{"id":1368889,"date":"2025-10-24T17:27:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8YycoTdLcBtk5xHJYufo2h"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:27:59","slug":"vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2s-biggest-mistake-is-being-called-bloodlines-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2s-biggest-mistake-is-being-called-bloodlines-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Bloodlines 2&#8217;s biggest mistake is being called Bloodlines 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The World of Darkness TTRPG\u2014the wider setting for Vampire: The Masquerade\u2014has a concept of a &#8216;true name&#8217;: A magical, essential identity that captures the base nature of its bearer.<\/p>\n<p>What I posit to you is that the true name of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-review\/\">Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Bloodlines 2<\/a> is <em>not<\/em> Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Bloodlines 2. It&#8217;s, I don&#8217;t know, Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Sleepless in Seattle or something. All I know is that it&#8217;s definitely not Bloodlines, and slapping that name on The Chinese Room&#8217;s game was a mistake.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"XyXCs6pPGCW7iKnmpwurmh\" name=\"bloodlines 2 phyre brujah\" alt=\"Bloodlines 2 - Phyre as a Brujah with tattoos and scars and a shaved head\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2s-biggest-mistake-is-being-called-bloodlines-2.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: The Chinese Room)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than a mistake, it was a disservice to the game itself. Here&#8217;s the thing: I very much enjoyed Bloodlines 2. It&#8217;s a great Vampire: The Masquerade game, dripping with atmosphere, vibrating with conspiracies, and hell, the combat can even be pretty fun when you&#8217;re absolutely clowning on a gaggle of ghouls with your elder vampire abilities.<\/p>\n<p>But I say &#8216;it&#8217;s a great V:TM game&#8217; deliberately. It&#8217;s a great Vampire game, but not a great Bloodlines game, and that latter name only ever detracts from the game we ended up getting 21 years after an RPG that people are still replaying today. Every attempt\u2014sparse as those attempts were\u2014to retrofit The Chinese Room&#8217;s approach to game development into a vaguely &#8216;Bloodlines-y&#8217; shell just makes the game worse.<\/p>\n<p>The sidequests? <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2s-sidequests-are-terrible-but-you-can-safely-skip-them-all\/\">Formulaic and forgettable<\/a>. The callbacks? Either <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1048511\/Vampire_The_Masquerade__Bloodlines_2__Santa_Monica_Memories\/\">entirely pointless<\/a> or\u2014as in the case of the single character cameo I won&#8217;t spoil\u2014actively grating (and still pointless). Where Bloodlines 1&#8217;s hubs were relatively dense, Bloodlines 2&#8217;s eventually becomes a chore to traverse, and only seems to be open to provide a home for a load of collectibles you should under no circumstances collect.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"9oou3zP9fRRaMUFteTdpTK\" name=\"Bloodlines-2-Fletcher-Anarch-Tag-quest\" alt=\"Fletcher sitting at his piano in Bloodlines 2\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2s-biggest-mistake-is-being-called-bloodlines-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: The Chinese Room, Paradox Interactive)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The whole thing feels like a fundamental mismatch, and I&#8217;m less aggrieved about the perversion of the Bloodlines name\u2014we still have that original game, after all\u2014than I am about the fact it subjects The Chinese Room&#8217;s game to a burden of expectation it cannot meet. Maybe it never even had any intention to.<\/p>\n<p>I say that because the parts of the game that <em>are<\/em> The Chinese Room&#8217;s forte, narrative and atmosphere, are genuinely very good, but it&#8217;s tough to bask in those things when you&#8217;re preoccupied by the fact that a game called Bloodlines 2 has almost none of the qualities of Bloodlines 1. Even when I played, I only truly started to enjoy the game when I began to pretend it was simply another game under the V:TM rubric\u2014something like Shadows of New York or Night Call. Remove the weight of expectation and, hey, it turns out the game&#8217;s pretty good for what it is.<\/p>\n<p>It makes me <em>desperate<\/em> to know the story of how this came about as the vision for a Bloodlines sequel. Right now, it feels like The Chinese Room had a good idea for a Vampire: The Masquerade game and Paradox\u2014at a loss for what to do after the debacle of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/the-story-for-paradoxs-original-canned-bloodlines-2-has-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo-and-its-fired-narrative-lead-says-no-ones-spoken-to-him-about-it-but-the-good-news-is-hes-working-on-2-games-at-once-right-now\/\">Hardsuit Labs&#8217; original version<\/a> of the game\u2014got the studio to slap the name on it.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, players who approach the game because of the series on the label walk away disappointed and baffled from an experience that&#8217;s 75% linear(ish) narrative. Lord knows that&#8217;s not the players&#8217; fault. Coming to a game called &#8220;Bloodlines 2&#8221; expecting a game like Bloodlines 1 is not an absurd assumption on anyone&#8217;s part, but it does mean Bloodlines 2&#8217;s light is hidden under a bushel for no good reason.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"c95e3b35-ad1d-4f2a-8342-a3e54b921c02\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Bloodlines 2 clans\" data-dimension48=\"Bloodlines 2 clans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:900px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"nw9Nwm97vz7YpCi8HsEt8h\" name=\"bloodlines-2-guides-phyre\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2s-biggest-mistake-is-being-called-bloodlines-2-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/bloodlines-2-clans-abilities-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"c95e3b35-ad1d-4f2a-8342-a3e54b921c02\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Bloodlines 2 clans\" data-dimension48=\"Bloodlines 2 clans\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Bloodlines 2 clans<\/strong><\/a>: Pick a clan, any clan<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/bloodlines-2-best-outfits\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bloodlines 2 outfits<\/strong><\/a>: Ranked for vampy fashionistas<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/bloodlines-2-romance\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bloodlines 2 romance<\/strong><\/a>: Actually, it&#8217;s called a &#8216;romantic feed&#8217;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/bloodlines-2-anarch-tag-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bloodlines 2 Anarch tags<\/strong><\/a>: Clean up vampire graffiti<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/bloodlines-2-security-camera-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bloodlines 2 security cameras<\/strong><\/a>: I.A.O. surveillance state<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/bloodlines-2-cross-of-saint-james-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bloodlines 2 Cross of Saint James<\/strong><\/a>: Art project<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2s-biggest-mistake-is-being-called-bloodlines-2\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World of Darkness TTRPG\u2014the wider setting for Vampire: The Masquerade\u2014has a concept of a &#8216;true name&#8217;: A magical, essential identity that captures the base nature of its bearer. What I posit to you is that the true name of Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Bloodlines 2 is not Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Bloodlines 2. It&#8217;s, I don&#8217;t know, Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Sleepless in Seattle or something. All I know is that it&#8217;s definitely not Bloodlines, and slapping that name on The Chinese Room&#8217;s game was a mistake. (Image credit: The Chinese Room) More than a mistake, it was a disservice to the game itself. Here&#8217;s the thing: I very much enjoyed Bloodlines 2. It&#8217;s a great Vampire: The Masquerade game, dripping with atmosphere, vibrating&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2s-biggest-mistake-is-being-called-bloodlines-2\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1368890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-1368889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Bloodlines 2&#039;s biggest mistake is being called Bloodlines 2 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The World of Darkness 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