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

[Infinitron]

I speculated last month that the lady who narrates the announcement trailer might be the game's villain. Apparently her appearance was leaked in an Artstation profile, with the title of "Lillian". Lilith?

Sources: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...nnouncement-trailer-for-bloodlines-2.1164173/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vtmb/comments/bafc35/leaked_cg_render_of_the_lady_in_green_from_the/

Imgur with all of the images from the Artstation profile, including Lou Grand and an unknown male figure:

 

[Delterius]

they said its 'christmas' instead of 'holiday' season, therefore they are actually anti sjw playing the long game

 

[Infinitron]

they said its 'christmas' instead of 'holiday' season, therefore they are actually anti sjw playing the long game

I'm told that this is supposed to be a super woke RPG. However, it's also the first one I've seen in a while with female characters that are clearly designed to be sexy.

 

[GloomFrost]

2 years of Avellone writing, incline.

As if it really helped POE or Numanuma.

 

[Delterius]

they said its 'christmas' instead of 'holiday' season, therefore they are actually anti sjw playing the long game

I'm told that this is supposed to be a super woke RPG. However, it's also the first one I've seen in a while with female characters that are clearly designed to be sexy.

you shall soon be hounded by the 'thats not a cute asian gf' brigade

 

[Sailor Woedica]

More character cosplays! And a booth made to look like a cinema so maybe its one of the homes of one of the factions!

 

[Junmarko]

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

More character cosplays! And a booth made to look like a cinema so maybe its one of the homes of one of the factions!

Are we sure that this is even cosplay any more? Doesn't cosplay infer that at some point you take that costume shit off and at least pretend to be a normal person?

*My guess by the time this is over there will be a few more letters added to LGTBBQRS!456dff out of respect for transgendered, non binary, vampire and vampire-kin. So... TNBV&VK. Got it. Don't mispronounce or leave out a single letter or you're a fascist.*

 

[Delterius]

Are we sure that this is even cosplay any more? Doesn't cosplay infer that at some point you take that costume shit off and at least pretend to be a normal person?

yes this game is made by real tryhard vampire larpers

just my kind of people

 

[Sailor Woedica]

Oh yeah were these ever posted here (sorry if they were can't remember) but the team have totally showed off all the in-game gang locations!

The Pioneers:

Cammys:

The Baron:

Newcomers:

Also in like two weeks there is going to be so much cool Bloodlines vampire stuff!!!

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

Any chances of this being good? Or maybe it will be a soulless cash-grab taking advantage of the legacy of the classic game?

 

[Haba]

Any chances of this being good?

Ha. haha.

Oh well, we live in a bizarro world where Trump became the president, so you never really know. But still, I'd say the chances are mighty slim.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Enjoy what? They will never go as far as VtMB went with some themes, that's just reality of the day. And going into risky territory is exactly the only one thing that made VMTB great. Take that out and what you have left? A dull sanitized world, filled with stereotypes and miserably bad combat.

Lets be honest here, you can put Mitsoda and Avellone on this game, but orders are coming from the top. So they will end up writing stories about woke blogger who becomes a vampire during a gay buttsex orgy and tries to resist his thirst for blood by drinking a lot of soy latte.

I guarantee you are wrong. The game is meant to be dark and disturbing, they WILL go as far as VtMB with themes and even further I'm sure. You think it's going to be soy lattes and SJWs for everyone but I guarantee it's going to be a dark and disturbing game. Already we know that Malks are much more dark and twisted than in Bloodlines, and I'm sure the rest of the game will be too. Quote me.

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

Enjoy what? They will never go as far as VtMB went with some themes, that's just reality of the day. And going into risky territory is exactly the only one thing that made VMTB great. Take that out and what you have left? A dull sanitized world, filled with stereotypes and miserably bad combat.

Lets be honest here, you can put Mitsoda and Avellone on this game, but orders are coming from the top. So they will end up writing stories about woke blogger who becomes a vampire during a gay buttsex orgy and tries to resist his thirst for blood by drinking a lot of soy latte.

