#The Chinese Room

[blighted-elf]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - Pax West 2023 trailer "Coming Fall 2024"

[ganymedian]

Happy 10 years to Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

[gebo4482]

STILL WAKES THE DEEP

Release Date Trailer

Steam

[vampemoqueen]

My thoughts on VTMB2

Yeah, I think we're all thinking the same thing. This isn't the Bloodlines 2 we were originally promised and were looking forward to. This is something entirely different. While the previous version by Hardsuit Labs was never going to be a AAA or even a AA game to begin with, this one by The Chinese Room looks and feels like even more of a budget title. The footage and assets are several years dated now and the gameplay still looks like a WIP. That's not necessarily a bad thing given they only have so much to work with in a limited amount of time. But what makes me feel really "meh" about the title is instead of taking what the old team did (with Mitsoda's writing, Rik's soundtrack, etc) and finishing it up, The Chinese Room had instead chosen to rework it into their own thing, only recycling the old art assets and not much else. I can tell from the recent trailers, their blog posts, and their games portfolio that they're not going to make it faithful to the original Bloodlines. The tone of the game and their ideas don't match up with the gothic punk aesthetic that BL1 went for, instead going for an urban fantasy neo-noir vibe. It's not going to be a true Bloodlines game, rather it's going to be a Vampire the Masquerade V5 game in the style of The Chinese Room. I'm not mad about it. I just wish they'll be honest about it and choose to rename the game to be some other series instead. "VtM: Seattle" or whatever. Nonetheless, I'm disappointed that the studio cares more about juxtaposing their own image and style into this title rather than staying true to the original. Seems weird to say since every artist is entitled to their own expression, but this isn't what we waited years for.

I'm going to play it regardless because I still think there's worth to this game in the franchise. If it conveys the current World of Darkness and isn't not completely broken at launch, I will probably find things to like about it still.

[strawberrywindow]

"I have run out of places to climb. I will abandon this body and take to the air.

We will leave twin vapour trails in the air, white lines etched into these rocks.

I am the aerial. In my passing, I will send news to each and every star."

the writing in this game makes me want to claw my heart out so instead of doing that i practiced a background instead 🥲🥲🥲

[anolis3]

"Everybody's Gone to the Rapture", by The Chinese Room.

"The magnetic field is causing disruptions to phone signals and the rest of the electrics. There are voices on the line; it's 4am. Maybe everyone is up looking at the light show.", from Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

"Sleeping baby, darling child. Clouds and starlight, starlight, starlight. When you wake, you will be mine. Starlight, sleep and love. Sleeping baby, shadowed dust. When we're called to go, we must. Into starlight, Sleep and love.", from Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

[realllyrandommann]

Day 3 – End of the Year Marathon

Dieses Herz

I actually like the way it ended up to be. The colours and everything.

[demifiendrsa]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 | 2023 Official Announcement Trailer

Studio Reveal

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is now in development at The Chinese Room and will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG in Fall 2024. The previously announced PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions are no longer planned. A full gameplay reveal is planned for January 2024.

Screenshots

Latest details

The Chinese Room, a Sumo Digital studio, is developing the highly-anticipated Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. The Chinese Room brings their award-winning storytelling to Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, creating a high-quality Vampire: The Masquerade action RPG by talented developers with triple-A experience. Fans eager to sink their teeth into Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 can look forward to the gameplay reveal in January 2024 and its launch in fall 2024. The Chinese Room is known for creating ground-breaking first-person titles that have won awards from BAFTA, TIGA, and more for their emotionally rich narratives. The studio’s world-class background makes them well-equipped to tell a Vampire story set in modern Seattle reimagined for a World of Darkness action RPG. Bloodlines 2 is the successor to the cult-classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Bloodlines 2 takes players to the dark underbelly of Seattle, where vampires struggle for survival and supremacy. As an Elder vampire, players meet compelling characters, maneuver complex political relationships, stalk the city streets for prey, and engage in intense combat while balancing the need for blood. Throughout the game, players must always be mindful of their surroundings or risk breaking the Masquerade—the absolute law of secrecy that keeps vampire society hidden from humanity.

[pimscrypt]

Seeing Chinese Room's logo was a jaw-drop-moment.

Not the studio I would've expected to be put in charge of finally finishing up this game. No idea how the combat is gonna turn out, but I will always trust their storytelling capabilities.

Guess we'll see in 2024... maybe.

[gamesyoushouldbeplaying]

New chinese room narrative horror game??? New compulsion games magical realism american south game??????? For me?????

[blighted-elf]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - Extended Gameplay Reveal

[nickolashx]

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013)

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther, The Chinese Room, comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart. The year is 1899 Wealthy industrialist Oswald Mandus awakes in his bed, wracked with fever and haunted by dreams of a dark and hellish engine. Tortured by visions of a disastrous expedition to Mexico, broken on the failing dreams of an industrial utopia, wracked with guilt and tropical disease, he wakes into a nightmare. The house is silent, the ground beneath him shaking at the will of some infernal machine: all he knows is that his children are in grave peril, and it is up to him to save them.

[gebo4482]

Still Wakes the Deep

Announce Trailer

Steam

[kocurek1921]

Finished Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, 2015 The Chinese Room walking symulator.

Another work of that studio after Machine for Pigs I enjoyed. The story has a unique premise, is gripping and can be really touching. Especially that Jessica Curry as always delivered a hauntingly beautiful score.

The game is breathtakingly beautiful, with great art direction and moody lighting.

The only bad thing is the fact that it's a bit too long and it does drag towards the end.

[moonah-rose]

Replayed Everybody's Gone To The Rapture and only just realised that the rain that only appears at the caravan camp isn't just dramatic ambience, but also a joke for every British kid in the 80s/90s whose parents ever took them on "holiday" to Haven or Butlins.