Here’s your first look at Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 gameplay from its new developer

Publisher Paradox Interactive has revealed the first revamped look at Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 gameplay, and it looks awesome. While this isn’t the first time we’ve seen footage of Bloodlines 2, it’s the first look at the game from The Chinese Room, who took over development of the game after Paradox removed Hardsuit Labs from the project.

Paradox Interactive, owner of the Vampire: The Masquerade IP, has been trying to make Bloodlines 2 a reality for years and years. Development looked somewhat promising, but in 2021 Paradox removed original developer Hardsuit Labs from the project. We learned last year that Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture studio, The Chinese Room, had taken over development (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz), and now we have a first look at their version of Bloodlines 2.

Check it out for yourself in the official Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 trailer below.:

Alongside the gameplay trailer above, Paradox also released an extended gameplay reveal in which creative director Alex Skidmore and community manager Joshua Matthews dive deeper into the game‘s mechanics and setting while exploring Seattle as Brujah Kindred.

You can watch this extended gameplay reveal below:

Paradox says that each clan in Bloodlines 2 has its own playstyle and disciplines, allowing for different ways to play the game. “Whether it’s the brute strength of the Brujah, the cloak and dagger approach From Banu Haqim, Ventrue’s fierce manipulation, or Tremere’s blood magic, players have a wide range of options.” Paradox says more details on each clan’s respective disciplines will be released later this year.

“The gameplay and action of Bloodlines 2 is a kind of dance,” Skidmore writes in a press release. “As players explore the world, absorb the atmosphere, and make strategic choices, they affect relationships with the characters around them. Players can choose their legend, but the world is dynamic and the characters will remember how you treat them.”

Speaking of clans, Bloodlines 2 will feature four for protagonist Phyre: “the rebel Brujah, the masters of blood sorcery Tremere, the arbiters of justice Banu Haqim, [and] the persuasive enterprise.

To learn more about Bloodlines 2, head over to our tag here. The Chinese Room is also working on a new horror game called Still Wakes the Deep, scheduled for release this year.

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