Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2 released on Steam [mixed review] [Steam Deck playable] (store.steampowered.com)

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[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 7 points 17 hours ago

I've seen some gameplay of it and can't say it looks great. I expected "clunky Vampire Dishonored" though by now so that part ended up being as expected. A studio who's only made walking sims before trying their hand at an action game for the first time was always likely to end up shaky.

What's disappointed me was the writing. I don't really like any of it, and I'm less into Fabian than most seem to be. Granted I only watched a few hours.

Still, if you love the World of Darkness and enjoy gratuitous power fantasies it might be worth grabbing on sale.

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Seen few videos about this, the game seems like decent-ish action adventure with Vampires, less like a rpg.

Might pick this one up when it gets to -50% sales or so.

edit: from the user reviews:

Why does this game need Paradox Launcher?

but seems like it can be circumvented, at least peeps with gog version seem to be doing so.

Why is there no Motion Blur toggle?

Why is there no FOV slider?

... oh ffs.

Why are there no basic accessibility options in 2025?

they didn't detail what this means.

EDIT: for clarity, it's amazing that motionblur/fow are not available options. Wasn't criticizing the review, these are valid points.

But I'd like to know what accessibility options were omitted as well.

[-] dukemirage@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

I love the unhinged top review that reads like the game personally insulted the author.

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 7 points 19 hours ago

ye. they tend to be.

Kinda funny that the review header states they had 0.1 hours in the game at review time - so they knew exactly what they were getting, still bought it - and have played over 9 hours after it. Like.. why?

Just to get early in with the rage reviews and farm steam reactions?

[-] dukemirage@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

huh, didn't notice that.

[-] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 2 points 18 hours ago

What's wrong with not being able to turn off motion blur being a deal-breaker?

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

up to personal taste, to me it's mostly about implementation. All motion blur isn't terrible, but when it's terrible, it's really bad. Some older games had really odd stepping in it, or everything had a trailing blur of same length regardless of how fast the objects were moving, or motion blur is calculated at different fps/shutter speed than the game runs so the blur is either too long/short/fucky.

Mostly I'm about the fov being the dealbreaker here. My eyes start to hurt with narrow fov's, feels like I'm straining something somehow. I usually go with something between 90-100, 110 in some rare cases.

edit:

oh, maybe I misunderstood the question: I mean, I agree it's a dealbreaker. Just "FFS"'ing because it's not an option.

[-] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Apologies, I misunderstood your comment. :)

Yes, I largely agree, although I generally can't stand motion blur at all.

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 3 points 18 hours ago

No worries, my comment was a bit ambiguous.

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