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Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 - Gamescom Gameplay Demo
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I thought it felt familiar, but I figured maybe parts of it had been released before.
Still, always good to remind people this is coming and try to get more people hooked in!
Will you be waiting for the mod that replaces all in-game music with Isolated by Chiasm?
Most games would be improved with a mod that replaced all music with Isolated
First gameplay footage I've seen. Only skipped through it as to not spoil myself too much, but it looks pretty great. I feel like they might actually pull this off...
Rough animation aside, after seeing that gameplay footage I'm convinced this could be the best vampire game since the first VTM:B. The camera zooming out during biting/feeding is fucking perfect and there's tons of atmosphere. My main gripe is the feel of the combat system and the lack of immersive sim gameplay in that video. Why wouldn't you make this game an immersive sim!?
Is this coming to consoles? If so, it would be nice to take a gander at the ports sometime soon.
What do you mean? It seems pretty immersive sim to me, or at least that's the vibe I get
I didn't watch all of it, but if most everything in the environment that can be moved or picked up isn't interactive then it kinda isn't. From what I watched it seems to have RE2make-style mechanics with interacting w/ stuff instead of playing like a immersive sim.
It's more about immersion with the gameworld's characters and yourself and doing so in a better way than most have tried to make a whitewolf/world of darkness game. Things in the game are extremely dynamic so very minute details can make a big difference. And the writing is pretty great and the story has nice surprises and it feels different based on the character you create. Very, very different for different characters. I don't find it a common thing in games any more because how expensive it is to create tons of content that potentially never even gets seen by the player.
stacking boxes to get up walls you shouldn't was just a byproduct of immersive sim design, not the actual focus of immersive sim design, lmao
I'm looking forward to the story/dialogue and roleplaying being a vampire but if it doesn't have immersive sim physics and interactivity the gameplay will feel more underwhelming that it needs to once you start obtaining vampire abilities like telekinesis, super strength, etc. The game design of VTM:B 1 and this is perfect for immersive sim mechanics so leaving them out would sadly be a missed opportunity as far as I'm concerned.
It couldn't be any worse than the crate-stacking amount of effort in your post to get to that reductive take.
VTM:B2's game design provides more than enough room for immersive sim gameplay, and the potential for combining vampire powers + combat + Prey-inspired interactivity and physics could result in improved combat and exploration than what we see in that demo. If it doesn't have at least as much of it as Deus Ex:MD I'll be significantly less interested in it tbh, even if I'll probably still enjoy it for the vampire roleplay aspect alone which already seems like it will be more to my taste than Vampyr so far.
i dunno i just always thought of v:tm:b as an immersive sim even if it didn't have crate physics and junk. i guess that's because i approached it the same way i approached DX et al, multiple routes, different methods of approach, character building and so on. maybe that was more its rpg routes thinking back on it.
however you are correct in that you can't carry a fridge through the entire game and use it as a deadly weapon which was the definitive proof that DXHR was an immersive sim back when that was first getting play, so idk
however you are correct in that you can't carry a fridge through the entire game and use it as a deadly weapon which was the definitive proof that DXHR was an immersive sim back when that was first getting play, so idk
I mean if you want to play a immersive sim where it doesn't feel like you're in actually in environments alive enough to interact with everything/anything, sure knock yourself out, but for me it makes for blander gameplay ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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No, not her, the TV guy.
"There was an explosion at the pier today.
And they're LOOKING FOR YOU."
Something about the door opening--> transition into new area feels....jumpy.
I hope that gets smoothed out, if nothing else.
Continues to look better as times goes, though!
(Also that one lady's neck is kinda long, lol)
You mean Brian Mitsoda himself? ;)
I hope that gets smoothed out, if nothing else.
Continues to look better as times goes, though!
(Also that one lady's neck is kinda long, lol)
You mean Brian Mitsoda himself? ;)
Man, kinda surprised how good it looks. Obviously it isn't perfect and there are a few instances of jank, but it's no less polished than a modern Bethesda title.
This is my position as well. I'm not expecting it to be some major technical achievement, but more time would do the team some good likely.
Dev commentary. Probably the video that should have been released instead of some of that horrid gameplay. They touch a few things that are still being worked on, including those sweet dancing moves.
I also absolutely adore Elif.