Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

[A Random Guy]

So after a decade and a half of rumors and hope for a sequel, Paradox Interactive just dropped a trailer for it and it looks very promising. The main writer and designer of the first game, Brian Mitsoda, is onboard, combat is supposedly much improved, and will be keeping the same dark atmosphere and humor as its predecessor. So far it sounds great but for now I’m going to stay carefully optimistic until some more info is released.

Le trailer:

 

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Inb4 Epic store exclusive with games as a service business model.

 

[ScarletteKnight]

Inb4 Epic store exclusive with games as a service business model.

Ouch...

I don't have a PC, which has always made me sad that I can't play the orginal. Hopefully this one lives up to the previous, because it sounded amazing.

 

[Klaptrap]

Gonna be honest, I get a little bit worried when they trot out a BIG NAME only to find out they haven't done anything since the thing that made them famous. That's lead to some big dissappointments.

 

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Gonna be honest, I get a little bit worried when they trot out a BIG NAME only to find out they haven't done anything since the thing that made them famous. That's lead to some big dissappointments.

Didn't Troika go out of business after Bloodlines? Makes sense that the guy would want to get out the business.

 

[A79]

I must have this, even if I have to buy a totally new machine in order to play it.

 

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It would be nice to visit the Last Round and hear leper bitch once more time.

 

[Linarahn]

Inb4 Epic store exclusive with games as a service business model.

GoG has it listed, so I kinda doubt that's what'll happen...but speculating at this stage won't lead anywhere anyway.

 

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GoG has it listed, so I kinda doubt that's what'll happen...but speculating at this stage won't lead anywhere anyway.

I was just being pessimistic , it's all I got left!

 

[Broedsgaard]

I do recall Paradox making a statement that they wouldn't make it an exclusive. But then again several companies and people have done that before, but i do have quite a bit of good faith towards Paradox.

 

[Stemwinder]

I'm very cautiously optimistic. As famously glitchy as Bloodlines was both of the Vampire games have this charmingly unique undead-punk appeal. I just hope it won't end up being too much of a homogenized experience that's so typical of current games; half the appeal was how differently the clans felt to play.

 

[Preacher]

Looking forward to it, even if I won't be able to play it until I get a better machine or mutilate the graphics with a crappification axe. While I will probably enjoy the fuck out of it, I'm disappointed that its development has already been tainted. Don't ask me the why and the how, to elaborate would not be healthy for this thread's continued interactive existence.

 

[Evil]

Still waiting for the Werewolf the Apocalypse/the Forsaken games...

LEAVE ME TO MY HOPES!

 

[Broedsgaard]

I do think i recall Paradox was planning something for that too.

 

[Broedsgaard]

Tho yeah, it was pretty sweet how different things could be depending on which clan you belonged to, tho feasting on rats as a nosferatu, sucks big time.

 

[null_blank]

Bloodlines 2 is going to get made before a World of Darkness MMO.

LOL fuckin' CCCP...

 

[TheDarkMaster]

I'm very cautiously optimistic. As famously glitchy as Bloodlines was both of the Vampire games have this charmingly unique undead-punk appeal. I just hope it won't end up being too much of a homogenized experience that's so typical of current games; half the appeal was how differently the clans felt to play.

Madness, magic, and sewers are the three highlights off the top of my head. Shame it's so fiddly to run these days.

 

[Broedsgaard]

Bloodlines 2 is going to get made before a World of Darkness MMO.

LOL fuckin' CCCP...

I'm pretty sure that got cancelled after which the whole IP was sold to Paradox, as far as i know, CCP has only made EVE Online.

 

[Broedsgaard]

I don't really remember the magic that well as i mainly used stealth, one thing i can't forget ever tho. Is that completely terrifying Sea Side Hotel.

 

[null_blank]

I'm pretty sure that got cancelled after which the whole IP was sold to Paradox, as far as i know, CCP has only made EVE Online.

It was slightly more complicated than that. CCP reallocated personnel working on the WoD project to Eve which lead to development hell and eventually it's demise. To say CCP made a mistake buying White Wolf publishing is an understatement. They simply did not have the personnel to run Eve Online and work on the WoD MMO at the same time and it wouldn't be the first time CCP over reached in development.

 

[Broedsgaard]

It was slightly more complicated than that. CCP reallocated personnel working on the WoD project to Eve which lead to development hell and eventually it's demise. To say CCP made a mistake buying White Wolf publishing is an understatement. They simply did not have the personnel to run Eve Online and work on the WoD MMO at the same time and it wouldn't be the first time CCP over reached in development.

I presume this also means they didn't even want to take a risk by hiring more people, which is pretty sad considering they spend quite a bit of money on the IP.

 

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I presume this also means they didn't even want to take a risk by hiring more people, which is pretty sad considering they spend quite a bit of money on the IP.

Normally I'd accuse them of gross mismanagement but if they want to buy an IP, start a project around it and reshuffle personnel off to work on their primary money maker until the other project dies, it's their right.

 

[Broedsgaard]

It just seems rather silly, however i do have a feeling it might have ended up being quite a bit like The Secret World, and for the most part porting a tabletop rpg to a format like a piece of video game software tends to make it a lesser product and it could only really get worse in the format of an MMO.

 

[coldmonkey]

Brian Mitsoda is back as lead writer, so that's encouraging. On the other hand, to my knowledge he hasn't written anything in particular since VTMB, so who knows if he can still nail it 15 years later.

 

[Broedsgaard]

Brian Mitsoda is back as lead writer, so that's encouraging. On the other hand, to my knowledge he hasn't written anything in particular since VTMB, so who knows if he can still nail it 15 years later.

Well that is pretty great, i just hope he isn't a one hit wonder or get a serious case of writers block, heck i'm not even sure which ending is considered to be canon.

 

[null_blank]

Given the development disaster that was WoD MMO and the semi-death of White Wolf publishing over a political thing that we should not talk about here, I'm just glad Paradox didn't kill off VtM altogether.

 

[Rampent Pervect]

Brian Mitsoda is back as lead writer, so that's encouraging. On the other hand, to my knowledge he hasn't written anything in particular since VTMB, so who knows if he can still nail it 15 years later.

Mitsoda developed and did the writing for "Dead State" (along with his wife), so he hasn't been completely idle as far as writing goes.

 

[coldmonkey]

Interview with Brian and some other guy. Poor Brian looks scared as hell. I guess writers don't get a lot of opportunities to get used to videotaped interviews. Dude looks like he's ready to bolt out of there any moment.

 

[A79]

White Wolf is still around, just under the name of Onyx Path Publishing.

 

[Evil]

Not quite, especially after the incident last year, White Wolf pretty much only exists in name only now. White Wolf doesn't function as a separate entity from Paradox and is no longer developing or publishing products within the company.

Onyx Path Publishing, while started by several former members of White Wolf, is a licensee of White Wolf's products and bought the rights for publishing the Old World of Darkness, New World of Darkness, Exalted, Scion and Trinity Universe from White Wolf and their former owners CCP.