Troika's member team began development of Bloodlines in Novemberas an indirect sequel to the previous year's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption. The player is able to complete side missions away from the primary storyline by moving freely between the available hubs: Santa MonicaHollywooddowntown Los Angelesand Chinatown.
The selection of clan affects how the player is perceived in the game world, and which powers and abilities they possess this opens up different avenues of exploration and methods of interacting with or manipulating other characters. The player assigns their character to one of several vampire clans-each with unique powers, customizes their combat and dialog abilities and progresses through Bloodlines using violent and nonviolent methods. The game depicts the fledgling's journey through the early 21st-century Los Angeles to uncover the truth behind a recently discovered relic that heralds the end of all vampires.īloodlines is presented from first - and third-person perspectives.
Set in White Wolf Publishing 's World of Darknessthe game is based on White Wolf's role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade and follows a human who is killed and revived as a fledgling vampire. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is a action role-playing video game developed by Troika Games and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows.
