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

[Vincente]

The big boobed christina hendricks look alike

She is literally in the trailer.

 

[Dodo1610]

No guns or melee weapons.

Why do undead predators use their fists, are they stupid?

 

[PulsatingBrain]

No guns or melee weapons.

Why do immortal predators use their fists, are they stupid?

Did they say no guns? Or are you just going by the trailer?

 

[GhostCow]

No guns or melee weapons.

Why do undead predators use their fists, are they stupid?

Punching things is cool. I like punching things.

 

[Vincente]

No guns or melee weapons.

Probably wanted to showcase the disciplines. Or maybe I'm too optimistic.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

All white people except for one Japanese chick and no dangerhairs. Is it wrong to suddenly feel optimistic?

Just because you hate non-white people, having only white people doesn't make a guarantee.. *look at bethesda*

 

[Ibn Sina]

The big boobed christina hendricks look alike

She is literally in the trailer.

I am 100% sure thats not her. Its a new character they created. They got rid the vast majority of characters.

 

[Vincente]

The big boobed christina hendricks look alike

She is literally in the trailer.

I am 100% sure thats not her. Its a new character they created. They got rid the vast majority of characters.

In the live action game they mentioned that Lou lives in Glacial Hotel. That's the name of the Christina Hendricks look alike.

 

[Moink]

All white people except for one Japanese chick and no dangerhairs. Is it wrong to suddenly feel optimistic?

Its a UK based studio. Based in London. Means wokeness taken to another dimension. They removed the two seductress characters from the previous iterations. The big boobed christina hendricks look alike and the turkish vixen in the club. I think this will end up even more woke max than the hardsuit version lol.

Worse than that actually, based in Brighton which is basically a giant homosexual ghetto.

 

[BlackheartXIII]

Here Sarah Longthorne the assigned senior narrative designer on VTMB2 resume: https://sarahlongthorne.com/about

UNANNOUNCED PROJECT​

• Acted as lead writer on crit path content, including cutscenes, branching conversations, ambient VO and more
• Designed dialogue systems and branching architecture
• Collaborated with design on the conceptualisation of optional and side content
• Worked closely with other teams (especially Level Design), the Principle Narrative Designer and the Creative Director to bring our story to life in a way that makes the best, most immersive and impactful use of the medium
• Iterated on feedback from the Creative Director, the wider team, external stakeholders and sensitivity readers, and provided feedback to other team members
• Provided feedback and direction to voice actors in the booth

 

[Abu Antar]

I do think the trailer misses the Vampire mark, but combat looked better than what Bloodlines 2 1.0 showed.

 

[Rahdulan]

Three-way struggle? Elder? Set in Seattle? That sounds disturbingly like Swansong. At least it's alive even though I have little hope for the studio making it.

 

[leino]

Looks nice enough but maybe that's the problem, it's kinda missing that grindhouse feel as someone called it from the original Bloodlines

 

[Vincente]

Three-way struggle? Elder?

Sounds more like Troika Bloodlines.

 

[Ismaul]

Yeah, combat looks better, the studio might be technically more competent, but aside from that, it doesn't look like Bloodlines 2 at all.

Bloodlines was irreverential in both its looks, themes and music, this looks and sounds operatic, some self-indulgent posh larp bullshit.

And people will lap it up. I think we have a worst case scenario on our hands here.

 

[Wesp5]

An awakened Elder? I don't remember that from Swansong. It sounds rather similar to Bloodlines, except there he wasn't supposed to be awakened.
Also they kept the Nosferatu model, so hopes are high they kept other content too! Who is the lady shown first? The new Prince instead of Cross?
From the haircut and the namedrop, the second could be Lou Grand and it seems they copy the close-combat-approach of HSL, what a shame!

 

[SpaceWizardz]

it's kinda missing that grindhouse feel as someone called it from the original Bloodlines

And that's a good thing.
Bloodlines was at it's best when it was dreary, not schlocky.

 

[Roguey]

Oh hey actual details about the story. https://www.pcgamer.com/vampire-the...different-gameplay-mechanics-and-rpg-systems/

The Chinese Room has kept Bloodlines 2's initial planned setting of Seattle, and while Greaney noted that they "have been able to reuse a significant amount of art and level design" from Hardsuit's project, Skidmore was quick to clarify that The Chinese Room is using "a new code base with different gameplay mechanics and RPG systems." Bloodlines 2 is also still set at yuletide, but is now in the grips of a historic snowstorm, and Bloodlines 2's new trailer and concept art remind me of the OG Max Payne's grimy, modern NYC Ragnarök.

We're also getting a completely different sort of protagonist than Hardsuit Labs had planned. Bloodlines 2 was to originally star a recently-turned "thin blood" vampire. In World of Darkness rules, older is better, and the legendary bloodlines of Antediluvian vampire patriarchs have diluted over the millennia⁠—they just don't make new-gen vamps like they used to.

"We don't want it to be just a sort of poor homage or pastiche of Bloodlines 1. We want it to be its own thing," Skidmore explained. "We're not doing what Bloodlines 1 did, which is a traditional RPG game start: the very first day you're a vampire. The actual character you are has been a vampire for quite a while. And that was to create something different from Bloodlines to give a different experience."

Bloodlines 2 will now star an "Elder" vampire awoken from an indeterminate torpor (read: long-ass vampire nap), and going off old Vampire: The Masquerade rules, you get Elder status after 300 years of undeath. Since Bloodlines 1's days, a joint Vatican-global intelligence "Second Inquisition" has hit the vampire underground hard, culling its ranks. An ancient, supremely powerful big boy vampire waking up in Seattle is a bit of an event.

Skidmore seems keen on striking a balance between having this ancient be an established character, and letting the player sketch out their vamp of choice: "You have enough that you can fill in the character a bit as you go and roleplay, but they're also an established thing that you understand as aspirational."

"Eat shit, Brian 'thinblood' Mitsoda" - The Chinese Room

 

[RagingNomad]

I dunno but in this moment (https://youtu.be/D6b6LGubq6I?t=29) man looks like a Bazory from Swansong

 

[Spacer's Nugget]

I need to see more, but so far it's an overall improvement to what we had with Hardsuit Labs.

What's their stance on fireweapons? Is it one of the playstyles available? Are there other monsters and creatures to fight besides humanoids? How well does NPCs react and emote during conversations? Is the writing decent enough? How much does it branches (meaningfully)?

 

[Ibn Sina]

If you play as an Elder, how will they balance this shit? 300 year old vampire, won't you be able to wipe out everyone in the city?

 

[Dodo1610]

Hope stealth is still viable, you could avoid a ton of combat in the first one.

 

[Wesp5]

Seems to be to be the same result in the end. What I have seen from the Thinbloods of HSL BL2 they were more powerful than normal vampires too! Also don't forget how overpowered the player ends up in Bloodlines. Is this really a good thing to already start off that strong? Also how would an Elder react to the modern world?

 

[Vincente]

Playing as an Elder amidst licks was cool in Redemption. Hope it gives a similar feeling.

 

[Ismaul]

it's kinda missing that grindhouse feel as someone called it from the original Bloodlines

And that's a good thing.
Bloodlines was at it's best when it was dreary, not schlocky.

It was both melancholic and irreverent in tone, this trailer is none.

In fact, it feels like nuBloodlines would fit nicely with auto-tune modern rap.