Again from the undead

Paradox Interactive has introduced that they haven’t given up on the event of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

Rise, Kindred, and be a part of us in September for an enormous announcement! pic.twitter.com/RdmJY7pbgA

— Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (@VtM_Bloodlines) June 7, 2023

The writer accompanied the teasing of a September preview with a press launch stating that the tough growth of Bloodlines 2 marches on. Paradox had been silent on Bloodlines 2 for over a yr after many troubling strikes: it fired the sport’s lead author, and its director, and subsequently moved all growth duties to a still-unnamed growth staff. Whereas all these shadowy machinations taking place within the background matches thematically in a vampire-based sequence, followers had been principally left confused.
That is what comes up if you Google some Bloodlines 2 search phrases:

New screens for proof of life

Paradox additionally launched a few screenshots to go together with the announcement. They give the impression of being nice, however a handful of screenshots is kind of a step down from the attractive gameplay movies they confirmed three years in the past.

That is nothing new for followers of Bloodlines

Hardcore followers nonetheless imagine in Bloodlines 2 as a result of they bear in mind the early cursed days of the unique. Bloodlines would possibly completely rock now, however it took some time for it to rise up to that time. At launch, all we bought was an unfinished sport and the demise of its growth firm. The unique Bloodlines by Troika Video games was off to a promising begin. It was one of many first video games to make use of Valve’s superb Supply engine, however the hype shortly become a nightmare. Troubles associated to overspending, coping with a brand new engine, and a contract that pressured Troika to solely present Bloodlines after the reveal of Half-Life 2 and to solely launch it after (the delayed) Half-Life 2 put the corporate beneath nice stress.

Bloodlines was met with a blended response upon launch, although its nice story and gameplay potential had been apparent from the get-go. We should thank the heroic followers and ex-Troika staff who by no means gave up and saved on working for years on patches that fastened the sport’s points. These patches made by the group are so good that GOG’s official launch of the sport has integrated them.

So, If Bloodlines 2 doesn’t play nice by the point Paradox’s shadow ops dev firm believes they’ve exhausted all of its growth capabilities, simply contemplate releasing it as is. Sure, please don’t cancel it. A number of followers will most likely care for the remaining.

Tiago Manuel

Tiago is a freelancer who used to write down about video video games, cults, and online game cults. He now writes for Destructoid in an try to seek out himself on the profitable aspect when the robotic rebellion comes.

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