BruceVC Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 15 hours ago, melkathi said: I just assumed it was a Sherlock Holmes short story. The Hound of Baskerville The speckled band The Chinese room Melkie what would you think if you came across a development company called " The BruceVC room ", would you make the assumption its eponymous and named after me? "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
melkathi Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 With a name like that, I would not publicly admit ever coming across that development team. What would people think of me! 4 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Keyrock Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 11 hours ago, BruceVC said: what would you think if you came across a development company called " The BruceVC room ", would you make the assumption its eponymous and named after me? I would make sure that said company at the very least took me out to a fancy dinner before it tried to romance me. 3 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
melkathi Posted September 10, 2023 Posted September 10, 2023 Read an article saying development of the new version of the game is already far along, past alpha (which should mean it is in beta), and that we'll see a gameplay trailer in January. They need 4-5 months of beta to get it to a point where gameplay is presentable for a trailer? Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Hawke64 Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2/news/welcome-to-the-chinese-room Quote While making decisions about Bloodlines 2, one constant reference is our first game pillar: “Feel like a Vampire”. Everything you do in this game should make you feel like a predator of the night. In video games, we often get to be a mighty hero fighting against the darkness. Vampires, especially as playable characters, are underrepresented. We’re building the game around the experience of doing things only a Kindred can. With non-combat gameplay, we found early on we were doing the RPG tropes: find a keycard to open a door, turn on a generator to restore power to a lift. We put in a rule that the non-combat gameplay should be about something only a vampire could do; keep it aspirational. When we were exploring combat, it started off playing like Dishonored (which we love), but that didn’t feel right for a vampire: players were very cautious and afraid of the enemies they encountered. To us, a Kindred should stalk its prey and strike fearlessly like a predator. We want to build an action experience where players feel confident, almost trolling the enemies with their disciplines. Testers use the phrase “playing with your food,” which we love and illustrates how we think a Vampire: The Masquerade ARPG should feel has come up in playthroughs. Somehow mixed messages. As a Nosferatu, I guess (played a Toreador), the experience was to hide in the sewers until no one is watching, because of the possible Masquerade violations. 3 1
Townsium Posted October 25, 2023 Posted October 25, 2023 I would like to have different options for behavior and the ability to choose my own path. 1
ShadySands Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) Welp https://www.ign.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-reveals-its-main-character-phyre-the-elder-kindred They're going the Mass Effect route of a set but customizable PC with their own background and history. Also, 4 clans in the base game with a supposed day 1 DLC adding a fifth and plans for a future sixth. I'm already down on the game so this doesn't move the needle for me. Will probably wait to see if anyone here gets it and see how they feel about it. PS, how does a thinblood end up in the head of an elder? Edited November 1, 2023 by ShadySands 1 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Hawke64 Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) On 11/1/2023 at 3:54 AM, ShadySands said: Welp https://www.ign.com/articles/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-reveals-its-main-character-phyre-the-elder-kindred They're going the Mass Effect route of a set but customizable PC with their own background and history. Also, 4 clans in the base game with a supposed day 1 DLC adding a fifth and plans for a future sixth. I'm already down on the game so this doesn't move the needle for me. Will probably wait to see if anyone here gets it and see how they feel about it. PS, how does a thinblood end up in the head of an elder? While I am not fond of voiced PCs, the render/model of the PC looks quite good/androgynous. Haven't watched the video, so just replying - I am glad to have several clans to choose from, even if it is fewer than in the original, though not so glad to have DLC or post-launch content. I guess, no Nosferatu or Malkavian, as they had the most distinct playstyles and dialogue options? Also I am curious, how the replies about the MC's history will affect this history - are the events set by the answers or predetermined? Edited November 2, 2023 by Hawke64
