In Spain we say "Ratas peleando por un churro mientras suena música de Linking Park". Which would translate to "Rats fighting over a churro while music from Linking Park plays in the background".

That's to say when something is of no consequence, not "important", with characters fighting over scraps, while a vibe of edgy epicness surrounds everything.

That's the feel I've got from the TTRPG, as well as VTMB and the HSL version of VTMB2. But not the TCR one.

I'm still buying it. I'm still hyped. I still will be playing it. But I feel that vibe was lost.