposed to bring in a wider crowd of people who doesn’t have any particular interest in the VtM/WoD setting or the previous games (either pen & paper or digital)?

I don't know. I would guess that most hard-core ARG players are not the same crowd as the VtM game players...

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

I don’t get it. Is this marketing campaign actually good? I’m old and understand stuff like selling beer by having bikini-clad women frolicking on a sunny beach, but this whole Tender business only leaves me confused‒and that’s after coming here and having it explained to me!‒and mildly frustrated. Does it work for you guys, i.e., does it in any way heighten your interest in the game?

Same feelings here. I've no idea what that shit is. I'm just waiting for the big reveal and hoping that the whole tender thing doesn't reflect on the quality of the actual game.

 

[Ismaul]

I've no idea what that shit is.

That's the marketing trick right there. You don't know what that shit is, but you do know it's VtM cRPG related. So you follow the breadcrumbs they leave, but they're not enough to give you an idea about anything. They only confirm what you already knew: it's VtM related. And so you fill the hole with your hopes and dreams. That's how they get you talking endlessly about nothing, and make their game an unfolding event.

This is how they infect your mind with the desire to finally find out what that shit is, if only to liberate yourself from the nagging mystery. You're on the hook now, waiting on their every word.

Hopefully the illusion doesn't simply evaporate in contact with the real thing, but it often does. In the end, everything but your hopes is shit.

 

[Sranchammer]

This could be the greatest mobile platform announcement since Diablo.

Extremely excited about this!

 

[Space Nugget]

...the desire to finally find out what that shit is, if only to liberate yourself from the nagging mystery. You're on the hook now, waiting on their every word.

That can't be right... I mean... T-that's just... No... NO! If only I could... There's no w--

...I-I'm a... sheeple.

 

[fantadomat]

Chill out Space Nugget ,it will be a mobile game/app.

 

[Delterius]

when gen x'rs larp their boomer parents by sounding like their peasant ancestors

 

[Delterius]

I-I'm a... sheeple.

the term is 'Kine' ok

 

[Space Nugget]

Has anyone watched "Russian Doll" on Netflix?

https://vtmb.fandom.com/wiki/Samantha

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[Nines_Anarch]

I've been recently rewatching Angel (1999-2004). Isn't it the best vampire series ever?

The trailer for Season One used the song Angel by Massive Attack which inspired the Main Theme of VtM Bloodlines (from 0:41 to 1:52)

 

[Nano]

Isn't it the best vampire series ever?

Nah. Season 1 was great, but Season 2 and onwards ditched the neo-noir vibe in favor of becoming an insipid soap opera.

And Buffy is better than Angel.

 

[Space Nugget]

Isn't it the best vampire series ever?

Nah. Season 1 was great, but Season 2 and onwards ditched the neo-noir vibe in favor of becoming an insipid soap opera.

And Buffy is better than Angel.

#TeamBuffy

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jk

 

[Life of the Party]

and hoping that the whole tender thing doesn't reflect on the quality of the actual game

 

[Life of the Party]

Isn't it the best vampire series ever?

 

[Space Nugget]

Days until the nu-VtM game reveal: ∞

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[Merlkir]

Clearly, the best vampire TV show is "Kindred The Embraced". :D

Just kidding, it's actually the 2007 "Blood Ties".

Also kidding.