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

[Space Nugget]

My HYPE score for the March 21st event:


- The game is a linear action-driven RPG-lite; the writing efforts are lead by Martin Ericsson and the game features online "social" elements.

- The game is a linear action-driven RPG-lite; "Brian Mitsoda" and "Chris Avellone" are name-dropped a couple of times.

- The game sounds somewhat promissing; they cut the stream short to show a closed-doors demo to the attendees (DOOM 2016 style).

- They say all the/many right things*; there's a short trailer to set the tone.

- They say all the/many right things; someone walks up to the stage and walk us through a gameplay demo.

- They say all the/many right things; Brian Mitsoda walks up to the stage and walk us through a gameplay demo.

x2 - They say all the right things; they walk us through a gameplay demo; the facial animations are ACTUALLY GOOD.


* The right things = single-player, story-driven, RPG, choice & consequence, reactivity, etc.

 

[Delterius]

my hype score

- it exists

 

[HoboForEternity]

at this point, skepticism is recommended. not to blindly hate, no, just healthy skepticism.

 

[RegionalHobo]

if this is anything better than vampyr, it s a positive surprise for me

 

[Delterius]

if this is anything better than vampyr, it s a positive surprise for me

at this point, skepticism is recommended. not to blindly hate, no, just healthy skepticism.

Hobo Elf

we need to fulfill the trinity

 

[Space Nugget]

14 days to go, fledglings.

 

[Space Nugget]

 

[ArchAngel]

So much effort into new age marketing. I am so afraid this is going to be some crappy strategy game or maybe some card game crap lol :D

 

[Space Nugget]

So much effort into new age marketing. I am so afraid this is going to be some crappy strategy game or maybe some card game crap lol :D

 

[FreeKaner]

There is absolutely no fucking way this will be any good. CK2 will probably end up being better vampire RPG than this.

 

[Tavernking]

There is absolutely no fucking way this will be any good. CK2 will probably end up being better vampire RPG than this.

Crusader Kings 2?

 

[FreeKaner]

There is absolutely no fucking way this will be any good. CK2 will probably end up being better vampire RPG than this.

Crusader Kings 2?

Yes.

 

[Lacrymas]

I'm with FreeKaner on this one. There are just too many ways they can completely ruin it and hoping they will avoid every one of them is naive.

 

[FreeKaner]

First of all Paradox is a garbage milking company that pushes their grand strategy DLC policy to their other games. So expect things like portrait pack DLC, music DLC, companion DLC etc. if this game is even remotely successful, they'll milk it until its corpse is dry. Second of all the studio that is making this has only one, moderately successful multiplayer FPS and no previous experience with writing or RPG narrative design. Expecting this to be good is beyond optimistic, it's borderline delusional. Even if all of the team and all their new hires are extremely passionate about VTM and even if the direction Paradox is giving is a great one this would be at its best a linear, story-focused and action-oriented "RPG" with ok narrative design and overall boring mechanics and vision. So basically whatever is coming out will be Deus Ex: Human Revolution grade and that's at its best.

Hell, If it's better than vampyr and less boring, I'll play it, it's VTM after all the setting is intrinsically interesting but don't set up yourselves for crushed dreams, because dreams will be crushed.

 

[Storyfag]

if this game is even remotely successful, they'll drain it until its corpse is dry.

fix'd

 

[Delterius]

First of all Paradox is a garbage milking company that pushes their grand strategy DLC policy to their other games.

so what you are sayin' is neverending wod games

YES!

 

[Space Nugget]

Expecting this to be good is beyond optimistic, it's borderline delusional.

So basically whatever is coming out will be Deus Ex: Human Revolution grade and that's at its best.

 

[FreeKaner]

Expecting this to be good is beyond optimistic, it's borderline delusional.

So basically whatever is coming out will be Deus Ex: Human Revolution grade and that's at its best.

I.E not good. Unless you consider Deus Ex:HR to be a good game in which case I don't know what to say.

 

[Space Nugget]

I.E not good. Unless you consider Deus Ex:HR to be a good game in which case I don't know what to say.

https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=9453

#56

 

[FreeKaner]

I.E not good. Unless you consider Deus Ex:HR to be a good game in which case I don't know what to say.

https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=9453

#56

That list has dragon age origins at 33#, DARK FUCKING SOULS at 14# (what a RPG) and BG2 above Arcanum, I don't know what braindead boomers with nostalgia glasses are responsible for it but it has as much authority as a buzzfeed top 10 taco places article.

 

[Lacrymas]

That list only shows the weaknesses of democracy and nothing else.

 

[Space Nugget]

I.E not good. Unless you consider Deus Ex:HR to be a good game in which case I don't know what to say.

https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=9453

#56

That list has dragon age origins at 33#, DARK FUCKING SOULS at 14# (what a RPG) and BG2 above Arcanum, I don't know what braindead boomers with nostalgia glasses are responsible for it but it has as much authority as a buzzfeed top 10 taco places article.

That's the Codex Hivemind for you.

 

[FreeKaner]

DARK SOULS is apparently a better RPG than the following games:

BG1
Darklands
KOTOR 1 & 2
TOEE
Icewind Dale 1 & 2
Wizardy 6 & 7 (even though blobbers are autistic, like wtf man)
Mass Effect 1
Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2
and others that I didn't play becaue I am not 150 years old

Amazing list honestly, a thing of beauty

 

[imweasel]

The top 70 list is indeed a bit strange, to put it lightly. The sample size was too small and the voting method was far from optimal, but that is a topic for another thread.

 

[HoboForEternity]

There is absolutely no fucking way this will be any good. CK2 will probably end up being better vampire RPG than this.

Crusader Kings 2?

Yes.

i havent played ck2 since 2016. It has vampire dlc now?