World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong - narrative RPG from The Council devs - now on Steam

[Infinitron]

reminds me of some telltale game

If you haven't played The Council, you won't get what this game is supposed to be. Basically smarter Telltale with skill checks and resource management.

Will the writing suddenly turn bad? We'll see...

 

[Rahdulan]

Sorry Codex, for the first trailer they went with the protagonist whose haircut you won't like:

They call her a seer, prophet, or harbinger. But Leysha is far more than the titles bestowed upon her. Caught in the middle of a web of complex relationships spinning around her, she wants nothing more than to protect her daughter, no matter the cost.

Swept up in the whirlwind of events following an attack on Boston's Vampiric Society, Leysha is one of the 3 main characters whose actions will define the fate of Boston in Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong, coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC and Nintendo Switch.

Maybe it's a just the cinematic choice, but something about this art style makes the characters look really unappealing. In case of the Council I'd attribute it more to models not striving for realism and instead going for exaggerated look on purpose. Swansong just looks... off-puttingly uncanny, I guess.

 

[Comrade Goby]

Yeah I think the Council devs needed another game to level up their tech before tackling something like this properly. Still have some hope for it though

 

[Zombra]

Sorry Codex, for the first trailer they went with the protagonist whose haircut you won't like.

It's not the haircut I mind, it's this:

Vampire: Swansong is a riveting, darkly complex tale about a woman's transformation into something no longer human. Upon gaining the great powers of the supernatural, she can now indulge her lusts and hungers without guilt or fear of punishment, if only she can keep her secret from the light. But what does it mean to give oneself over to one's greatest temptations? To think of those around you, whom you once respected and even loved, as mere food, toys, or pets at best? Is there a road back to warmth and humanity, or must such narcissism ultimately lead to one's destruction?

Vampire: Swansong. You are Mommy! Somewhere, your baby is crying! Mommy find baby, make better! Relatable!

 

[Vincente]

Vampire: Swansong. You are Mommy! Somewhere, your baby is crying! Mommy find baby, make better! Relatable!

Maybe the girl is not even her daughter but just some random thing she imagined, you don't know with Malks, I'd expect some sort of twist.

 

[Zombra]

Maybe the girl is not even her daughter but just some random thing she imagined, you don't know with Malks, I'd expect some sort of twist.

Could be. Probably, actually, if the writing in The Council is anything to go by. Still pisses me off that the marketing is tilting towards summer movie levels of emotional denominator.
One woman! Who will do anything to reunite with her daughter!
"All I want is my little girl!"
2022! Swansong! Mommy's home!

 

[Jason Liang]

It looks like WOD Photopia in 2021.

 

[Hirato]

Trailer gives me serious Life is Strange vibes, which to me is not a good thing.

 

[J1M]

Vampire: Swansong. You are Mommy! Somewhere, your baby is crying! Mommy find baby, make better! Relatable!

Maybe the girl is not even her daughter but just some random thing she imagined, you don't know with Malks, I'd expect some sort of twist.

She is older than the game leads on and her daughter will be old when she finds out she is her own daughter, 10/10 the schindler's list of our time.
-kotaku

 

[Vincente]

Vampire: Swansong. You are Mommy! Somewhere, your baby is crying! Mommy find baby, make better! Relatable!

Maybe the girl is not even her daughter but just some random thing she imagined, you don't know with Malks, I'd expect some sort of twist.

She is older than the game leads on and her daughter will be old when she finds out she is her own daughter, 10/10 the schindler's list of our time.
-kotaku

I know youre punching at Fallout 4, but I was thinking something like ''There is no daughter, her daughter is actually herself when she was younger'', kind of like Therese and Jeanette.

 

[cyborgboy95]

I'm very into The Council's diaglogue choices but suck at puzzles (and reading the solutions online isn't fun for me). Does anyone know will this game be puzzles-centric like The Council?

 

[Zombra]

I'm very into The Council's diaglogue choices but suck at puzzles (and reading the solutions online isn't fun for me). Does anyone know will this game be puzzles-centric like The Council?

Unknown, but I hope so. Good dialogue is a treasure to be sure, but a real intellectual challenge, demanding not just pattern recognition but actual reading comprehension and critical thinking, is a pearl without price. I demand more from this than well-written dialogue trees.

 

[J1M]

Vampire: Swansong. You are Mommy! Somewhere, your baby is crying! Mommy find baby, make better! Relatable!

Maybe the girl is not even her daughter but just some random thing she imagined, you don't know with Malks, I'd expect some sort of twist.

She is older than the game leads on and her daughter will be old when she finds out she is her own daughter, 10/10 the schindler's list of our time.
-kotaku

I know youre punching at Fallout 4, but I was thinking something like ''There is no daughter, her daughter is actually herself when she was younger'', kind of like Therese and Jeanette.

There's a Fallout 3?

 

[Delterius]

Vampire: Swansong. You are Mommy! Somewhere, your baby is crying! Mommy find baby, make better! Relatable!

Maybe the girl is not even her daughter but just some random thing she imagined, you don't know with Malks, I'd expect some sort of twist.

She is older than the game leads on and her daughter will be old when she finds out she is her own daughter, 10/10 the schindler's list of our time.
-kotaku

I know youre punching at Fallout 4, but I was thinking something like ''There is no daughter, her daughter is actually herself when she was younger'', kind of like Therese and Jeanette.

There's a Fallout 3?

there's been like 76 fallouts already

 

[Jenkem]

the game is EGS exclusive which gives it a full year or whatever to fix the game up to normal standards

 

[Infinitron]

I wish they showed the Ventrue character instead.

Looks like we might be getting that on July 6th:

 

[Leorgrium]

Power, wealth, immortality, at one point or another, Galeb has had it all. He's traveled the world, amassed a fortune, and established himself as one of the oldest and most feared Vampires in the city of Boston. And yet, he's left wanting, grasping for something he's lost. Or perhaps something that was never there to begin with.

Galeb is one of the 3 playable characters whose intertwined stories will decide the fate of Boston in Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong, coming in 2022 to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

 

[Infinitron]

There's some actual gameplay at the end. Yep, it's like The Council. Coming February 2022.

 

[Vincente]

This one actually looked cool.

 

[Child of Malkav]

I liked the Council but I'm skeptical about this game. Can we choose which clan we play as, at least? Any info on powers and stuff?

 

[Infinitron]

I liked the Council but I'm skeptical about this game. Can we choose which clan we play as, at least? Any info on powers and stuff?

It's a multiple protagonist story with three vampires - Malkavian, Ventrue and Toreador. I'm guessing the game's acts will alternate between them.

IIRC they talked a bit about powers here: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...vs-coming-february.127595/page-4#post-6816102

 

[vortex]

As I understand you won't be able to freely play the game with powers but use them in dialogue.

 

[Murk]

Is new world of darkness more... uhh comic book looking? It seems less gritty in its edgy-darkness.

Not a fan of the look/vibe so far, but without any decent gameplay to reference hard to read anything into it.

 

[Rahdulan]

So they're saving the best for last, I see.

 

[Xelocix]

So they're saving the best for last, I see.

Oh yes, very sexy...