2019-05-01+PC+Gamer

safehouse,anapartmentsub-letbya

reclusivevampirenamedDale,who

is ourguideintotheworldof

Bloodlines 2 muchlikeSmilingJack

wasintheoriginal.He’salsothefirst

characteryoutalktoatanylength.As

you’dexpect,dialogueplaysa huge

roleinBloodlines 2 , withyourskills

andabilitiesaffectingyour

conversationoptions.Mitsodawas

alsokeentoretainthenoir-ishvibe

andblackhumourofBloodlines 1.

“Thisgamehasjustbeen

incrediblyfuntowrite.The

characters are some of my favourite

characters that I’ve ever done for a

game, and Paradox has given me a lot

of freedom, which I’m not

used to from the publisher

side, just kind of going,

‘What do you want to

do?’.” Mitsoda won’t go

into specifics, but

Afterthefight,weencountera

manwhoturnsouttobea fellow

thin-bloodcreatedintheMass

Embrace.Wedon’tgetmuchtimeto

comparenotes,however,asheis

immediatelykilledfrombehindby

anothervampirewhowhispers

“You’renotonmylist”tousbefore

vanishing.Oneoftheside-questsin

Bloodlines 2 involveslookingforthe

remainingvampirescreatedinthe

MassEmbrace– knownasthe

“UnsanctionedSeven”.Schlütter

notesthisquestwillexplore,

“What happens to a completely

normal human, with all their wants

and needs and life situations, when

they suddenly get turned

into a vampire.”

After the incident at the

pier, for example,

we travel to

our first

UNLI

RIGINAL,

BOTH

MELEE

AND RANGED

COMBAT

ARE

VIEWED FROM FIRST-PERSON

RIGHT:Asa vampire,

you’reprettyhandy

ina fight.

FARRIGHT:I’ve

heardoftrialby

fire,butcomeon.

Bloodlines 2

COVER FEATURE

hands using telekinesis, or fly into the
air to literally get the drop on an
opponent. Also players will be able to
equip two melee and two ranged
weapons at any a time. But as
Schwarzer says, “How you and your
equipment looks at the end of that
fight might be quite a bit different.”
However you approach combat,
Hardsuit is keen to ensure that it
communicates your supernatural
power, speed, and resilience. Even as
a thin-blood you can comfortably tear
through an armed gang of humans
using only your fists.
At a higher level, you’ll be able to
enact devastating special moves, for
which the camera will zoom out into
third-person. You won’t only be
fighting humans, there will be plenty
of tougher enemies in Bloodlines 2,
including numerous types of vampire.