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

[1451]

Lockpicking worked the same in Bloodlines 1...

You had to invest points in skills and attributes to get good at it, I saw no attributes during the gameplay presentation

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

I love it, it's quaint, like racially diverse criminal gangs in 80s movies

yeah, I hate it as it's dumb, but I agree that it's similar.

this is what you get when a clueless, sjws are designing your game.

whatever, I'm really going to enjoy beating women to death in this game. Thanks, Hardsuit Labs!

 

[Nines_Anarch]

A big soy yikes from me on the writing. It's not as SJW as I feared but it just doesn't have the same edge Bloodlines did. It doesn't seem as clever or as atmospheric. Also, none of the vampires look that much different from normal people. In Bloodlines, the vampires all looked distinct and had identity. No one stood out to me in this demo.

One thing that sticks out is that we can kill so many women here. Masked or not, there are already more characters of stupider sex we can exterminate than in whole Bloodlines (where there was that chink-slug, bitch with plague and crazy women in Grout's mansion). Feminists have triumphed this time :D. :clap: :clap:

Some of those "women" had male voices. It's a trap.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Diversity hirees working on animations:

 

[Nines_Anarch]

I do not see anything wrong with that...

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Brian seems to have Nosferatu social skills in every interview. Augment your personality with spine, dude...

Yeah. He is stiffer than a dead vampire.

Everyone: Look at that guy! Zero social skills
Me: He does better in this situation than I would.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

 

[santino27]

I thought Cara Ellison was supposed to be there to work on some side quests. When did she become lead narrative designer?

 

[Fairfax]

Huh. I thought Mitsoda was the lead writer, but it's Ellison. Bad news for Roguey.

 

[Infinitron]

Those labels might be incorrect.

 

[Delterius]

I thought Cara Ellison was supposed to be there to work on some side quests. When did she become lead narrative designer?

the rumour mills claim someone played dead state in the office

altho the idea ellison was just the side quest person might be a misconception from how she described the 'hunting thin bloods' side quest as her favorite work on the game at that point, 5 months ago

 

[santino27]

I thought Cara Ellison was supposed to be there to work on some side quests. When did she become lead narrative designer?

the rumour mills claim someone played dead state in the office

altho the idea ellison was just the side quest person might be a misconception from how she described the 'hunting thin bloods' side quest as her favorite work on the game at that point, 5 months ago

Sure, but at no point has she ever been introduced as Lead Narrative Designer, until that video. As Infinitron said, maybe they just fucked up the labels.

 

[typical user]

Watched the gameplay.

-it has pre-alpha watermark with a version stamp.
-lots of animations missing.
-heavy object pop-ins.

The combat wiill get better, it's just a matter of polishing animations. But you can strafe, sprint, pause to change your gear and disciplines which is huge improvement over the first Bloodlines and from the looks of it, there are two types of damage, aggrevated and standard. I am optimistic about the game, it has all the charm from the first.

 

[Zombra]

When did Cara Ellison become lead narrative designer?

It's a matter of time x 1

 

[sullynathan]

I like the club music

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

I thought Cara Ellison was supposed to be there to work on some side quests. When did she become lead narrative designer?

day one. or at least day one since it was announced.

Those labels might be incorrect.

she's always been referred to as a lead narrative designer, but I don't think "lead writer" was ever her title iirc. make of that what you will.

but who, knows. maybe I'm misremembering.

 

[Infinitron]

The previews that were published when the game was announced said that Brian Mitsoda was the lead narrative designer. Those previews also described Cara Ellison as a "senior writer".

 

[throwaway69420]

Pretty disappointed with the positive reception the gameplay video is getting. It looks like shit. Especially disheartened with the people saying it's comparable to Bloodlines 1. No, it fucking isn't.

 

[HansDampf]

Even the lead narrative designer is placeholder.

 

[hajro]

The real important shit is here

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

The previews that were published when the game was announced said that Brian Mitsoda was the lead narrative designer. Those previews also described Cara Ellison as a "senior writer".

yep, you're right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8qsxNt3f0Y
says here she's a senior writer.

but hey, could be that Brain let her take over. who knows.

 

[ZVERMIX]

For fuck's sake, I posted the pic from the video as a joke. I guess I should've included an '/s'.
Obviously it's a mix-up with the labels, come on guys.
If anything, they wouldn't lose the PR opportunity to flaunt Brian's senior position just for continuity.
But primarily, why would they make Cara the lead while demoting Brian, when they're banking everything on successful resurrection of the crown jewel in their WoD acquisition?
She's got next to no experience, and probably got her job with a combination of being an RPS journo who was championing the original game for years and being a lighting rod for potential SJW wrath.
It turned out she's also better than Brian in PR talk, but that hardly qualifies her to go over Brian.

 

[vota DC]

The previews that were published when the game was announced said that Brian Mitsoda was the lead narrative designer. Those previews also described Cara Ellison as a "senior writer".

Senior just means old. She is in the staff and important as grandpa Simpson.

 

[Chippy]

Unless I'm mistaken, this seems to be the strongest contender for a game that might actually be a RPG so far at E3?.

 

[ga♥]

Two things on the gameplay footage:

1 - Are thinbloods supposed to be that strong? wtf?
2 - Gang members models are copy pasted like Sabbath vamps were in bloodlines1. Hope it's just because alpha otherwise, decline