2019-05-01+PC+Gamer

After 15 years in the grave, BLOODLINES 2

brings the vampire-RPG back from the dead,

and it’s bigger, darker, and more ambitious

than ever.

By Rick Lane

erearethree
wordsI never
thoughtI’d
write:Bloodlines
isback.It’sbeen
almost 15 years
sinceTroika
Games’vampireRPGfirst
launched,winningandbreaking
heartsinequalmeasure.Bloodlines
remainsoneofthemoststylishand
intricatefirst-personRPGsever
made,witha trulyremarkable
amountofdepthanddynamism
bakedintoitsdarkandseedyLos
Angeles.ButBloodlines’ premature
launchalsomeantit wasriddled
withbugs.Afteryearsof
communitysupport,it isstilla
challenginggametograpplewith.

Bloodlinesis oneofthegreat‘what

ifs’ofPCgaming.Whatif Troikahad

beengivenanothersixmonthsto

sharpenBloodlines’ fangs?Whatif the

gamehadn’tlaunchedonthesame

dayasHalf-Life 2? Whatif thelikes

ofLeonardBoyarskyandTimCain

andBrianMitsodahadbeengivena

shotata sequel,tocapitaliseonall

thelessonsthey’dlearned?

We’llneverknowtheanswersto

thosefirsttwoquestions.Butwewill,

finally,getananswertothethird.“If

they’daskedmetodoanotherone

backthenI wouldhavedoneit,”says

BrianMitsoda,leadnarrative

designeronBloodlinesandBloodlines

2. “Ithinkoneofthebestthings

abouttheWorldofDarknessIPis

thatthereare– justinonecityalone

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Bloodlines 2

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