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

[Roguey]

Old question, I'm sure -
Do we have a sense of how many hours of play they're shooting for? Unlike most games I feel like I would be delighted to spend 80+ hours on this.

Troika didn't even do that much and you think these people will get anywhere near that?

 

[BING XI LAO]

I'm still going to play it because my love of the first game demands it

Please don't unless the reviews (from prestigious sources) are positive. That mentality feeds into some many bad sequels and REEEmakes.

 

[DalekFlay]

I'd drank a beer first. Several in fact.

The blonde with a big chin is extremely fuckable. Sometimes I wonder if you men's rights dudes are actually gay as hell.

 

[GhostCow]

I'm still going to play it because my love of the first game demands it

Please don't unless the reviews (from prestigious sources) are positive. That mentality feeds into some many bad sequels and REEEmakes.

I didn't say I was going to buy it

 

[Zombra]

Do we have a sense of how many hours of play they're shooting for? Unlike most games I feel like I would be delighted to spend 80+ hours on this.

Troika didn't even do that much and you think these people will get anywhere near that?

I have no idea - that's why I'm asking

Seriously, I really don't have a sense of how big Hardsuit is, or how much money is being thrown at B2, or what kind of length they're shooting for. I don't know if they even want to make an epic, or if they're going for "shallow but wide" branching, or a quick linear story with cosmetic changes based on faction, or what. But hell, look at Sinking City - I would never have guessed it could be a 50 hour game and yet that's how long I spent on it.

 

[Roguey]

I have no idea - that's why I'm asking

Seriously, I really don't have a sense of how big Hardsuit is, or how much money is being thrown at B2, or what kind of length they're shooting for. I don't know if they even want to make an epic, or if they're going for "shallow but wide" branching, or a quick linear story with cosmetic changes based on faction, or what. But hell, look at Sinking City - I would never have guessed it could be a 50 hour game and yet that's how long I spent on it.

Oh, well the answer is 30 hours, about the same as the first.

 

[user]

I have no idea - that's why I'm asking

Seriously, I really don't have a sense of how big Hardsuit is, or how much money is being thrown at B2, or what kind of length they're shooting for. I don't know if they even want to make an epic, or if they're going for "shallow but wide" branching, or a quick linear story with cosmetic changes based on faction, or what. But hell, look at Sinking City - I would never have guessed it could be a 50 hour game and yet that's how long I spent on it.

Oh, well the answer is 30 hours, about the same as the first.

That would suck if it also doesn't have the first one's replayability.

 

[Fedora Master]

The absolute best we can hope for is a mechanically average game with a story that is only mildly woke. Like TOW. Forgotten about in 3 months. Like all those recent vampire/Lovecraft walking sims.

 

[Infinitron]

Wtf does a livestream at 23:00 PT? Well it's up on YouTube now:

 

[hivemind]

is this game gonna be good

i'm not reading your autistic back and forth over 300 pages just give me the qucik rundown of the current impressions

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Don't judge a book by its cover

I hate this saying. If you care so little about something you worked on for months if not years to give it a shitty cover then I'm going to judge you for it

 

[Roguey]

is this game gonna be good

i'm not reading your autistic back and forth over 300 pages just give me the qucik rundown of the current impressions

We haven't seen any new footage in a long time.

 

[Frozen]

That "woman" from the video looks like that crazy feminist lesbian comedian that should be in an institution.

 

[ColonelTeacup]

Lou Grand, buxom leader of the Pioneers:

Spoiler

DAMN SON

LoL you naive summer child,it is tranny/trap!

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[DalekFlay]

is this game gonna be good

i'm not reading your autistic back and forth over 300 pages just give me the qucik rundown of the current impressions

Good... bad... who knows. What I do know is it'll be worth playing, because so few of these types of games are made.

 

[Fedora Master]

is this game gonna be good

i'm not reading your autistic back and forth over 300 pages just give me the qucik rundown of the current impressions

Good... bad... who knows. What I do know is it'll be worth playing, because so few of these types of games are made.

That's like saying catching an Std is good because it's so rare.

 

[DalekFlay]

That's like saying catching an Std is good because it's so rare.

Codex lulz and all that, but I don't get the analogy. Deus Ex/Bloodlines/Prey style games are good things, STDs are not. If STDs were enjoyable then yeah, I'd take herpes over nothing. Can't always shoot for full blown AIDs.

 

[fantadomat]

Lou Grand, buxom leader of the Pioneers:

Spoiler

DAMN SON

LoL you naive summer child,it is tranny/trap!

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[Fedora Master]

That's like saying catching an Std is good because it's so rare.

Codex lulz and all that, but I don't get the analogy. Deus Ex/Bloodlines/Prey style games are good things, STDs are not. If STDs were enjoyable then yeah, I'd take herpes over nothing. Can't always shoot for full blown AIDs.

But you're presupposing the game will be good purely because it belongs to a certain genre. Or claims to - We've not seen actual gameplay so it could be anything from a faithful recreation of Bloodlines 1 to a first person popamole to a walking sim with Stat checks.

 

[GhostCow]

That's like saying catching an Std is good because it's so rare.

Codex lulz and all that, but I don't get the analogy. Deus Ex/Bloodlines/Prey style games are good things, STDs are not. If STDs were enjoyable then yeah, I'd take herpes over nothing. Can't always shoot for full blown AIDs.

But you're presupposing the game will be good purely because it belongs to a certain genre. Or claims to - We've not seen actual gameplay so it could be anything from a faithful recreation of Bloodlines 1 to a first person popamole to a walking sim with Stat checks.

There's plenty of gameplay here

My biggest complaint is the camera zooming out to third person at random times. I hate it so much.

 

[Fedora Master]

I see, I was behind with info then.

 

[user]

But you're presupposing the game will be good purely because it belongs to a certain genre. Or claims to - We've not seen actual gameplay so it could be anything from a faithful recreation of Bloodlines 1 to a first person popamole to a walking sim with Stat checks.

As I see it, these blood feelings bonuses or whatever they call them, hint to the latter unfortunately. Hopefully drinking blood will be more about your survival and less about having to get the right buff for a stat check.

 

[DalekFlay]

But you're presupposing the game will be good purely because it belongs to a certain genre. Or claims to - We've not seen actual gameplay so it could be anything from a faithful recreation of Bloodlines 1 to a first person popamole to a walking sim with Stat checks.

It can't possibly be worse than Deus Ex: Invisible War, and that game was worth playing (and even replaying) for the same "immersive sims are rare" reason.

 

[GhostCow]

But you're presupposing the game will be good purely because it belongs to a certain genre. Or claims to - We've not seen actual gameplay so it could be anything from a faithful recreation of Bloodlines 1 to a first person popamole to a walking sim with Stat checks.

It can't possibly be worse than Deus Ex: Invisible War, and that game was worth playing (and even replaying) for the same "immersive sims are rare" reason.

Funny you should mention that. I'm the one person who liked that game and I was just thinking a few minutes ago that when I finish my GMDX run I'll replay it and then write a post defending it. Or maybe I'll finally see how shit it is. Who knows.

 

[Zombra]

Recently visited Seattle. Not thinking about it, I just rewatched that gameplay from August. Was neat to see the King Street Station clocktower after I was just there a couple weeks ago