World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 - VTMB sequel from The Chinese Room - coming early 2025

[Skinwalker]

What a dumpsterphyre. Please let this get cancelled and purged from existence.

 

[sosmoflux]

The game takes place in modern day Seattle. Even the homeless on the streets have smart phones and access to wifi hotspots. It’d be a strange choice to not have smart phones.

Not sure about callings, but in the HSL demo you receive at the beginning a text message

We were too harsh on this, 3 years later it actually doesn't look that bad... come back Mitsoda...

 

[The President]

I already got my Super Bowl bets in, so I’m curious what the betting odds would be that this game demo impresses this forum tomorrow. Over/under for the gameplay vid being 30mins etc.

 

[StrongBelwas]

in 18 hours

 

[Tyranicon]

Moment of truth.

I really hope it's not 20 minutes of devs talking and 30 seconds of gameplay.

Is the vertical slice too old fashioned now? Ideally, they should show chargen (whatever there is), dialogue, characters, factions/clans, then some combat/gameplay.

What I'm expecting is a lot of concept art gifs lol. We'll see.

Either way,

 

[RagingNomad]

It looks like we'll additionally get a pre-order update today

 

[RagingNomad]

33 minutes? It looks like it's going to be big. This gives hope that the game has a lot of gameplay mechanics to show off. Perhaps they'll show us going through the same mission using different methods?

 

[Abu Antar]

As someone who pre-ordered, I am going to watch what nightmareish abomination I will get to play.

 

[Skinwalker]

I hope it's so bad that they'll have to cancel it to quell the public outrage.

 

[Harthwain]

I really hope it won't devolve into "Let's talk about lore every step of the way until we reach 30 minute mark!".

 

[user]

I really hope it's not like Avoid's developers' direct, and is filled with same old generic PR drivel like "YOU ARE EMPOWERED WITH THE FREEDOM AND AGENCY TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CASTING DIFFERENT ABILITIES THAT DO DIFFERENT STUFF, IN REAL-TIME!".

 

[Vibalist]

Oh wow, looks like I chose the exact right moment to come back to this thread. This should be interesting. I fully expect to absolutely despise everything about it.

 

[Jenkem]

we are so back

 

[Gargaune]

I am ready to be amused. Proceed.

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2/news/extended-gameplay

Extended Gameplay Reveal​

Good evening Kindred,

Today in our Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 stream we shared exciting news about the game and our first extended gameplay trailer. On the stream, The Chinese Room (TCR) Community Manager Josh Matthews was joined by Alex Skidmore, Project Creative Director at TCR, who shared insights on the game, the narrative background and how the game plays. If you missed the stream, you can check it out below.

The extended gameplay stream (below) contains several spoilers, and if you wish to avoid them, there are sections marked in the video timeline, or you can watch the trailer version of the gameplay video, which does not contain any major spoilers.

If you want a spoiler free experience, watch the Gameplay Trailer instead.

Concept art from Willem’s warehouse.

What’s Next​

Following this extended gameplay video, we will go into more details on each of the four base clans in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, showing abilities and how to customize your playstyle.

 

[Storyfag]

I just adore how the gender-ambiguity-aware the ghoul illusions are, shouting "Lost them!"

 

[Morgoth]

Looks like something Redfall was supposed to be.

 

[ChildInTime]

I just adore how the gender-ambiguity-aware the ghoul illusions are, shouting "Lost them!"

Noticed the same thing, lol. Though I guess in this particular instance it's just the studio cheaping out on additional voice acting. Animations are fucking terrible btw.

 

[Vibalist]

Wow this is dogshit.

 

[RagingNomad]

Looks like HSL, but with more solid action. That's all.

 

[Butter]

Pretty awful.

 

[Shaja]

The one speaking at the interview needs to practice some mewing.

 

[KJWY]

no malkavian no nosferatu no customization they fucked whole vtmb ip

 

[Dishonoredbr]

I really dislike the dialogue system. Vague sentences that doesn't even come close to what your character says.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Hm, someone said in the chat: no inventory, no skills, no char gen, no discipline usage in dialogue. Wow all I can say at this point.