World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 - VTMB sequel from The Chinese Room - coming early 2025

[Jason Liang]

I am bored and have no rpgs to play because this game isn't out yet.

 

[Tyranicon]

I dont mean to rake TCR even more over the coals, but jesus fucking christ they can't even write their own goddamn dev diary without Chat GPT.

Like wtf dudes.

In the ever-evolving world of video game development, staying at the cutting edge is a continuous pursuit. With the release of Unreal Engine 5, the landscape has shifted dramatically, presenting game developers with an array of groundbreaking technologies and tools.

Just fuck off already and do your fucking job.

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I was like, no way a human wrote that. And I was right.

 

[Ivan]

Blood West is a good time

 

[Lawful Pacific]

Does TCR version still have guns?

 

[Roguey]

Does TCR version still have guns?

We'll find out next month (maybe).

 

[La vie sexuelle]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

They are. So imagine how amateurish a company would have to be to ruin them.

 

[Semiurge]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

They are. So imagine how amateurish a company would have to be to ruin them.

I don't have to.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

They are. So imagine how amateurish a company would have to be to ruin them.

I don't have to.

Heh. Just like in new Batman's comics:

 

[Semiurge]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

They are. So imagine how amateurish a company would have to be to ruin them.

I don't have to.

Heh. Just like in new Batman's comics:

The Brujah-Phyre looks like a trans-man or one of those non-binaries. You know, those who are considered "cool" these days.

 

[Fedora Master]

This is what you get for obsessing over a dead horse.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

This is what you get for obsessing over a dead horse.

This is what Fedora Master get for obsessing over a dead horse.

 

[NecroLord]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

The Dark Ages Brujah warrior scholars were far more interesting and cool.

 

[J1M]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

The Dark Ages Brujah warrior scholars were far more interesting and cool.

Did they die out or lose IQ?

 

[NecroLord]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

The Dark Ages Brujah warrior scholars were far more interesting and cool.

Did they die out or lose IQ?

After Carthage was glassed by the Ventrue, Brujah went downhill and lost it.
Or so they say...

 

[Herumor]

Did they die out or lose IQ?

They were just as deluded and retarded as modern nights Brujah, they just had better fashion sense.

Muh Carthage.

 

[Semiurge]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

The Dark Ages Brujah warrior scholars were far more interesting and cool.

Did they die out or lose IQ?

All clans go downhill as the centuries pass, just as kine do. Hand in hand.

 

[Storyfag]

If the brujah clan will be implemented at least average

Brujah are boring.

The Dark Ages Brujah warrior scholars were far more interesting and cool.

Did they die out or lose IQ?

All clans go downhill as the centuries pass, just as kine do. Hand in hand.

The Decline touches all.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

The fall of the Clans is an allegory of the white man's culture decline .

 

[RagingNomad]

Next week we will see another dev diary: "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 comes back with dev diaries next week, with the latest one last year covering moving from Unreal Engine 4 to 5 and usage of Lumen to make dynamic lights in the game. Reminder that this month we are also showing extended gameplay video, so stay tuned!"

 

[Fedora Master]

The fall of the Clans is an allegory of the white man's culture decline .

The Stranger letting his blood drip into the mass grave he made only to create the Baali? Actually about Colonialism and its consequences.

 

[Herumor]

extended gameplay video

30 seconds long instead of the usual 15.

 

[Roguey]

Dev diary on scripting, I suppose a handful of people might find it interesting https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/...e-bloodlines-2/news/mission-scripting-and-ink

Next dev diary in two weeks, the gameplay video "coming later this month." I imagine much later and that's probably for the best.

 

[Tyranicon]

Dev diary on scripting, I suppose a handful of people might find it interesting https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/...e-bloodlines-2/news/mission-scripting-and-ink

Next dev diary in two weeks, the gameplay video "coming later this month." I imagine much later and that's probably for the best.

I'm probably in that handful but these dev diary things never say anything interesting.

Paragraphs and paragraphs of text for what amounts to:

1. Branching narratives is muh hard
2. We're using third-party software because it's so hard
3. Branches are when thing different

Wait until they find out people have been tracking branching narratives on goddamn Word and using basic triggers/switches.

At least they did release a hyper-niche Unreal plugin that maybe some people will find useful.

 

[Herumor]

Dev diary on scripting, I suppose a handful of people might find it interesting https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/...e-bloodlines-2/news/mission-scripting-and-ink

Honestly, these kinds of dev diaries seem more like they're looking for employment - like they're advertising themselves to potential employers: "See, this is what we do, so many sheets, so many things, pls hire".

It's like these people never made video games in their life before and have no idea what people who play them want to see in dev diaries. Or just plain outright don't care, but they have some kind of goalpost set by Paradox to fulfill and they just push out any sort of shit that meets the minimum criteria.

 

[Roguey]

Dev diary on scripting, I suppose a handful of people might find it interesting https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/...e-bloodlines-2/news/mission-scripting-and-ink

Honestly, these kinds of dev diaries seem more like they're looking for employment - like they're advertising themselves to potential employers: "See, this is what we do, so many sheets, so many things, pls hire".

It's like these people never made video games in their life before and have no idea what people who play them want to see in dev diaries. Or just plain outright don't care, but they have some kind of goalpost set by Paradox to fulfill and they just push out any sort of shit that meets the minimum criteria.

Yeah, contrast these diaries with the ones done for the original game:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-designer-diary-1/1100-6076954/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-designer-diary-2/1100-6083943/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-designer-diary-3/1100-6085643/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-designer-diary-4/1100-6086694/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-designer-diary-5/1100-6091931/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-designer-diary-6/1100-6095133/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-designer-diary-7/1100-6100691/

Just so sad that even Troika's developer diaries were better-done than what Paradox/TCR is doing.