Bloodlines 2's first patch prioritizes fashion over features, and I'm not sure how I feel about it

I was curious to see what Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2's first patch would look like. While an emergency hotfix solved issues with the game's title screen freezing, as I said in my Bloodlines 2 review, there's a lot of work to be done to smooth out some pretty ugly performance issues. While the inaugural update does squash a lot of bugs, it's largely centered around customization, adding various new hairstyles and makeup looks for Phyre. In a game that's still missing some of the basics, including the ability to manually save the game, the patch feels a little odd; but hey, as a Toreador player I can confirm that fashion is important.

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