Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 arrives 21 years after the original RPG, but ‘Mixed’ Steam reviews prove it’s not love at first bite: “It’s not a Bloodlines sequel”

Further into the reviews, some perspective emerges: “It depends on what you expected. I’m enjoying it and treat it as a vampire-themed Dishonored,” one player notes. There are certainly several positive takes like this, but overall many veteran Bloodlines fans seem underwhelmed. Reddit threads amplify that sentiment — one popular post bluntly states, “If you didn’t want your game compared to VTMB, you shouldn’t have named it VTMB 2.”

Another Reddit thread criticizes repeated enemy types, saying “the repeat enemies are just embarrassing,” and even compares the launch unfavorably to Cyberpunk 2077’s early issues with NPC variety. Players on forums are also calling out everything from the lack of manual saves to the inability to dance in the clubs.

Our review also concludes that, rather than the deep, branching RPG many expected, Bloodlines 2 plays more like a blunt, linear action brawler — a view that appears to be echoed by a sizable portion of the player base.

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