I preordered this when it was first open to do so. Advertised as VTMB2. It looks nice. The voice acting is OK. The combat and world are OK. But the story and world are nothing compared to VTMB1. If they had advertised this as a WOD/VTM game, it would have been fine. That is the 1st issue. Secondly, this is a WOKE game. Strong emphasis on DEI, the matriarchy and making all men stupid, LGBTQ+ etc or weak. Some of the combat noises for the male protaganist are still feminine. They didn't even bother giving the male character a different name. Oh well, it's not horrible. The story itself is OK and the city is looks nice. There are even some vague refernces to characters in VTMB1 including Nines and even Chunk. So I'll keep playing, but don't think this is VTMB2 or you will be very disappointed. No tactical clothes, no weapons you can keep, no stat system beyond abilities. It is nice being able to use abilities form the other clans though, and you can read a little lore. If you like RPGs, don't bother, if you like stories it might be OK, as long as you look past the woke. For the required fields, it runs great on last gen (high end) PCs.
Lots of good story and choices. Very pretty. Not an RPG. Not bloodlines 2. Play for the plot (actual story plot). But don't go into this thinking it's VTMB2. It will just upset you.
Of course there are the graphical upgrades. But Crysis 1 now plays just like 2 and 3. You don't have to use the power ring anymore. Sprint and you will go into speed mode. Hold jump and you will do a power jump. Much better.
Maybe it's just me, but I have to swap between the keyboard and controller to go through the main menus. It also affects some in game menues like chaing weapons for crew members. Once I got used to that the game is OK, good tutorial, in ship AI tells you how things work. The constant ship infestations is annoying. But at least you can get biomass and DNA out of it.
Movie based not book based. Still fun. Deleting saves takes forever. Attack move should have been as standard, no matter the level, if attacked while just moving, your guys will die. Your units are good if you can position them right. If you just send a big group at the enemy you will die. Makes me want to become a citizen.
Overall, it can be a bit janky. You are not a fighter so your are always on the back foot. You can't dodge and you run slow. But if you can get over that, you can use what you have in order to survice. There isn't much in the way of hints , so you will need to figure it out the hardway or use a wlakthrough, which cna be annoying. But for what it is, I am enjoying this game, the story is interesting and the atmosphere is engaging, Do not play alone at night if you scare easily.
If you can look past it's age you can appreciate a classic. No bugs, no glitches. Simple movements and simple missions. Get to the end and you win. Gameplay is smooth and you can even go into rooms and other aready, rare for an oldschool side scroller. A good look at yesteryear.
