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

[RagingNomad]

 

[Tyranicon]

God stop making these fucking video dev diaries. Nobody wants to watch a goddamn video with talking heads to comb through whatever details that may or not make it into the game.

This is not an auteur, single-dev project where that kind of stuff matters. Also, associate art director and concept artist? Really? That's who you get, not the fucking writers or combat designers?

Post either text blogs, or unadulterated block of gameplay.

FFS YOUR MARKETING SUCKS.

Me whenever these guys post something

 

[La vie sexuelle]

More like a self-entitled dangerhair cosplayer with a face that tells you that you already owe her something.

He looks like the central character of every school drama... hey!

Nothing interesting came up in the conversation itself, but I did notice one thing - how do you cram four white guys into a marketing video conference without losing ESG?

Let one be he/they.

 

[Konjad]

Hello, I come from the future and I give it a solid 3/10 - great audiovisuals, boring gameplay, terrible writing and generic quests. Better than Starfield though.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Hello, I come from the future and I give it a solid 3/10 - great audiovisuals, boring gameplay, terrible writing and generic quests. Better than Starfield though.

What with bugs? WHAT WITH BUGS!?

 

[Konjad]

Hello, I come from the future and I give it a solid 3/10 - great audiovisuals, boring gameplay, terrible writing and generic quests. Better than Starfield though.

What with bugs? WHAT WITH BUGS!?

All will be patched, devs promise, just wait a year like with Cyberprank and any modern game.

 

[Delterius]

This is a Wesp addition. I don't know if it's yet another one of his fan fics or cut content or the reasons for it being cut if that was the case, but it wasn't in the game Troika shipped.

The fact that Wesp could seamlessly add a backstory system to Bloodlines' CC is a point in it's favor if anything.

There's a reason why we refer to the BL1 protagonist as the fledgling or the neonate. It's the same reason why BL2's marketing used to speak of 'your Elder', and now speaks about 'your Phyre'.

 

[Wesp5]

This is a Wesp addition. I don't know if it's yet another one of his fan fics or cut content or the reasons for it being cut if that was the case, but it wasn't in the game Troika shipped.

The fact that Wesp could seamlessly add a backstory system to Bloodlines' CC is a point in it's favor if anything.

Just to clear this up, the histories were already working and could be enabled by a config variable. Some were missing and some were broken which I fixed, but my guess at why Troika didn't enable them is that you could cheat your stats by switching between histories over and over. I coudn't fix that issue either, but I made Jack comment of it which might have not been enough for an official patch !

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Hello, I come from the future and I give it a solid 3/10 - great audiovisuals, boring gameplay, terrible writing and generic quests. Better than Starfield though.

What with bugs? WHAT WITH BUGS!?

All will be patched, devs promise, just wait a year like with Cyberprank and any modern game.

I feel reassured. In marketing we trust.

 

[Caim]

God stop making these fucking video dev diaries. Nobody wants to watch a goddamn video with talking heads to comb through whatever details that may or not make it into the game.

This is not an auteur, single-dev project where that kind of stuff matters. Also, associate art director and concept artist? Really? That's who you get, not the fucking writers or combat designers?

Post either text blogs, or unadulterated block of gameplay.

FFS YOUR MARKETING SUCKS.

Me whenever these guys post something

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Look at it from this perspective: these people are your competition.

 

[Tyranicon]

Look at it from this perspective: these people are your competition.

What competition?

Competing with modern gamedevs when you're even halfway competent is easy.

Once I get a bigger budget I'm going to fuck this entire industry in the ass.

 

[normie]

This is a Wesp addition. I don't know if it's yet another one of his fan fics or cut content or the reasons for it being cut if that was the case, but it wasn't in the game Troika shipped.

The fact that Wesp could seamlessly add a backstory system to Bloodlines' CC is a point in it's favor if anything.

Just to clear this up, the histories were already working and could be enabled by a config variable. Some were missing and some were broken which I fixed, but my guess at why Troika didn't enable them is that you could cheat your stats by switching between histories over and over. I coudn't fix that issue either, but I made Jack comment of it which might have not been enough for an official patch !

went with a malkavian occultist expecting the pearl to bring me to 4 charisma dots, but the damn history just straight limits it to 3

 

[La vie sexuelle]

There will be no Malkavians. The concept of this clan denies neurodiversity.

