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

[Storyfag]

Dev Diary #24: Legend of the Nomad

They promise much. If they deliver, this might still not be a true successor to Bloodlines, but it might be a good CRPG in its own right. IF they deliver.

 

[Cross]

Depending on your interpretation, this is either a male-to-female tranny or a female-to-male tranny.

This must be that deep roleplaying and crafting your own history that we keep hearing so much about.

 

[Caim]

Needed a double take to realize those were the male and female BODY TYPE 1 AND BODY TYPE 2 protagonist.

 

[Tyranicon]

Same forearm size, smaller biceps. Painted nails.

Ah yes, the true modern male.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Depending on your interpretation, this is either a male-to-female tranny or a female-to-male tranny.

This must be that deep roleplaying and crafting your own history that we keep hearing so much about.

The man has the same feet as the woman, but his toenails are painted black.

 

[Alienman]

Nice aids sepsis.

 

[Roguey]

Should have opened with that hairstyle instead of the modern one.

 

[Abu Antar]

So, no dialog wheel? But probably still going to have limited dialog options.

Nvm, it's a dialog square.

 

[Abu Antar]

Here's a snipped from the intro video. Acceptable vibes.

 

[Dark Souls II]

Will there be DLCs for different toenail colors?

 

[Vincente]

Thick eyebrow gang we eating good

 

[Vulpes]

So, no dialog wheel? But probably still going to have limited dialog options.

Nvm, it's a dialog square.

A four option dialogue limit? And the people here thought that the sequel would be nothing like the original

 

[Fedora Master]

Oh guys, you are so fucked.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

I'm sorry, but it looks like Swansong.

And by "Swansong" I have on mind "shit".

 

[Tyranicon]

I'm sorry, but it looks like Swansong.

You know, I've never actually seen Swansong's gameplay and after seeing it, I'm surprised someone okayed it.

Holy mother of cringe.

 

[Roguey]

You know, I've never actually seen Swansong's gameplay and after seeing it, I'm surprised someone okayed it.

Holy mother of cringe.

It's a narrative RPG like their previous game The Council which did well enough, nothing necessarily wrong with that.

I played it recently and thought it was mostly all right. Too many ancient queer radical feminists and black vampires for my preferences, but that's what the setting is now.

 

[Tyranicon]

You know, I've never actually seen Swansong's gameplay and after seeing it, I'm surprised someone okayed it.

Holy mother of cringe.

It's a narrative RPG like their previous game The Council which did well enough, nothing necessarily wrong with that.

I played it recently and thought it was mostly all right. Too many ancient queer radical feminists and black vampires for my preferences, but that's what the setting is now.

This is the typical in-game face model:

I could barely watch four seconds of this unadulterated crap, nevermind stomach the whole game. You have much stronger tolerances than me.

 

[Roguey]

This is the typical in-game face model:

She's French and that's just a bad close-up angle. Other than her silly haircut, she looks fine.

They included a fat feminist vampire, but gave her a very pretty thin face, she "carries it well."

 

[Skinwalker]

Rougay barely containing xir excitement for a "game" where your only options are nonbie/nonbie.

 

[Tyranicon]

You know, I've never actually read Swansong's writing and after seeing it, I'm surprised someone okayed it.

Holy mother of cringe. Seeing these screenshots are enough to radicalize someone.

 

[jackofshadows]

I had the displeasure of actually playing Swansong and can confirm it's pure cringy shit. The shittiest game I've played in a very long time if not ever. It leans heavily on writing but the writing is fucking abysmal there. But not only that, obviously speaking.

 

[Child of Malkav]

I haven't played Swansong though I did play The Council and liked it. Swansong seemed to be shit so I stayed far away. Seems I was right. I already wasted my time with Vampyr, so I got burned once.
As far as I'm concerned there's only 1 vampire game worth your time: VTMB 1.
VTMB 2 looks like dishonored but bad. The hub looks pretty vertical and seems like you can go to the rooftops, explore a bit....meh, like I said, dishonored.

 

[Wesp5]

They included a fat feminist vampire, but gave her a very pretty thin face, she "carries it well."

I have nothing against feminist lesbian vampires , but when one of the few levels of the game is basically just a replay of how their relationship went, it's a little much...

 

[Roguey]

I had the displeasure of actually playing Swansong and can confirm it's pure cringy shit. The shittiest game I've played in a very long time if not ever. It leans heavily on writing but the writing is fucking abysmal there. But not only that, obviously speaking.

I loved Galeb's story and Leysha's was also all right. Emem and everything related to it was a black hole of cringe, yes, but it can end with a great deal of those cringe characters dead, so I liked that.

They included a fat feminist vampire, but gave her a very pretty thin face, she "carries it well."

I have nothing against feminist lesbian vampires , but when one of the few levels of the game is basically just a replay of how their relationship went, it's a little much...

You can ignore those memories entirely, I did. Got an amusing scene afterwards when they meet up again, Hilda expresses shock over being called Babe and Emem is devastated to learn that they broke up a long time ago.

 

[EvilWolf]

You know, I've never actually seen Swansong's gameplay and after seeing it, I'm surprised someone okayed it.

Holy mother of cringe.

It's a narrative RPG like their previous game The Council which did well enough, nothing necessarily wrong with that.

I played it recently and thought it was mostly all right. Too many ancient queer radical feminists and black vampires for my preferences, but that's what the setting is now.

I gave the game a chance and it striked out lore wise before I even got to the first gameplay section. The characters act like college students instead of centuries old vampires.