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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Releases Winter Update
Celebrate the holidays with the vampires of Seattle as Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been given a winter update
Article Summary
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 unveils a festive Winter Update set in a moody Seattle backdrop.
- New custom difficulty mode introduced, letting you tailor gameplay for HUD, enemies, and progression.
- Holiday-themed cosmetics add 28 customization options for Phyre, including hair, makeup, and accessories.
- Quality-of-life improvements include a field-of-view slider and motion blur options for enhanced play.
Paradox Interactive, White Wolf, and developer The Chinese Room have released a special Winter Update for Vampire: the Masquerade—Bloodlines 2. The update will basically have you velebrating the holidays in the darker version of Seattle, where they don't mind it being cloudy all the time. Aside from the obvious cosmetics and decor that have been added to everything, you'll find a new difficulty mode, as well as several updates made to the game. We have the dev notes below and a trailer above, as you can find more details in their latest blog.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – Winter Update
Season's greetings, Kindred, and welcome to the first post-launch Dev Diary for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Today, we will go through what's included in the Winter Update, including details of the Custom Difficulty setting, the new cosmetic options to get you in a festive mood, and the changelog.
- Custom Difficulty Mode – Players who have completed the main storyline of Bloodlines 2 can now create custom difficulties for a more tailored experience. Difficulty settings are grouped across HUD, Player, Enemies, and Progression.
- HUD: Adjust the reactive crosshair to increase exploration challenge and tweak conversation reaction UI.
- Player: Fine-tune elixir capacity, starting health, Phyre's damage, Masquerade sensitivity, ability recharge rates, and targeted time dilation.
- Enemies: Increase or decrease damage dealt and enemy awareness.
- Iron Vamp Mode: Try Iron Vamp mode, or TCR's version of "Iron Man" permanent death. In this mode, a Masquerade breach or the death of a playable character immediately ends the player's story.
- Phyre and Fabien Quests: Focus your run on either Phyre or Fabien quests.
- Holiday-Themed Cosmetics – "Sleigh" through Seattle with 28 new customization options for Phyre, including eight hairstyles, eight makeup styles, eight eye colors, and four accessories.
- Quality-of-Life Updates – Adjust the game's settings with the new field-of-view (FOV) slider, the ability to toggle motion blur on and off, and more.
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