Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 News

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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• [p]The game freezes while following the scent during the objective "Follow Verona's Scent"[/p]
• [p]Title crash during the combat on top floor of South Main ST. Parking[/p]
• [p]Title crash after killing enemies or Miranda near Aurora Pawn Shop during Onda’s side quest in The Pathways of Hesperides[/p]
• [p]Title crash after setting the quality preset to Medium from Ultra near the distraction tutorial[/p]
• [p]Title crash upon restarting the checkpoint while opening the rear entrance to the 'Hole in the Wall' bar[/p]
• [p]Random game crash during the combat on the rooftop of C_07 building while progressing through the 'Meet Katsumi at the hole in the wall' objective[/p]
• [p]The game froze during the objective "Track down and deal with Edward" in the side quest of Niko "The Violent Glove"[/p]
• [p]The game froze and terminated while climbing up the tower via roofs in the Square Room[/p]
• [p]Title crashed when progressing through “To Founder on the Lethe” and reached Plastic Factory[/p]
• [p]Game crash when the player was in combat during the final battle[/p]
• [p]Game crash on transition screen after 'The Prince of Seattle' Chapter in Performance Mod[/p]
• [p]Game crash/fails to boot when starting the game[/p]
• [p]Game freezes and crashes randomly after reloading from the last checkpoint and re-engaging in combat near the elevator door[/p]
• [p]Random game crash after restarting from last checkpoint after killing Alicia during Niko's side quest 'The Betraying Bracelet'[/p]
• [p]Game crash upon input at “Press Any Button” screen when launched from Epic Launcher[/p]

• [p]Player permanently lost jump functionality when spamming jump key while feeding on the Stealth tutorial Ghoul[/p]
• [p]Objective and map marker fails to update after restarting from last checkpoint upon completing conversation with Gideon's glasses[/p]
• [p]Bypass first Unbirthed combat encounter, breaking objective update flow[/p]
• [p]Player got stuck inside the broken elevator when attempting to climb the shaft during telekinesis tutorial[/p]
• [p]Scent trail & Fabien's dialogue fails to trigger upon interacting with the dead Ghoul behind Makom bar[/p]
• [p]Dash tutorial failed to trigger when jumping into the "Strike from Above" sequence in the quest "To Taste a Foreign Body"[/p]
• [p]Fabien’s dialogue fail to trigger and toilet door failed to highlight after eliminating all Sabbat Ghouls in Verona quest[/p]
• [p]Interaction prompt fail on the Atrium entrance door after conversation with the bouncer if restarting from checkpoint at Ryong[/p]
• [p]Player is unable to interact with Lou's door after warning Verona and marking another NPC[/p]
• [p]Unable to get through crack in the wall in the sewers[/p]
• [p]Clan-specific dialogue options missing in localizations[/p]
• [p]Melancholic NPCs fail to respond to aggressive dialogue prompts while wearing "The Priest" outfit[/p]
• [p]The Makom Bar board is incorrectly placed on the emergency ladder of the SoulCraft building[/p]
• [p]Melancholic NPCs fail to respond to second & third dialogue prompts while Toreador outfits are equipped[/p]
• [p]Player loads into Willem's Car Park after loading a save of the quest titled "In Memoriam" on the Main Menu[/p]
• [p]Phyre dialogue overlaps and subtitles disappear after skipping the dialogues during different conversations[/p]
• [p]Checkpoint to Disable thermal barrier fails to update and I.A.O. enemies do not spawn at Harbour Island[/p]
• [p]Objective waypoint missing on the in-game HUD for all Quest NPCs on the map when exiting the Police Station[/p]
• [p]“Report to Officer Smith” objective skips after collecting photo from Officer Jones[/p]
• [p]Gramophone music fails to trigger if the player restarts from the last checkpoint during the music puzzle sequence at Willem's Plastic Factory[/p]
• [p]Heightened Senses activates incorrectly after restarting from the last checkpoint "Basement_PostFeed" during the "To Taste a Foreign Body" quest[/p]
• [p]Player fell out of the world near the first generator after defeating the enemy and sprinting towards the generator[/p]
• [p]The VFX of the Toreador clan passive 'Cat’s Grace' VFX remains active indefinitely when triggered during feeding with Spark of Rage perk active[/p]
• [p]Niko fails to give the Elixir reward if the player completes the side quest 'The Derelict Picture' without breaking the Masquerade[/p]
• [p]Gideon flickers at the entry of Safia during "MDSirePast_100_GideonAndSafia_Chat" conversation[/p]
• [p]Controller vibration intensity remains the same even when switching to 50% intensity[/p]
• [p]Missing VO for Clan-specific dialogues[/p]

• [p]The 'History Buff' trophy unlocks correctly if the player interacts with all audio exhibits without listening to the dialogues at the Seattle Underground Tour[/p]
• [p]“What Sup?” achievement count does not update after feeding on Choleric NPC
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