I guarantee you are wrong. The game is meant to be dark and disturbing, they WILL go as far as VtMB with themes and even further I'm sure. You think it's going to be soy lattes and SJWs for everyone but I guarantee it's going to be a dark and disturbing game. Already we know that Malks are much more dark and twisted than in Bloodlines, and I'm sure the rest of the game will be too. Quote me.

Soys and SJWS are dark and disturbing. We don't need to double down and give them fangs and claws, amigo.

 

[Prime Junta]

Any chances of this being good? Or maybe it will be a soulless cash-grab taking advantage of the legacy of the classic game?

Damn, that's a tough one

 

[Jedi Exile]

I wanted to go to Igromir to see it (and Kojima), but then I thought about crowds of people and the huge lines etc. and got too lazy.

 

[Nines_Anarch]

they said its 'christmas' instead of 'holiday' season, therefore they are actually anti sjw playing the long game

 

[Infinitron]

What happened to Dev Diary #6? https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/dev-diary-7-environment-design.1254603/

Haha they renamed it.

 

[ZVERMIX]

Is STEM education that bad among SJWs that they can't count to 6 properly?

 

[Infinitron]

I think it's possible that they had another dev diary lined up for two weeks ago but never posted it, and the environment design lead accidentally counted it. (The dev diaries were on a steady bi-weekly schedule until this one)

 

[frajaq]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/faction-the-unseen.1257138/

Hello everyone!

It's the last but not least faction reveal, The Unseen. For as long as there has been a Seattle, there have been some that didn’t suit the Pioneers’ vision of a place made of art as much as brick, glass and iron. The misshapen members of clan Nosferatu never had a chance to fit in. They were encouraged to stay out of sight: In the outskirts, the shadows and - as the city grew - its Underground.

“THERE IS ALWAYS TIME.”
-The Council of Three

For more than a century, the Unseen have been led by the Council of Three - or "The Speakers" to the Nosferatu. These resourceful Kindred helped their people survive among the homeless and loners of the city. While the rest of Seattle’s vampires took pains to ignore them, these Unseen grew into a faction, began trading secrets… And grudges.

Today, the Council has left much of the Nosferatu’s operation to younger vampires more adept at gathering intel in modern nights. Where the Unseen used to be composed of thieves, frauds and homeless, they now also include journalists, engineers and hackers. While the older Nosferatu are used to an existence of survival, the younger ones have begun to look for ways of making a mark on their city.

The Unseen have been here for a long time, and they see everything. They’d be a potent ally to the vampires of any other of Seattle’s factions - if they can be found.

Tight-Knit

No other faction of vampires in Seattle looks out for their own like the Nosferatu. What else can you do, if nobody else will even look at you?

Information Brokers

It’s amazing what the Nosferatu’s peculiar skills and a few decades of being ignored will unearth, if your home happens to be one of the tech hubs of the world. The Unseen know what you did, why you’re trying to hide it - and who’ll pay to find out.

Unnoticed

Seattle has been a city of drifters, transients and homeless for almost as long as it has existed. By and large, people just look the other way. The Unseen walk among these unfortunates, hidden in plain sight to vampire and human alike.

 

[Ibn Sina]

Faction for every clan? Then what is the point of clans?

 

[Infinitron]

And this no doubt is the faction of the Nosferatu information broker from the E3 demo.

Interesting that this faction is associated with a clan the player won't be able to join (at least on launch etc). So that possibly puts the lie to the idea that the factions are how you join the clans - there doesn't appear to be a Malkavian faction.

 

[Delterius]

Faction for every clan? Then what is the point of clans?

to be joined together in everlasting love of blindness

 

[vota DC]

Any chances of this being good? Or maybe it will be a soulless cash-grab taking advantage of the legacy of the classic game?

Modded m&b 2 will be a better vtmb 2 than this one.