I had stopped the first one after chapter 5. Restarted this couple of weeks ago and in chapter 7 now. The way online component comes into play never gets old. Excited for second one but I am not getting it day one as I want to complete first game.

I CAN’T WAIT!!!!

Lots of positive previews.. the whole new world, dark story and new characters with more variety of weapons and vast world. Good improvement over the BL3

Maybe because of lighting UE5 seems quite adaptable, UE5 gives lotta options to the devs. Guess they wanted the same effects like in W3 I read it's because of the Vampire thing. You have to complete a quest in that timeline. The main character also seems to be highly dependent on time.

New details ▪️New action RPG, first chapter of a new saga from Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco, coming to PS5, Xbox and PC in 2026 ▪️The game is currently in pre-beta stage of production ▪️Led by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz (game director on The Witcher 3)and Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz (quest director on The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk) ▪️Goal of combat is make you feel like a real swordmaster who closely observes his enemies ▪️Choose one of four directions while attacking: up, down, left and right to hit opponents where they're unable to parry ▪️When defending, you must watch the direction of enemy attacks ▪️Activation Charges: Filled in with each successful attack, block or parry. You can then activate them to use an ability ▪️Choose to upgrade via 3 skill trees: Human, Vampire, Human/Vampire Shared ▪️Enemies and guards will become more suspicious and hostile the more damage you cause out in the world during the day, stealthing at night can help keep you undiscovered ▪️You can access areas at night as a vampire, run on rooftops, scale walls, ceilings, etc that you can't as a human during the day, changing how quests play out ▪️Time of day can change things like a powerful boss showing up in a quest for example ▪️Investigate your surroundings and gain clues during quests ▪️Replenish your health by drinking blood ▪️If you accidentally drink the blood and kill an important NPC in the game, it may lead to unexpected consequences during the story ▪️You can also drink blood from animals and other creatures if you don't want to harm innocent humans ▪️Blood Guards are powerful enemies specializing in taking on vampires, dual wield swords ▪️There are multiple romance options, affect Coen's personal story ▪️Quests that advance the day/night cycle will be marked so players know if time will move forward or not, exactly how much time will pass ▪️You can explore the open world freely and that doesn't move time forward, not a timer that hangs over your shoulder the whole time ▪️The whole world map is fully accessible to the player from the start of the game ▪️Magic in the game is dark, ritualistic and dangerous, not to be toyed with ▪️Coen has to carve runes into his own body to cast spells ▪️You can find forgotten spells out in the world to learn and grow stronger, every spell can be upgraded ▪️Burning Blood: Offensive spell you can cast where the blood of enemies boil from the inside ▪️Compel Soul: A spell that you can use on dead NPCs to temporarily bring them back to life, learn secrets or things that can completely change quest lines ▪️Not all spells are offensive, many revolve around support, buffs, debuffs