Opinions on this from the gameplay shown?Was thinking of maybe buying it on release.Never played the OG game >inb4 its not as good as OG gametry to judge it on its own merits, it is clearly just reuising the name for IP recognition and IP holding rights.
The game, put simply, looks great.https://youtu.be/C4lGxGB0uhM?si=EYG7ZKjTuFUzlZnjI do recommend waiting for reviews of course, but it looks like vampire BioShock with a much bigger focus on social navigation.
>>722557475I am still 50/50 about it. Been watching the weekly release stuff they drop but I still dont have a clue of the overall gameplay.Sure it is narrative driven story with I guess RPG choices and the combat has dishonored like slottable skills you can acquire bit I still dont understand what the overall gameplay is.i mean is it just go talk to a person, get a quest and go to a place for combat to talk to a person ect.Of course I am waiting for real raw gameplay. Even the streamer gameplay that was sponsored by them didnt show what the gameplay really is.
>>722556987looks trash and pozzed. go play the first game
>>722557981>pozzedWorld of Darkness franchise always has been left-leaning (including first Bloodlines), retard.
>>722556987>Never played the OG gameFirst, you play the OG.
>>722556987Looks like ass and the characters are all ugly.
kill yourself
>>722556987IMO it will be decent/good game, something like Dishonored/Bioshock but with vampires
>>722560047As a third person I agree, sir.
>>722556987Using VTMB in the title is a huge mistake because it makes people think that it's THAT ONE Bloodlines game but modern (it isn't)
>>722560047>>722560291yes saars, i agree as very sincere fourth person
>>722560358You are a kind sir, sir. I hope you buy and redeem the game.
>>722556987I hope it is passable, but I think at best it will be like dead island 2 and die down after a week or two if it is not a complete shitshow.
>>722560047Speaking as a newfag who has never touched the WoD franchise before, that sounds absolutely fantastic to me.
>>722556987>try to judge it on its own meritsNo. You advertise your game as a sequel, I WILL compare it to the previous game. If you didn't want to make a Bloodlines game, you shouldn't have called it a VTM Bloodlines game. Buy an ad, you can afford it.
>>722560963Yes, we know that only a normalfag who never heard of Bloodlines before would be into this.
>>722560047This. I cannot wait to play this masterpiece.
>>722560047So not a VTM Bloodlines game.
>>722561194It's just a different take on Bloodlines, which doesn't mean the game automatically will be bad.
>>722561420If you always want the same thing, play Borderlands series or something like that
>>722556987looks like a 7/10. nothing egregiously bad on its own, but nothing to get super excited about either. combat just kind of looks like press X to awesome, not sure how much depth is there. limited RPG stuff. haven't really heard anything amazing about the music. story doesn't seem that compelling. switching characters isn't something that usually works too well when you want someone to get invested in a character.there just doesn't seem to be anything great there and i can't imagine it's going to end up being more than a blip for the vtmb community.
>>722561970I agree with all you said.i am not a VtM fan and am only interested in it for the take on a vampire RPG, lore and combat if it plays like a magic based im sim like dishonored, which it looks like it does.
>>722556987Not sure what to think until i play it myself. Luckily, its free.
>>722562090>RPGreviews seem to say it's fairly limited as an RPG and it's just more of an action game
>>722559134You need to stop doing this shit, shill.
>>722562706Good ol days, back when you could play anything and people weren't afraid of thoughts and ideas - the stifling of which ironically lead to ontological conflict.
>>722556987Honestly I'm probably just going to play it anyways, because it's been so long since Bloodlines 1 and I've been itching for a VtM gameAs long as it isn't literal shit I'll probably play it
>>722561439>>722561728If you don't want to make a Bloodlines game, then don't sell it as a Bloodlines game.
>>722556987It looks alright desu but I'm expecting some jank just like the first game it adds charm to me
>>722561970I disagree. The game looks like it takes the original Bloodlines and then does everything better. A better story, a better central conspiracy, better hub, better music, better writing/voice acting in general.
>>722556987fuck you
>>722561970>combat just kind of looks like press X to awesomeAs opposed to the original, which was press X to fucking suck?
>>722564034Seriously, the first game was so bad, just having combat that is more than button mashing makes the sequel much better.
>>722556987With what gameplay footage is out, I'd say it's a great step in the right direction. I'm looking forward to the different Vampire races and the skills. The vampires even feel over powered compared to humans.What I'm not looking forward to is the weird politics in game and some of the side stories that have been popping up. I say this because the choices seem limited and it seems more went into gameplay compared to story and events, but we'll see.
