Today The Chinese Room had a few interesting reveals to make about the upcoming RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, including the protagonist.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been rated by the ESRB, suggesting a release date announcement could be near. The game is set to launch in 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.
Screen Rant writes, "Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a long-awaited return to a cult classic, but one change isn't looking like a very promising shift."
If any modders are interested in working on this game, I think a clear dialogue mod will be one of the first available.
I'm disappointed. They seemed to have turned Johnny Silver-hand into a vampire. They say they are using VTM 5e rules, but there seems to be no actual roleplaying. The gameplay reveal was the same warehouse over and over again. The devs didn't try to get to know the goth community it seems nor do they have any experience beyond playing Bloodlines and even then they were not competent enough to understand what made that game great, let alone understand the TTRPG.
Paradox Interactive has released the first gameplay trailer for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 which will be using Unreal Engine 5.
Most of it is just two guys talking and a few minutes of conversation gameplay which seem the animations are out of sync with the dialog and aren't really selling the story well at all. Honestly, the talking isn't what we need, we need to see gameplay that actually is worthwhile to play.