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

[fantadomat]

Their exact words was that the game won't cater to the same "masculine power fantasy" of the original, so that it can cater to a "broader audience", and i think we all know what that means.

That they’ll be a lot of dudes crying in the comments section on youtube?

Nah most people have become too jaded for that shit,just let the world burn.

 

[Semiurge]

Unlike the inferior male protagonist, you can choose to have sex with male and female NPCs.

That may actually be one of the few things that support the loosely defined "masculine fantasy" theory, it is so only because the game was targeted at straight males.

 

[Santander02]

It's made by a genereic modern dev studio #2134 that never made an RPG before, the only people with any connection to Troika working on it will have nothing to do with the gameplay and they have the patient zero of the GG thread dictating the tone of the game.

It will be shit. /skyway

 

[guestposting]

It's made by a genereic modern dev studio #2134 that never made an RPG before, the only people with any connection to Troika working on it will have nothing to do with the gameplay and they have the patient zero of the GG thread dictating the tone of the game.

It will be shit. /skyway

Thank fucking god no one from Troika is involved with the gameplay.

 

[RNGsus]

When do rpgcodex revisit their official policy on piracy?

 

[Semiurge]

When do rpgcodex revisit their official policy on piracy?

When Bloodlines 2 comes out

 

[Santander02]

It's made by a genereic modern dev studio #2134 that never made an RPG before, the only people with any connection to Troika working on it will have nothing to do with the gameplay and they have the patient zero of the GG thread dictating the tone of the game.

It will be shit. /skyway

Thank fucking god no one from Troika is involved with the gameplay.

Troika's gameplay across al 3 of their games was top notch, it was their QA that was deficient, fucking fite me.

 

[Serious_Business]

It's made by a genereic modern dev studio #2134 that never made an RPG before, the only people with any connection to Troika working on it will have nothing to do with the gameplay and they have the patient zero of the GG thread dictating the tone of the game.

It will be shit. /skyway

Thank fucking god no one from Troika is involved with the gameplay.

Troika's gameplay across al 3 of their games was top notch, it was their QA that was deficient, fucking fite me.

I will not fight you, but stab you in the back when you feel most safe

 

[guestposting]

It's made by a genereic modern dev studio #2134 that never made an RPG before, the only people with any connection to Troika working on it will have nothing to do with the gameplay and they have the patient zero of the GG thread dictating the tone of the game.

It will be shit. /skyway

Thank fucking god no one from Troika is involved with the gameplay.

Troika's gameplay across al 3 of their games was top notch, it was their QA that was deficient, fucking fite me.

Troika made one game with good combat, and it sure as shit wasn’t Bloodlines.

 

[Wunderbar]

This guy is a senior designer on Bloodlines 2, oof.

 

[Sarkile]

This guy is a senior designer on Bloodlines 2, oof.

The lead designer of Atlas moved on to Bloodlines 2 and is engaging in a Twitter dogpile of MCA. While exhibiting pure soy in his Twitter feed. I wasn't feeling super confident about this game after the trailers and interviews, but this doesn't help.

 

[Cael]

This guy is a senior designer on Bloodlines 2, oof.

The lead designer of Atlas moved on to Bloodlines 2 and is engaging in a Twitter dogpile of MCA. While exhibiting pure soy in his Twitter feed. I wasn't feeling super confident about this game after the trailers and interviews, but this doesn't help.

If you are only at the "this doesn't help" stage, I would suggest that you need help...

 

[jackofshadows]

This guy is a senior designer on Bloodlines 2, oof.

Paradox - "Fuck! People are starting refunding because of that scumbag MCA's presense on project already".

 

[Roguey]

I'll get Bloodlines 2 if it's good, don't care about behind the scenes drama (however I do not expect it to be good).

 

[d1r]

This guy is a senior designer on Bloodlines 2, oof.

Please refrain from pre-ordering any game next time around. Thanks.

