Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - Development Update

Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room share an update on the development of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2!

[helpfulfox]

character customization. character customization. character customization. i dont mind that we're playing a named character, i just want to be able to make it my own and have my choices matter in the story.

[KsanderBat]

This video is made for investors, not for players.

[Lastwhitelf]

You can repeat the word "polish" another 50 times, but the lack of gameplay videos in the recent dev diaries suggests that the game was far from complete.

[artificialdevil-sm]

Stuff the game would need to show proof it has before I'd even consider buying it:
- 3rd person mode
- Stat sheet where players can choose which skills to level
- Written out dialogue options with skill checks

That's the bare minimum for a game trying to follow up after the first one. I'm not so fussed about visual character customization so long as we still get to pick our clans and handle our own stat upgrades. But without the visual character customization, it's gonna be a hard sell in the modern game market.

[johncleveland]

I need my Gangrel, Malkavian, and Nosferatu clans.

[TheOtakuKat]

For a game they claim that's in it's final stages of production there seems to be a lot of telling us and not showing us which is a major red flag for me

[noximoxie]

AND THEY GAVE US ABSOLUTELY if the dialogue sucks and we don't have a multitude of dialogue options then this is a game over.

[intuitivealchemist]

Please go back and look at what made the original Bloodlines great, keep the protagonist nameless to make it a more immersive experience for players and let us choose male or female - this helped make the original more immersive.

[Jekyll_Jackal]

As someone who is lightly getting into the VTM, I would like to give my condolences to the fans that have been waiting for this game.

[AspenAren]

Polish is good and all, but the reason we all loved the first game was the story, characters, expression etc. While it was a mess, it was something we have collectively held dear for 20 years. The politics of the world, the masquerade, and the fact that we are a new fledgling mattered. Can we even make a character anymore? Are we at the bottom of the metaphorical totem pole like in the first game? Or a fully realised ancient? The choice would be good, but if we can no longer have much say in what our character is, this is unfortunately a miss for me.

[torrysanmultipass]

Hmmm I'm not sure they're listening at all. To me, this feels like corpo-speak as, if you notice, they don't want to refer to anything specific: were they proud of announcing a 180° decision they would say so to generate clout and good will (we've heard your feedback on Phyre and we're scrapping her). Video also states they're on an iteration/bonus content phase which means the game's base state is pretty much how they want it to be.

I will be very conservative and say, this could be great but the lack of specificity tells me this is just fishing for support and trying to repair broken bridges with players while still refusing to listen.

[machshfive]

0:36 THIS right here, the original Bloodlines was about politics more than anything else. The weird politics was so fascinating to dive into, especially since different classes would explore politics that another class would never run into.

The politics of the vampire world is really the only thing I want out of a VTM game

[Jubrksoqjeif]

Everyone would agree the dialogue from the first game is one of the best aspects of it. Why change the dialogue system? Unvoiced protagonist, several full-text dialogue choices, with some options colored to show vampiric powers. That has to be the cheapest, most flexible option and one that everyone loved.
It’s so odd they went away from that.

[TacDyne]

No Nos, no Mal, no sale.
You guys have had years now to LISTEN to the people who would be buying and modding this game, yet you have chosen to ignore us.
Actually take the time to read what people are saying in the comments.
Nos, Mal, Gan, character creation, etc.
Personally, I lost all hype when you announced the 4 clans you were including.

[Phleg]

If you want to change something, change the main characters name. Phyre is just a comicly bad choice

[cassandra]

Honestly I'm kinda glad to hear this. I hope you guys take your time making the game as intended than to release it knowing it's not ready, so please take your time with it.

[Claire_Elise]

No robust customization = No buy! 😡
I want to customize my own vampire, I want to wear clothes that match my clan!!!

[VostronTV]

If you really care about fans voices then bring back Rik Schaffers music to the game...

[Ghostie.]

I just want to hear Rik Schaffer doing his thing!

[bathsaltshero]

so far ya'll give me swansong vibes.
i've seen nothing that's Roleplaying in this game except the source material and the vtmbl1.