BruceVC Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 7 hours ago, Hawke64 said: While I am not fond of voiced PCs, the render/model of the PC looks quite good/androgynous. Haven't watched the video, so just replying - I am glad to have several clans to choose from, even if it is fewer than in the original, though not so glad to have DLC or post-launch content. I guess, no Nosferatu or Malkavian, as they had the most distinct playstyles and dialogue options? Also I am curious, how the replies about the MC's history will affect this history - are the events set by the answers or predetermined? Im still concerned about the lack of experience that TCR has with this type of massive and iconic development project. Its not like Larian because they had previous success with D:OS1&2 so I was always confident they would create the overall global success that BG3 has become I realize TCR has hired new people which is expected but if you look at the previous games they have released they not on the same scale or type as BL2 ....can anyone make me feel better about my doubts "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
melkathi Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, BruceVC said: ....can anyone make me feel better about my doubts I can try: You have very reasonable, good, quality doubts. You are not alone in your doubts. Your doubts are shared by others, even in this community. Your doubts do not make you a bad person. You may try mantras like these to help you accept your doubts: These are my doubts, There are many like them, But these ones are mine. I am at one with my doubts, That are with me on this adventure. This is me breathing. 5 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Hawke64 Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 Quote You are a vampire. You strike from the shadows and drink the blood of both mortal and vampire prey. In a gritty main narrative that includes several side missions and dialogue options, explore a dark and mysterious Venice to improve your abilities and become the most powerful vampire. Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice is a first person single player Adventure RPG set in the World of Darkness. Available on Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3 and PlayStation VR2. I thought that it was a mod for Dishonored when I first watched the trailer. Can't check how similar the gameplay is, unfortunately - no VR.
Blodhemn Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 Very boring, modern take of the first game it sounds. That they destroyed the entire story and characters that were already written by the game's original writers is both hilarious and unforgivable. Does anybody in their right might actually believe the story, characters, quests and roleplaying elements are going to be anything remotely close to the quality of the original outside of the delusional team putting this slop to market?
ShadySands Posted November 8, 2023 Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) I think I'm out Edited November 8, 2023 by ShadySands 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Bartimaeus Posted November 8, 2023 Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) now just hold on, we haven't seen her in the cheerleader outfit yet Spoiler that 1-2 seconds of gameplay sure looked a bit dishonor-y Edited November 8, 2023 by Bartimaeus 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
uuuhhii Posted November 8, 2023 Posted November 8, 2023 bring back the tall hat outfit from the first game and maybe full clown outfit too 1 1
ShadySands Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 Brujah, Tremere, Banu Haqim, and Venture are the clans that the game is shipping with if anyone cares. They sent me an email about it so that's how I know. 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Chilloutman Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 bummer, I want my Emo Lasombra catholic chicks I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
Hawke64 Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 41 minutes ago, ShadySands said: Brujah, Tremere, Banu Haqim, and Venture are the clans that the game is shipping with if anyone cares. They sent me an email about it so that's how I know. Well, if nothing else, it seems to cover the violence (melee/magic)/stealth/persuasion approaches. So, technically fine. Curious if Banu Haqim can utilise the social and stealth aspects at the same time (will there be enough skill points?).
uuuhhii Posted January 11 Posted January 11 https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/development-diary-6-mission-scripting-and-ink.1620877/ sound like game maybe years away 1
Hawke64 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I hoped that the development did not restart from zero. It sounds like it did. But the tool is interesting.
melkathi Posted January 12 Posted January 12 At least in retirement we'll have time to play this at launch. 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
melkathi Posted January 28 Posted January 28 https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2/news/visceral-immersive-combat Gameplay trailer due in January. But it is the 28th, there isn't much January left! Eh, it's Bloodlines 2, dates are just a construct. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Chilloutman Posted January 30 Posted January 30 vicera and combat - last things I care about in VtMB I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
Raithe Posted January 31 Posted January 31 1 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Hawke64 Posted February 1 Posted February 1 I've watched the 2:50 gameplay trailer. The dialogue options look disappointing, the rest seems fine. Might be fixed before release, but doubtful.
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