Dev update #21: Clothing

[Axus]

Some of these outfits are pretty cool - I think I'll wear that long Banu Haqim jacket with the red trim as a Tremere.

https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2/news/dev-diary-fashion-matters

Also, someone on Reddit isolated the outfit pics: https://www.reddit.com/r/vtmb/comments/1gluwfr/clothing_styles_from_yesterdays_21_dev_diary/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[Clever Name]

Banu suit's nice, but otherwise I'd only wear Ventrue. Not as a statement, but I just hate all the other options.

Is it my imagination, or does it appear like there's more clothing options than the 16? I'm just going by how far it looks like you can scroll down in that menu picture. Looks like maybe one more row of stuff could fit. Maybe clan-neutral clothing?

Talking about this pic, to clarify:

https://images.ctfassets.net/u73tyf0fa8v1/6CkY9jghNCD9uoR3P1LaQ/1293292aecad0b5a8715fad6b495a3a0/In-game_outfit_menu_with_the_four_base_clan_outfits_unlocked_.png?w=3840&q=75

Look at how long the vertical scroll bar is. It's longer than it needs to be to view the 16 outfits, which implies there's something below them.

[CapJackRackham]

Originally posted by Clever Name:

Banu suit's nice, but otherwise I'd only wear Ventrue. Not as a statement, but I just hate all the other options.

Is it my imagination, or does it appear like there's more clothing options than the 16? I'm just going by how far it looks like you can scroll down in that menu picture. Looks like maybe one more row of stuff could fit. Maybe clan-neutral clothing?

Talking about this pic, to clarify:

https://images.ctfassets.net/u73tyf0fa8v1/6CkY9jghNCD9uoR3P1LaQ/1293292aecad0b5a8715fad6b495a3a0/In-game_outfit_menu_with_the_four_base_clan_outfits_unlocked_.png?w=3840&q=75

Look at how long the vertical scroll bar is. It's longer than it needs to be to view the 16 outfits, which implies there's something below them.

The shorter the bar, the longer the scroll.

Could be that the outfits don't quite fit all on 1 page so it's a slight adjustment or could be the change of hair (As there isn't a category/column for hair and there isn't likely to be a pre game customisation of character just for hair).

[CapJackRackham]

Interestingly...It does say in the dev diary

"In-game outfit menu with the four base clan outfits unlocked."

Which could imply other outfits other than the "Base".

So it's possible...but then again, unless they are going to leave the "Customisation of character" to the last Dev diary, this would have been the opportunity to at least, if nothing else, confirm there are generic outfits that could be chosen. Even If they can't confirm the volume of outfits. Seems like groundhog day of repeating the same thing...poor marketing if it's in the game yet having to rely on Feeona to confirm things.

Might as well just scrap the dev diaries and do a monthly Q&A with Feeona, at least we would get straight answers from her.

[Polyedra]

my destiny is to wear the hoodie.

[Axus]

I'd bet that scroll bar will quickly reach the bottom and it's still 16 choices, but who knows.

I took "base clan outfits" to mean the outfits of that character's clan, and not any other clan's outfits. So they had their four clan outfits unlocked, which looks to be Brujajah. Not really an indication on that pic that those four are unlocked other than the first one being equipped, but I'd bet that's what they meant.

I'm intrigued by Tremere 2 -- I'd like to see what's going on with that outfit.

I'm not thrilled by the dialogue we see from the Businesswoman -- who tells someone dressed like a Brujah, "I'm having a bad day, but I'll have it somewhere else, away from you" --- just so awkward and unrealistic. Maybe that businesswoman is very socially awkward. But whatever, can't have the best writing everywhere. At least they seem to be really caring about making a truly dark, interesting story. And much of their past diary writing has been great.

Looks like we're coasting into January without much juicy info, unless they surprise us with some gameplay? That Halloween trailer was the surprise, right? Telekinetic gunsmanship was pretty damn juicy.

Although honestly, I'd rather them not even release gameplay until closer to the release, just so they have all the time to polish as much as possible. The game is being judged into the ground enough already.

[suspiria_2]

there's still no player character that is an attractive femme person here, though. disappointing in the extreme.

[Clever Name]

Originally posted by Axus:

I'd bet that scroll bar will quickly reach the bottom and it's still 16 choices, but who knows.

Yes, but if that was the case, it wouldn't need a scroll bar at all. Just make a very minor UI size adjustment to fit all thumbnails in the same screen.

Originally posted by CapJackRackham:

Could be that the outfits don't quite fit all on 1 page so it's a slight adjustment or could be the change of hair (As there isn't a category/column for hair and there isn't likely to be a pre game customisation of character just for hair).

Yes, definitely could be something other than clothing, too.

Notice how they waste space to have the 'Outfits' header. That wouldn't be necessary if clothing was the only type of item in the 'Appearance' tab.

Originally posted by Axus:

I'm not thrilled by the dialogue we see from the Businesswoman -- who tells someone dressed like a Brujah, "I'm having a bad day, but I'll have it somewhere else, away from you" --- just so awkward and unrealistic.

Yeah, did strike me as odd. I guess it's meant to convey nervousness and fear without being more direct, like 'please don't hurt me.'

[faebinder]

Feel free to include some homeless attire...

I think in bloodlines 1 the armor is mainly what made you look like a bad a$$. Hope the attire doesn't completely hide your protective gear.

Attire should add to charm in theory.

[Polyedra]

does! (in redemption edit: except it's for jewelry)
which should add to ur bling
the higher bling u got, the more bling. adds up to impressive.