 

[Sodafish]

This guy is a senior designer on Bloodlines 2, oof.

Please refrain from pre-ordering any game next time around. Thanks.

Seriously. What is the point of pre-ordering beyond the realm of kickstarters? I really don't get it. Signalling your fanboy credentials to the Twattersphere? So you can maybe get some disposable shitty extras like postcards or other tat?

 

[The Jester]

This guy is a senior designer on Bloodlines 2, oof.

Hi Chris Avellone this Erik guy is sad cause you didn't pay his mom last night, not a cool move my dude.

 

[Zombra]

"How dare they attack someone's artistic career because they don't like his personal behavior"

"I'm going to speak out against this game because I don't like the personal tweets of one of the designers"

Pick one.

 

[The Jester]

"How dare they attack someone's artistic career because they don't like his personal behavior"

"I'm going to speak out against this game because I don't like the personal tweets of one of the designers"

Pick one.

Someone got triggered.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

"How dare they attack someone's artistic career because they don't like his personal behavior"

"I'm going to speak out against this game because I don't like the personal tweets of one of the designers"

Pick one.

Don’t have to. These two aren't mutually exclusive.

The former is a boycott of the craftsman regardless of the quality of his craft due to a negative view on his personal life and the latter is a boycott of the craft itself in light of the (supposed) negative impact which the designer's personal life has on his craftsmanship. Both are subjective evaluations, but only the latter actually deals with the craft itself rather than driving a person out of the industry because of one's antipathy towards his personal life outside of work.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

Don’t have to. These two aren't mutually exclusive.

The former is a boycott of the craftsman regardless of the quality of his craft due to a negative view on his personal life and the latter is a boycott of the craft itself in light of the (supposed) negative impact which the designer's personal life has on his craftsmanship. Both are subjective evaluations, but only the latter actually deals with the craft itself rather than driving a person out of the industry because of one's antipathy towards his personal life outside of work.

I think Erik is a despicable coward who sits on information about abusive behavior, but such a personality flaw doesn't indicate he has some kind of inverse Midas Touch where any game he works on turns to shit.
None of that matters though, It's been a year since that E3 Demo with no indication they've improved from that point. Anyone here dumb enough to have pre-ordered and STILL have not pulled it deserve the inevitable feelings of dissapointment and buyer's remorse.

 

[fantadomat]

"How dare they attack someone's artistic career because they don't like his personal behavior"

"I'm going to speak out against this game because I don't like the personal tweets of one of the designers"

Pick one.

Zombra is gona zombra,so how is your cucumber garden going up in the hill ? I heard that you are evolving as society,now you have a kang and all that black nobility zone where white scum is not allowed.

 

[Santander02]

It's made by a genereic modern dev studio #2134 that never made an RPG before, the only people with any connection to Troika working on it will have nothing to do with the gameplay and they have the patient zero of the GG thread dictating the tone of the game.

It will be shit. /skyway

Thank fucking god no one from Troika is involved with the gameplay.

Troika's gameplay across al 3 of their games was top notch, it was their QA that was deficient, fucking fite me.

Troika made one game with good combat, and it sure as shit wasn’t Bloodlines.

"Gameplay" isn't combat only.

 

[Delterius]

It's made by a genereic modern dev studio #2134 that never made an RPG before, the only people with any connection to Troika working on it will have nothing to do with the gameplay and they have the patient zero of the GG thread dictating the tone of the game.

It will be shit. /skyway

Thank fucking god no one from Troika is involved with the gameplay.

Troika's gameplay across al 3 of their games was top notch, it was their QA that was deficient, fucking fite me.

Troika made one game with good combat, and it sure as shit wasn’t Bloodlines.

"Gameplay" isn't combat only.

its creating characters in arcanum, dreaming of a finished game

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

"I'm going to speak out against this game because I don't like the personal tweets of one of the designers"

Eh, we've been speaking against this game for the past 373 pages so current drama is just another reason to add to the pile of good reasons not to buy it.