>>722562706So in the first Bloodlines, Brujah were revolutionary commies/anarchists?
>>722563151>expecting "jank" from a high budget AAA game in 2025Retard.
>>722563151>>722564398No, there can be jank. If there is jank the biggest source of it will be the design elements that were pivoted relatively late. Things like abilities made for the DLC clans.
>>722563576good one boss, you been feeding near the skids again?
>>722564375In Bloodlines 1, the Brujah were basically one dimensional walking commie stereotypes, with Damsel as the most stereotype of them all.
>>722564483And in this one we won't even have that lmaoooo
>>722563576A lot of people either don't remember or don't want to remember that the central conspiracy, the central storyline of Bloodlines is kind of lame and the endings are almost all bad and rushed. There's a protectiveness over the game that is common with cult titles, and understandable.
>>722564034skill issue
>>722556987honestly, it looks... fine?I doubt it'll become as beloved as the original but maybe there will be some actual good stuff
>>722556987>>722557475>>722557708Shills.
>>722564518Damsel will almost certainly be the exact same kind of walking stereotype as she was in the first game.
You know the game will be shit when even the paid shills can't be bothered to be euthusiastic and show little confidence in the game.
>>722564398>he expects AAA quality from this discombobulated mess that they managed to salvage from development hell shitshowthe retard is you
>So obvious this thread is filled with the devs trying to hype up a DOA gameSo how many developers from the ching chong room are in this thread?
>>722564751It's the sequel to a game that hasn't really aged well at all, so nobody knows what to expect.
Eventually, when the game bombs, I wish for the ones who are paying the shill to lash out at them, tie them to a chair, force their mouth open, and shit and piss until they suffocate.
>>722564398>High Budget>Looks like shit.Okay, retard
>>722564794And they don't even have a lot of confidence in the game>usual shilling threads:>OMG THIS GAME LOOKS AWESOME IT WILL BE A GOTY MASTERPIECE THAT WILL MINDBREAK /V/ LOOK AT ALL THESE MARKETABLE ARTICLES!!!>these threads:>uhhhhh okay it doesn't really look like Bloodlines but I'm sure it will be good... somehow. If you never played anything VTM before you will probably enjoy it, I think. Really you should just not expect much and approach the game with zero standards!lol
>>722564919>High Budget>Looks like shit.Welcome to AAA gaming in 202X.
>>722564921I think deep down, they accepted their fate. But they're forced by the studio head to shill on /v/ and reddit. All they had to do was listen to the feedback, but they didn't.
>>722564919Too much soul, I assume.
>>722564838Yes, we know that shills always hate the original games.Everyone knows what they expected and got disappointed. Piss off.
>>722565041No, you misunderstand. The original Bloodlines isn't very good. It's not a matter of opinion. It's just not a very good game. So the sequel was always an open question. What would it be like? How would it deal with the problems of the original? This was why there was much backlash over the old version. Because it somehow looked worse than the original game, like the people working on it had learned absolutely nothing.
>>722564921Maybe because I am not a fucking shill you retard and just made a thread about the game and you are all SHILL SHILL SHILL because of that retarded shit we just talked about
I wonder, will it happen to you too, shill, when people will tell you to kys? Kys, just do it.
>>722565041I'm not disappointed. I mean, I'm a tiny bit disappointed because I had hoped for more flexibility in terms of non-lethal approaches. Game has a massive murder boner.
>omg people are talking about upcoming games on my chinese anime gacha slop porn board? they are shills they must be shills im literally shaking rn
please kys, make your parents proud!
>>722556987It looks like a neat little VTM game I'd enjoy playing. But the expectations for """bloodlines 2""" make everyone who sees it have a melty over what could've been. They should have just cancelled it and resurrected it with another name when they changed devs. Everyone wants to play the Bloodlines 2 that was real in their mind and so it'll get panned on release for not being that.
>>722565108All people expected was a classic style RPG like the first game and instead these retards are making some shitty mix of cyberspunk and dishonored. Piss off.>>722565158There's been constant threads for this shitty game for weeks. Fuck yourself shill.
>>722565038
>The main character is named "Phyre">He/She is antediluvian. >Talks and acts like a typical woman from the 21st century
>>722565426The first game was an undercooked Deus Ex clone that wasn't fun to play. Pivoting the design while keeping the parts that didn't suck makes sense to me. It's like how BioShock looked at System Shock 2, and said, "Most of this shit fucking sucks."
