Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
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friketje




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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2025 17:22    Post subject:
This was to be expected tbh.
Easy pass. Hopefully Outer Worlds 2 is a bit better. At least it solves the dillema what to play.Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2025 17:36    Post subject:
headshot wrote:
My hype did not deflate Very Happy


My hype deflated a bit today Laughing





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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 00:18    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 00:19    Post subject:
pho08 wrote:
https://opencritic.com/game/19138/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2

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Did anyone expect anything else Laughing Laughing Laughing


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farne




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 00:48    Post subject:
https://x.com/GmanLives/status/1979279128521249128

Game so bad gmanshills can't even be paid to endorse it
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 05:37    Post subject:
Generic sidequests and no character progression. Damn, I was cautiously optimistic.


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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 10:55    Post subject:
farne wrote:
https://x.com/GmanLives/status/1979279128521249128

Game so bad gmanshills can't even be paid to endorse it


Yeah, I am sure he is a massive, passionate fan of RPGs and the original WoD games...

And his opinion is 'so' valued, valid and valuable.

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vurt




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 11:24    Post subject:
Why is he even replying to every person attacking him, looks so unprofessional, those replies from gman doesnt even get a lot of likes in comparison, which makes it look even worse. lol

"Purely as a followup to Bloodlines it's a massive step backwards."

I mean, no shit? What an incredible take that no one already knew like 3 years ago.
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Nodrim




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 12:10    Post subject:
The guy has proven time and time again that he's quite an idiot and quite the Bethesda shill. What did you expect?
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 18:44    Post subject:
Too bad, the combat actually looks pretty fun. Dark Messiah-like.
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 19:11    Post subject:
As much as I wish it wasn’t as poorly received as it has been and the RPG elements are non existent with illusionary choices and consequences, I’m tempted to get the game to make up my own mind. Besides that, I quite fancy a vampiric action adventure game Very Happy


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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2025 21:24    Post subject:
it has been said many times already, its just not a good follow up, but on its own it might be a 7/10 game or so.
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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Oct 2025 00:21    Post subject:
headshot wrote:
As much as I wish it wasn’t as poorly received as it has been and the RPG elements are non existent with illusionary choices and consequences, I’m tempted to get the game to make up my own mind. Besides that, I quite fancy a vampiric action adventure game Very Happy
Do it headshot.
Get the $200 collector's edition.
You know you wan it...
No, you know you need it...


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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Oct 2025 01:03    Post subject:
Erm no, that’s a waste of money lol.
I don’t do collectors editions, deluxe at best Very Happy


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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Oct 2025 01:25    Post subject:
headshot wrote:
Erm no, that’s a waste of money lol.
I don’t do collectors editions, deluxe at best Very Happy


Bought the Premium edition in 2019 for 890 Argentinian Pesos when you could still migrate to other countries on Steam. If I were to refund it I'd get 0.58€ today. Cool

On the bright side, I do have all the DLC. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 04:14    Post subject:
Mack streaming live Very Happy

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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 04:39    Post subject:
Ill give it a go after avowed, but not paying for it. Not worth it
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blackeyedboy




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 16:04    Post subject:
Gonna test the ISO.

If they had at least a BIT of respect towards the original source, something (some thing) in this MUST be good.

Right, guyse?!

...

Right?

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RIGHT!?

...

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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 18:05    Post subject:
Vampire.The.Masquerade.Bloodlines.2-RUNE


chill out man, life is beautifull...
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 18:08    Post subject:
Fast Laughing
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friketje




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 18:11    Post subject:
Only 21 gigs. Confused
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 18:41    Post subject:
Fugen wrote:
Vampire.The.Masquerade.Bloodlines.2-RUNE

same as stalker 2: "maybe in a year or two"
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 18:46    Post subject:


Mack gave it a thumbs up Very Happy



Hmm oh dear :/









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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 19:08    Post subject:
They size doesn't matter, but 21gb for a game like this tells us there is production shortages somewhere. I'm guessing cutscenes. Doesn't have to be a bad thing.
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 19:58    Post subject:
Watching some guy playing it. 1h in.

It's it's own thing. Seems fairly bland so far. There's an initial hub, but it seems barren.
It looks good, but it's just empty of things or people to interact with.

So far IMO: take Deus EX:HR/MD or a Dishonored for example.
This tries to emulate that without any real rewarding sense of the hub's full exploration (which is something I really love in those type of games), but rather railroads you towards the guided narrative.

This seems way too over-written, and the constant voice-over is just a pain after a while.

Also, the stylistic choice? Between your character and "the voice" there's a dialogue animation, that goes from your 3D model's face talking ala Deus Ex, to this:

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This shit seems choke-full of ideas that are all over the place. None of them nearly close enough to being fully baked.


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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 20:09    Post subject:
Tell me if I'm wrong, but the dialogues seem phoned in Laughing
Most exchange do not match at all.


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friketje




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 20:30    Post subject:
Uninstalled. Just not for me. It's a Vampire themed action game with a film noir kinda feel.
Nothing stands out. A lot of dialogue that doesn't realy interest me.
It's not 100% bad though. For some this will be ok.
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Oct 2025 23:31    Post subject:
For fuck sake. Why did they plant this moronic and utterly boring straight laced cop guy in our head? Talk about killing immersion from the get-go
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PostPosted: Wed, 22nd Oct 2025 02:07    Post subject:
Played about 4 hours so far.

First hour was a bit slow but it’s better than I expected and absolutely an 8/10 game in my opinion.

It has some AA jank to it but the story, characters and dialogue sucked me in, no pun intended. Not sure if I’ll do multiple playthroughs since the lack of a true RPG with choice and consequences is absent apparently and not sure if there are multiple endings so it willl probably be the same experience playing it over.

I did play the original game decades ago and I remember next to nothing of it but world building and lore via the Codex is pretty cool.

Playing on PS5 with performance mode but hopefully it gets some nice quality of life improvements including PS5 Pro enhancements but I’m not holding my breath.
The new expansions next year sound good and apparently spin offs where you play as 2 different characters from the main game.

Repeat dialogue with the guy in the drunk tank cracked me up, I have to say Very Happy


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