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

[Bad Sector]

Bad Sector's post is correct: It's a reasonable adaptation of Damsel's appearance to a more realistic, less stylized graphical style.

No, she is not "realistic".
No, she doesn't look like the old Damsel. How many excuses some of you will make to try to hide the obvious? She was made uglier.

Just to be clear, my original post was only about the nose size, not the entire character. I've already mentioned before that they went with a more realistic style in this game instead of the original's hyperstylized one which, like action comics (and older games which very often had visual designs inspired more by the ideal proportions seen in action comics - this isn't me making this up btw, i have a book from Paul Steed, one of the more known 90s 3D artists who wrote about that in there) used ideal proportions and this is why many characters look prettier there.

I do agree that she looks uglier than the original and that is partly because of the style, but also because she looks like a woman in her 40s instead of the college girl (ie. very early 20s at most) that she was supposed to be. From what i can tell this is mainly because of the visible lines under her eyes and nose/cheeks and the jaw shape being a bit too wide. Lighting doesn't help either, but i wouldn't add those details in the first place for a young character anyway.

 

[Serious_Business]

A conspiracy to make us desire ugly people and gays I see. Oh yes, the world is a dangerous place, full of malicious intentions, of deceit, of betrayal

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Bad Sector's post is correct: It's a reasonable adaptation of Damsel's appearance to a more realistic, less stylized graphical style.

No, she is not "realistic".
No, she doesn't look like the old Damsel. How many excuses some of you will make to try to hide the obvious? She was made uglier.

Just to be clear, my original post was only about the nose size, not the entire character. I've already mentioned before that they went with a more realistic style in this game instead of the original's hyperstylized one which, like action comics (and older games which very often had visual designs inspired more by the ideal proportions seen in action comics - this isn't me making this up btw, i have a book from Paul Steed, one of the more known 90s 3D artists who wrote about that in there) used ideal proportions and this is why many characters look prettier there.

I do agree that she looks uglier than the original and that is partly because of the style, but also because she looks like a woman in her 40s instead of the college girl (ie. very early 20s at most) that she was supposed to be. From what i can tell this is mainly because of the visible lines under her eyes and nose/cheeks and the jaw shape being a bit too wide. Lighting doesn't help either, but i wouldn't add those details in the first place for a young character anyway.

I sort of buy that explanation, but I still say they changed her into effectively a different character. Take Lara Croft. She started off in that very same style you're describing, and, well, I don't like nu-Lara, but she does at least look like Lara in a realistic setting. Maybe it is just they aged her up unwisely, maybe the lighting. Wouldn't be the first time a returning character was poorly introduced. Would you say the differing brow-line falls under that same issue? I'm not an expert, I've just started noticing all the little things recently.

 

[RNGsus]

Sheeeeit. If I was making vampires, nobody'd wanna fuck em.

 

[Cat Dude]

Don't ever get your hopes up about having a decent sequel to Vampire Masquerade game.

 

[Sarkile]

I was a little disappointed in myself when I realized today that I fully expect this game to be bad and will still likely buy it day 1.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

I was a little disappointed in myself when I realized today that I fully expect this game to be bad and will still likely buy it day 1.

At least wait for a few days to get some honest reviews of it.

 

[compvet24]

I was a little disappointed in myself when I realized today that I fully expect this game to be bad and will still likely buy it day 1.

It is really unfair how I feel compelled to get it, not because of the game itself but because of the game before it. On paper it sounds like a horrible premise and not at all a good way to sell a game, but that is all it has going for it. Definitely won't purchase straight-away. At this point I will be impressed if it is anything but a disappointing politicized mess full of ugly characters and nostalgia.

 

[TemplarGR]

Don't ever get your hopes up about having a decent sequel to Vampire Masquerade game.

Yeah. I learned that lesson in 2004. I expected an awesome sequel to Vampire the Masquarade Redemption and all i got was Bloodlines.

 

[Roguey]

Damsel 2004:

Damsel 2020:

 

[Corvinus]

I think it would have been really fierce if she was wearing this oversized hoodie from vetements!

Are you a real person?

 

[Dishonoredbr]

IDK if anyone posted here but here:

Damsel in-game model.



Looks pretty good. Maybe the trailer didn't shown a good angle of her or the facial expressions are just shit. Or they just changed mid complaints0

 

[Semiurge]

i raise you a venus

Venus Double-Dare, am I right?

 

[Bad Sector]

Would you say the differing brow-line falls under that same issue? I'm not an expert, I've just started noticing all the little things recently.

Honestly, i don't know (and i'm not really an artist myself). It is possible that everything was wrong with the introduction, but personally i've long accepted that i simply do not like the more realistic style in Bloodlines 2 and i just hope that i will find the game entertaining once it comes out despite its stylistic choices (and TBH if i like a game i get used to the visuals quickly anyway).

 

[fantadomat]

Sooo i was just playing EU4 while listening to some random ghost stories or similars,and just found this chick reading such stories.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IWtbar5ZtntBTrjJR0Dkg

She does sound similar to deb of night,i am pretty happy about it . So if any of you enjoy 10Xtype of creepy stories,check her out. Her voice is not as deep as Deb but it is nice.

It is really strange how Deb invokes images of late night radio shows,yet in reality non of the real show talkers sound remotely similar . It is example of how imagination and expectations are a lot better than the real thing.

 

[Häyhä]

IDK if anyone posted here but here:

Damsel in-game model.

What's the deal with her humongous, dislocated, swollen jaw? She looks like she's giving a ghost some invisible head.

Also:

 

[Ontopoly]

VS

(I miss Troika Games... R.I.P)

She looks fine to me tbh. You guys are such whiners. Like omg, omg, they are going to make a sequel to the best RPG ever but they changed art direction slightly so now it is shiiiiit!

 

[Kalin]

Joined: Yesterday

 

[Cat Dude]

Damsel 2004:

Damsel 2020:

White people always look older than their age

 

[d1r]

Damsel 2004:

Damsel 2020:

White people always look older than their age

A big to both versions.

 

[Häyhä]

More like:

Damsel 2004:

Spoiler

Damsel 2020:

 

[just]

eeew, they should put trigger warning before showing damsel new pic

 

[HansDampf]

This is exactly the reason why there shouldn't be any cameos at all.

 

[Ontopoly]

Joined: Yesterday

I'm not a shill, just a huge fan of Bloodlines and it's awesome that we will be getting the sequel soon. So hyped!

I'm serious, she looks fine and you losers are just trying to nitpick about things that aren't even there. Yeah, okay, maybe the old game had these exaggerated animations that were kickass, but the sequel is clearly going for something more realistic and it looks not just fine but awesome. You guys just whine for the sake of whining, whiners.

 

[fantadomat]

Joined: Yesterday

Clearly it is one of infinitron's larps.