>>722565595the only saving grace is that you can make her look like some middle eastern prostitute
>>722565595>>Talks and acts like a typical woman from the 21st centuryName a single example.
>>722565426>constant threads for this shitty game for weeks>constant threads for a game that releases in a few weeks>game gets new content info dropped every week>info dropped a few hours ago>a supposed sequel from a cult classic RPG>a game that had been announced years ago and been in development hell for yearsThere is that retard shit we just talked about
>>722565692>frogPlease get a real job.
I'm primarily interested in two things. When are they going to allow streamers to post footage from when the game transitions to non-linear? When are they going to lift the review embargo?
>>722565773>when the game transitions to non-linear?good one>review embargoI'm guessing they'll do it early since they want as much goodwill as humanly possible. God knows they need it
>>722565595not an antediluvian just an elder and the phyre name is just an alias you pick up from a band poster after waking up from topor
>>722556987>wokeshitPass, this crap is for retards and losers
>>722565881I'm tired of the vidya meme where the protagonist has some gay alias or title everyone calls them instead of their name.
>>722565828You might be confused. After you deal with Benny, which is the first major boss fight in the game, Ryong tells you that you're sheriff now. So this causes the game to structurally shift from the A to B to C linear structure of the opening to being given an assortment of sidequests and main quests each night. You can also visit clan contacts and begin pursuing... relationships with them that, once you reach a certain point, will allow you to learn cross-clan disciplines.None of the journalists were allowed to play past the Benny boss fight, and none of them were allowed to post footage beyond the first Fabien sequence.
>>722564921The indian shills aren't getting enough pay
>>722565976Your other alias is Nomad, and ghouls comment on what a lame fucking name that is.
worse than a wagie, a shill
>>722565976as dumb as Andromeda was, them actually saying your character's name if you pick the canon one was pretty coolotherwise it's just PATHFINDAH
I figure embargo will lift on the 17th. Just speculation, but it would make sense. And maybe they'll allow more in-depth previews from later this week onwards.
>>722565881>not an antediluvian just an elder and the phyre name is just an alias you pick up from a band poster after waking up from toporHow do you know? Are you one of the devs?
>>722566435No paradox gave early access to some streamers a month ago and played a demo, I just watched the videos to see how the game turned out
>>722566145From the recent trailer overview gameplay I think you choose that name from a predetermined name
>>72255913490's liberals are not the same thing as a present day "woke" faggot. The fact over half of them are now avowed NAZI (TM) is proof enough of that.
>>722566528Same. I skipped past dialogue stuff for no spoilers but I watched this one streamers vid a guy with glasses as he was the one who did the more in depth look at stuff like skills and levelling up.I still dont fully understand the gameplay loop
>>722562706I like that about Brujah. They're all retards that take the most extreme politics as their identity, and go about them in the most violent way. like taking reddit and pol and giving them superpowers.
GUD MORNING SAARS!
>>722566707>The fact over half of them are now avowed NAZI (TM) is proof enough of that.That's fucking hilarious.
>>722567424oh jesus is the anti-shill schizo still alive? At this point I'm actually impressed that you're so convinced literally no one alive could be interested in this thing that you're still spamming here.
>>722567701The man may be gone, but his ideal is very much alive. Fuckhead.
>>722567854I hope you get paid, but even if it's just for the love of the game (get it), your dedication is impressive.
>released at the same time as ninja gaiden 4rip
>>722568607Ninja Gaiden is fucked because it's literally just weeb Ghostrunner with ass music.
>>722568607Ninja Gaiden is no longer a big title anymore little bro
>>722570669>69
They really need to add photo mode. The devs have some kind of photo mode, but there's been no official announcement ingame.
>>722571000TRINITY HELP
>>722557708there's over one hour of "real raw" gameplay available
Ready for this game to kill the franchise for another 20 years.
>>722571041There are multiple Matrix references, including this one minutes into the game. Trannycore, I suppose
>>722557475>Bioshock Lost me there
Does this shit have Denuvo? The jankiest low budget games always seem to have the money for Denuvo.Because there's no way i'd ever pay for this, but i would give it a pirate.
>>722571429Yea, if you don't like BioShock you're going to hate this.
>>722571385>spoileroh yeah, I legit forgot
>>722571506Paradox is publishing it, so I would guess it would
>>722571506>>722572112No. It's on GOG. It was always on GOG.
