Modders have already patched quick journey into Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, they usually would possibly even be capable of make its linear detective segments skippable for replays

I somewhat appreciated Bloodlines 2—simply as long as I pretended it wasn’t known as Bloodlines 2—however I’ve to confess that components of it grew to become repetitive after some time. The blood resonance stuff? A chore. The aspect quests? Formulaic.

Even its really-quite-condensed open map even become a little bit of a chore to schlep round once I was simply eager about wrapping up the primary narrative—significantly when enjoying as Fabien, who lacks Phyre’s capability to glide across the rooftops.

Well, great news if you happen to be me, then: an enterprising modder by the name of Eralyne has created Bloodlines 2’s first fast-travel mod, letting you zip all about Seattle at the touch of a few hotkeys. It’s called, well, Fast Travel, and it really works by assigning numerous places round Seattle to specific keys (or mixtures thereof) in your keyboard.

The places you’ll be able to journey to, at present, are:

• Aurora Pawn (Niko the Banu Haqim’s hangout)
• The Dutchman (Silky the Brujah’s membership)
• Your haven
• The police station
• Weaver Tower (the place you will discover Prince Ryong and co)
• The conservatory
• Glacier Hotel (Lou’s gaff)
• The Hole within the Wall (the bar Katsumi spends her night time in)

Which is just about wherever you’d ever must go in the midst of the sport, except for Wake The Dead, the place you’ll be able to usually discover Safia. Each space will get its personal key in your keyboard, so hitting the up arrow will take you to your haven, hitting left would take you to Niko, and hitting Alt + Left would take you to The Dutchman. It’s a somewhat odd technique to do quick journey, however I think it is a limitation of the present modding capabilities of BL2.

Interestingly, Eralyne suggests within the mod’s feedback that they won’t cease right here. They say they “sorta” know tips on how to implement a system that will let gamers skip Fabien’s sections of the sport (blasphemy on a primary playthrough, however totally comprehensible on a replay), however that they are “worried about the repercussions of setting those flags as complete early.”

Such a mod, if it had been made, would make me rather more inclined to return to Bloodlines 2 for a replay. I like these Fabien sections, however they’re just about totally linear: I need not see all of them once more of their entirety.

You can discover Fast Travel’s set up directions on the mod web page. Remember, you will must get UE4SS operating to make all of it work.