Excellent news, individuals who had been round in 2004, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has lastly given you and the remainder of us a correct have a look at what its gameplay appears to be like like.
After it was initially introduced again in 2019 and reannounced at PAX final 12 months, individuals who’ve been ready for a sequel to Troika Video games’s traditional RPG about darkish and gritty vampires doing darkish and gritty issues in darkish and gritty Los Angeles have been chomping on the bit to see extra of what The Chinese language Room has been cooking. The reply is vampires, in case you had been questioning.
You will get a search for your self at what you’ll be in for whenever you fireplace the sport up within the trailer and prolonged gameplay reveal that’ve simply dropped through the official World of Darkness YouTube channel, which surprisingly isn’t devoted to My Chemical Romance fancams. Should you’re searching for large takeaways, the decision from our resident enjoyer of the unique VTMB, guides author Rebecca, is roughly as follows.
The fight that’s been proven off appears to be like “fairly good”, particularly given The Chinese language Room doesn’t have a historical past of manufacturing motion video games, and it’s necessary to recollect the unique Bloodlines’ fight was susceptible to being fairly janky. That stated, for a lot of followers, the query will probably be extra about whether or not this sequel can seize what made the social stealth, world constructing and roleplaying components so beloved, one thing which is difficult to know for positive till individuals are really taking part in it.
What it does seem like is that these praying for one thing that’s mainly a complete throwback to the primary recreation, however given a contemporary coat of paint so it really works and appears good on the newest {hardware}, may find yourself a bit disenchanted. Nevertheless, in case you’re up for one thing that appears to attract a whole lot of inspiration from the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong, you may be in for a deal with.
Oh, and Jim Trinca joked concerning the authentic being crap, however has since claimed he doesn’t significantly consider that.
One other factor the trailer options is a few chat from the sport’s Cyberpunk-esque fully-voiced protagonist, which we additionally obtained a style of in November final 12 months.
