A modder named Safemilk has been engaged on an RTX remaster mod for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines that has simply reached model 0.2 and had its first public launch, an 8.5GB download that makes the 2004 RPG look so beautiful I think I have been hit with Dementation.
Creating it wasn’t only a matter of flicking the RTX change, in fact. The mod is “Absolutely transformed, retextured, and re-lit utilizing Nvidia’s RTX Remix instruments” and even replaces the textures of beef jerky packets and the off-model Pepsi and Skittles stacked within the comfort retailer—sorry, I imply “Cepsi” and “SRittles”.
The effort that is gone into making every little thing all the way down to the mop water look correctly grody actually is spectacular, with the underlit bars and neon indicators popping like they by no means used to. The trailer for this replace focuses on places somewhat than NPCs, however I will be to see how a lot the makeover impacts them. Bloodlines’ characters had been so expressive I might be pleased to see them obtain a light-touch touch-up.
Even with out raytracing, Bloodlines is extraordinarily playable. Throw on the Unofficial Patch Plus and you will have an excellent time, and if you need extra recommendation here is tips on how to have the very best Bloodlines expertise in the present day.
As for the sequel, it is scheduled to return out in October. I am cautiously optimistic, as a result of even famous curmudgeon Fraser Brown loved his hands-on time with a preview construct, particularly the best way it treats dialogue.
“What makes dialog such a tightrope stroll is how elaborate the popularity system is,” he wrote, “and the way it’s all tied to private relationships and particular person factors of view. Most RPGs deal with popularity as this international useful resource, like Fallout’s karma system. People and teams would possibly react otherwise to you, however they’re all basing this on the identical data. In Bloodlines 2, nonetheless, you’ve got a discrete relationship with everybody, and one response may be taken in a wide range of other ways relying on how you have acted with that particular person beforehand.”