 

[HansDampf]

There will be no Malkavians. The concept of this clan denies neurodiversity.

DLC, obviously.

 

[negator2vc]

Malkavians in their stupid eyes mock people with mental health issues so I would be surprised that there wouldn't be
available to the player.

 

[Infinitron]

God stop making these fucking video dev diaries. Nobody wants to watch a goddamn video with talking heads to comb through whatever details that may or not make it into the game.

This is not an auteur, single-dev project where that kind of stuff matters. Also, associate art director and concept artist? Really? That's who you get, not the fucking writers or combat designers?

Post either text blogs, or unadulterated block of gameplay.

FFS YOUR MARKETING SUCKS.

Me whenever these guys post something

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https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/...-bloodlines-2/news/video-diary-atmosphere-art

Video Diary #1 - Atmosphere and Art​

Good evening Kindred,

This week, as mentioned in our last dev diary, we’re bringing you our first video recap. Straight from The Chinese Room and their Community Manager Josh Matthews, you’ll hear from earlier dev diary authors Michele Nucera (Senior Concept Artist), Alex Skidmore (Project Creative Director) and Ben Matthews (Associate Art Director). In this recap, they’ll summarize their individual diaries, share additional thoughts and answer fan questions.

What's Next​

We’ll be back with the next dev diary in two weeks and we’re looking forward to our third clan reveal at PC Gamer Show: Most Wanted.

 

[ColaWerewolf]

The smartest thing Paradox can do is release HSL's vtmb2 as a free download for anybody who purchases TCR's vtmb2. There is no reason not to release it. Just change the name to VtM: Redacted and claim it's a Malkavian methuselah's fever dream.

If they don't do this they are retarded, because the fans will turn Hardsuit into a martyr.

 

[Fedora Master]

If they don't do this they are retarded

Who do you think you're dealing with

 

[Storyfag]

Malkavians in their stupid eyes mock people with mental health issues so I would be surprised that there wouldn't be
available to the player.

That was Hardsuit. We've no idea about TCR's views on this matter.

 

[negator2vc]

Malkavians in their stupid eyes mock people with mental health issues so I would be surprised that there wouldn't be
available to the player.

That was Hardsuit. We've no idea about TCR's views on this matter.

judging by the latest reveals their views don't look that different

 

[sosmoflux]

If they don't do this they are retarded

Who do you think you're dealing with

They named the main character Phyre
They made them a voiced protagonist
They went with third person character conversations
They thought all of this would play well

They are retarded

 

[Storyfag]

Malkavians in their stupid eyes mock people with mental health issues so I would be surprised that there wouldn't be
available to the player.

That was Hardsuit. We've no idea about TCR's views on this matter.

judging by the latest reveals their views don't look that different

It is, sadly, very likely. However we still do not have any concrete evidence.

 

[Wesp5]

This is a Wesp addition. I don't know if it's yet another one of his fan fics or cut content or the reasons for it being cut if that was the case, but it wasn't in the game Troika shipped.

The fact that Wesp could seamlessly add a backstory system to Bloodlines' CC is a point in it's favor if anything.

Just to clear this up, the histories were already working and could be enabled by a config variable. Some were missing and some were broken which I fixed, but my guess at why Troika didn't enable them is that you could cheat your stats by switching between histories over and over. I coudn't fix that issue either, but I made Jack comment of it which might have not been enough for an official patch !

went with a malkavian occultist expecting the pearl to bring me to 4 charisma dots, but the damn history just straight limits it to 3

Some of the limitations are hard-coded and there is nothing I can do about it...

 

[Wesp5]

The smartest thing Paradox can do is release HSL's vtmb2 as a free download for anybody who purchases TCR's vtmb2. There is no reason not to release it. Just change the name to VtM: Redacted and claim it's a Malkavian methuselah's fever dream.

And what if the HSL version is more liked by the fans than their own ?

 

[Kev Inkline]

The smartest thing Paradox can do is release HSL's vtmb2 as a free download for anybody who purchases TCR's vtmb2. There is no reason not to release it. Just change the name to VtM: Redacted and claim it's a Malkavian methuselah's fever dream.

And what if the HSL version is more liked by the fans than their own ?