Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2

这不是bloodlines这是步行模拟器

AAaaaaah...what can I say? Been playing Vampire The Masquerade since the 90s. Love the universe. Really loved Bloodlines 1, back in the days. Wanted to like this one...even if it is not really a followup. But everything is wrong. Technically, it is not optimized and the performances are horrendous. I could say the same for lots of PC games getting out these days. I remember when Atari 2600 was getting out games that actually ran on small cartridges with couple of KB of memories. It is still possible today to get a game out that runs smoothly, even on an old rig. Just a question of investing a minimum of time in QUALITY! Now, I understand that the development of this game was cahotic to say the least. And the pubisher wanted this out on the market as soon as possible to stop the money bleed. Still, a little respect to your customers, would go a long way to ensure that they are RETURNING customers. Again, these days, happy returning customers, does not seem to be a priority. So you can imagine a game that relies principally on combat, that offers horrible performances, that's not gonna be pretty! The experience is horrible. If we could resolve the story without violence, that would be a little bit better. All these skills that exist in VtM that could allow that are just useless in that setting. Forget about obfuscate, dominate, presence, etc. No matter which clan you'll choose, it will feel like a Brujah. Nothing against that, but a little variety would help! About the story. Clearly written by a 12 years old that plays with action figures in his basement. The characters suck (not even blood, mind you)! Their dialogs are stupid. And what you can choose as dialog options...oh boy...that is infuriating. So you are an elder that comes back from torpor after 100 years sleep. Everybody knows you by reputation. They are all younger than you. And they constantly treat you as a piece of garbage! Frankly, I would expect the Prince to just bow down to the player's character. But no, you get treated like ♥♥♥♥ all the time. And whenever you try to put back in place the idiots talking to you, you get in trouble. I mean, where to start... This does not make sense in VtM, at all! Especially in the Camarilla!!!! It's all about that freaking respect for your elders, all the time! The intrigue : you got to figure out who got you back from torpor and carved symbols in your skin. You have a Malkavian stuck in your head that thinks that he is Humphrey Boggart. Well, that part is pretty much the only thing interesting in all that. Anyway, to resolve that, you will have to get bent in front of other younger vampires that do not respect you. You will have to fight all the time for no reason other than, the game design is pretty much a "beat em up" with horrible performances. Did I mention the bad performances? Bad, horrible, terrible, horrendeous performances. Anyway, do not buy that. I tried to get a refund, but since I waited more than 2 weeks to even try the game, Steam refused. What can I say? Next time, do not buy games during sales thinking "I'll try it later"... Cannot believe this game. What were they thinking?! Why couldn't they hire good writers and game designers?! And why did I wasted time on that?! Oh yeah, I love the VtM universe...

I just finished my first playthrough - as a Tremere - and I found the game very enjoyable. The main story was well-crafted with plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing. The main host characters were interesting and multilayered, and the discipline usage felt nice. Now, be aware that this is not a fully open world game - it is a narrative-driven progression with very little in the way of side quests (aside the repeatable ones from clan representatives). For the lore purists: like in Bloodlines, various accomodations and compromises have been made to the rulebook and the game is slightly less varied (though graphically better, of course); it only has one location map (downtown Seattle) and none of the other members of the WOD tenants (Mages, Werewolves, Ghosts) make it in game outside the occasional reference in conversation. Given all the negative reviews I thought this game was a lot less than it turned out to be, but - fair is fair - I did wait for a sizable discount to purchase it. The pull price (at time of writing) is indeed too much for a game this size.

Not an RPG

в сиэтл собирается приехать старейшина фаир. принц рён инструктирует сафийю и толли: - что бы ни случилось делайте вид что так и должно быть. фаир приехала осматривается. вдруг в одном из клубов начинается резня. толли радостно посмотрев на часы: - десять тридцать пять. точно по графику.

Oh what could have been! This game is under-baked and soulless. The combat was initially fun but very repetitive with very little enemy variety. Story was passible but completely linear and some of Fabians tasks in particular were rather disrespectful of your time. The side-quests are removing graffiti or carrying packages. The characters were dull and one-note. The atmosphere is utterly non-existent. I think there's a reason why so many screen shots just Phyre in different outfits because there's precious little else to show.

My feelings were somewhat indifferent towards the game but now I completely hate it after the recent updates. Some elements were great like being able to wield a weapon but they cancelled out any positive by locking side quests to particular clans!? The game is already threadbare and they now force you to play as clan X to get some of the extra content- I seriously feel like the developers of this game are completely incompetent. It’s all good locking content to X player type when a game is content rich but this one was already hollow- way to completely screw over the players. Will definitely be avoiding Paradox & Chinese Room games in the future.

As avaliações negativas que falam que o jogo é ruim são um tanto quanto emocionadas. Quase deixei de comprar por conta delas e o jogo é bem bacana. Sempre fui um fã do RPG de mesa do Vampiro A Mascara e também do Mundo das Trevas, isso pode influenciar pois me gera bastante nostalgia. O jogo te dá a opção de seguir vários fluxos de histórias e jogar com vários clãs diferentes, te gerando a possibilidade de ver vários finais possíveis com tramas diferentes. O combate é mediano mas nada que deixe a desejar. O mapa é pequeno porém existe uma certa liberdade para explorar ele. Não compensa comprar com o preço cheio porém em uma promoção é super válido.

Это лучшее, что могло произойти с игрой после всего того ада, с которым ей пришлось столкнуться. минусов ровно два - цена великовата и не стоило давать приписку Bloodlines, дабы людей не путать. Но на скидках брать жизненно необходимо, особенно, если цените великолепный сюжет, персонажей, флоу-адреналиновую боёвку, требующую навыка, и неповторимую атмосферу. Отличный саундтрек - прилагается. Chinese Room сделали что-то, не поддающееся законам мироздания. За это им моё отдельное уважение! С ДЛС всё ровно так же. Разве что они коротковаты, к моему глубочайшему сожалению. P.S. Время прохождения - не актуально, ибо изначально были сомнения, но как только они развеялись, счётчик запустился.

Wow this game is a SLOG. I love the first Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines game and I think it's totally fair to judge this game in comparison to the the first game. I will start with the positives. The music team absolutely nailed the vibe of what I would want to hear in a VTMB game. The visuals are great, and optimization is pretty solid. Now for the BAD. The story just is not interesting. The "side missions" are just "hey go here and kill some guys". Combat is jank and you will constantly lose track of who you're fighting and you will get ganged up on. The city lacks absolutely any form of of visual variety and pair that with the tiny map, you get an extremely boring and tiny hub world. Also why is it ALWAYS snowing? Seattle should be raining or something but it always snowing makes it impossible to get your bearings, especially since all the buildings outside chinatown look the same. This game is, frankly, an embarrassment. The chinese room was NOT the devs to pick for this game but at least they tried their best adding actual melee and gun combat but unfortunately it's lackluster and frustrating and the game overall just isn't that interesting to play. Genuine shame they got rid of Hardsuit and Chris Avellone because I'm sure it would've been leagues better than this.