World of Darkness The ending of Bloodlines was too abrupt

[S.torch]

So I finished Bloodlines very recently and after that final I found myself thinking "what? that's it?".

The first half of the game was very good, atmospheric, excellent music, weird characters and interesting quests. But the second half was very poor, most of your skills become useless (specially the social skills), filled with bad combat and never ending dungeons. But the game keep me going because I wanted to know, I wanted to know what was inside the sarcophagus.

Just to reach the end and find that... it was all a scam. There was nothing inside the sarcophagus, at least, nothing good. So everything my character did was for nothing?
What happened with all the story about the sarcophagus being the tomb of an ancient king, with engravings of blood drinking? All a coincidence?
What happened with all the characters and factions that you interacted along the game? there isn't even an afterword about them.
And finally, who was the taxi driver? Cain? why he was helping you? why such a important figure is only referenced at the end?

In the end of the game is like nothing had mattered. Your character just walk away, you don't even know what happens to him.

 

[Pink Eye]

My character blew himself up when opening that damnable sarcophagus. Fuck Cain, AND fuck Smiling Jack!

 

[Pink Eye]

Also FUCK all the factions in this game! I am NOT a pawn!

 

[S.torch]

Yeah, what a way to screw up the player out of nowhere. You got yourself blew up only for wanting to open the sarcophagus.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

you're not supposed to finish it, you're supposed to get halfway then remember what the other half of the game is like, exit the game and never have the will to finish it eventually uninstalling it a few months later just to reinstall it next year

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

There is no denying that the second half of the game feels rushed and there is a drop in quality.

As for the ending, I loved it.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Commissar Draco]

There is no denying that the second half of the game feels rushed and there is a drop in quality.

As for the ending, I loved it.

You were warned to not open the sarcophagus many times and all endings:



felt right even the one when you end up on bottom of the ocean for being race traitor.



Only option is back the Butin Strauss though.

 

[JarlFrank]

The ending is great but I wish it came about 3 filler-filled dungeons sooner.

 

[Vincente]

What happened with all the characters and factions that you interacted along the game? there isn't even an afterword about them.

Were you expecting some sort of Fallout-esque slides lol

 

[Delterius]

every possible ending of bloodlines was bound to be horrible because it means you now live in a world post bloodlines

why even go on

 

[None]

So I finished Bloodlines very recently and after that final I found myself thinking "what? that's it?".
Just to reach the end and find that... it was all a scam. There was nothing inside the sarcophagus, at least, nothing good. So everything my character did was for nothing?

Your character was someone's pawn the entire time.

Whatever ending you get is ultimately a "just as planned" type of event. IIRC there are a lot of chess references based on current events you get in your email that point this kind of thing out. It is also a theme in general for VtM/WoD.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

every possible ending of bloodlines was bound to be horrible because it means you now live in a world post bloodlines

why even go on

Because Bloodlines 2 is coming out so soon!

 

[Vincente]

IIRC there are a lot of chess references based on current events you get in your email that point this kind of thing out.

Not only the chess messages, throughout the game its hinted multiple times (E, Rosa, Strauss, Pisha, Beckett) that you should avoid it, or just not open it, and like you said all VtM plots have big ''fuck you, your shit doesnt matter'' at the end, so it fits

 

[Mark Richard]

Just to reach the end and find that... it was all a scam.

You say that, but do you really understand? The Camarilla, the Anarchs, vampire society. It's a nesting doll that never ends, a layered scam where each puppet master turns out to be another unwitting puppet. You were used. The only real question is do you accept this system and take your place within it? Or do you struggle to break free from the unseen forces masterminding your unlife while under the terrifying notion that any freedom gained could well be an illusion?

 

[Humanity has risen!]

It's fancier to say that the end of the game was meant to be brutal to indicate the futility of your quest, than the truth, that Troika was out of money and everyone was burnt out, and Activision pissed off and wanting them to get this out of their plate already.

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

Well even if this is the real reason for the ending, it still turned out great though.

 

[S.torch]

it still turned out great though.

How is this ending "great"? You people think that a rushed ending is great just because?

 

[Delterius]

every possible ending of bloodlines was bound to be horrible because it means you now live in a world post bloodlines

why even go on

Because Bloodlines 2 is coming out so soon!

 

[Viata]

The fact that your actions doesn't even matter at all makes this game so much better. You are just a random vampire in the middle of something weird going on and for some fucked up reason, allowed yourself to become a pawn, despite the fact a lot of people told you to get the fuck out. If you open the sarcophagus, you deserved to die anyway. A pawn can at most be a queen, but never will be a king.

 

[S.torch]

You are just a random vampire

You're not a random vampire thats why you get to destroy Ming Xiao and LaCroix who have more generations than yours. Again Cain and all that remember?

 

[Viata]

You are a random vampire, mate. In fact, even Ming Xiao and LaCroix are also pawns in all that shit.

 

[overly excitable young man]

Best ending ever. Had a great laugh.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Also FUCK all the factions in this game! I am NOT a pawn!

you are a literal baby compared to these hundreds years old motherfucker. of course you're a pawn.

 

[S.torch]

You are a random vampire, mate. In fact, even Ming Xiao and LaCroix are also pawns in all that shit.

That's is not how it works. Every vampire has a generation, the lower the generation, the powerful the vampire. Supposedly what was inside the sarcophagus was an antediluvian, a vampire from the third or second generation, one of the most powerful. That's why everyone was searching it like crazy in the first place.

LaCroix is obviously from a lower generation than you, and thats why he can dominate you earlier in the game. But on the ending, he fails to do so. Which means that we got a few generations lower.