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06-07-2023, 02:32 PM
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Back from the undeadParadox Interactive has announced that they haven't given up on the development of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
https://twitter.com/VtM_Bloodlines/status/1666403803090886658?s=20
A September announcement tease from the publisher was accompanied with a press release stating that the difficult development of Bloodlines 2 marches on. (https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-juneupdate) Paradox had been silent on Bloodlines 2 for over a year after many troubling moves: it fired the game's lead writer, and its director, and subsequently moved all development (https://www.destructoid.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-good-hands-in-development-paradox-ceo/) duties to a still-unnamed development team. While all these shadowy machinations happening in the background fits thematically in a vampire-based series, fans were mostly left confused.
This is what comes up when you Google some Bloodlines 2 search terms:
https://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-07-160604.png Screenshot by Destructoid
Paradox also released a few screenshots (https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2#post-alpha-in-game-screenshots) to go with the announcement. They look great, but a handful of screenshots don't quite measure up to the gorgeous gameplay videos they showed three years ago. (https://www.destructoid.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-is-dreaming-of-a-black-christmas/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygaG56O_gY
This is nothing new for fans of BloodlinesHardcore fans still believe in Bloodlines 2 because they remember the early cursed days of the original. Bloodlines might absolutely rock now, but it took a while for it to get up to that point. At release, all we got was an unfinished game and the demise of its development company. (https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/590958p1.html) The original Bloodlines by Troika Games was off to a promising start, though! It was one of the first games to use Valve's glorious Source engine, but the hype quickly turned into a nightmare. Troubles related to overspending, dealing with a new engine, and a contract that forced Troika to only show Bloodlines after the reveal of Half-Life 2 and to only release it after (the delayed) Half-Life 2 (https://money.cnn.com/2004/02/02/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/)put the company under great stress.
Bloodlines was met with a mixed response upon release, though its great story and gameplay potential were obvious from the get-go. We must thank the heroic fans and ex-Troika employees who never gave up and kept on working for years on patches that fixed the game's issues. (https://www.destructoid.com/weekend-modders-guide-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/) These patches made by the community are so good that GOG's official release of the game has incorporated them. (https://www.gog.com/en/game/vampire_the_masquerade_bloodlines)
So, If Bloodlines 2 doesn't play great by the time Paradox's unannounced company believes they've exhausted all of its development capabilities, just consider releasing it as is. Yes, please don't cancel it. A few fans will probably take care of the rest.
The post Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is alive (https://www.destructoid.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-is-alive/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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Back from the undeadParadox Interactive has announced that they haven't given up on the development of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
https://twitter.com/VtM_Bloodlines/status/1666403803090886658?s=20
A September announcement tease from the publisher was accompanied with a press release stating that the difficult development of Bloodlines 2 marches on. (https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-juneupdate) Paradox had been silent on Bloodlines 2 for over a year after many troubling moves: it fired the game's lead writer, and its director, and subsequently moved all development (https://www.destructoid.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-good-hands-in-development-paradox-ceo/) duties to a still-unnamed development team. While all these shadowy machinations happening in the background fits thematically in a vampire-based series, fans were mostly left confused.
This is what comes up when you Google some Bloodlines 2 search terms:
https://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-07-160604.png Screenshot by Destructoid
Paradox also released a few screenshots (https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2#post-alpha-in-game-screenshots) to go with the announcement. They look great, but a handful of screenshots don't quite measure up to the gorgeous gameplay videos they showed three years ago. (https://www.destructoid.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-is-dreaming-of-a-black-christmas/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygaG56O_gY
This is nothing new for fans of BloodlinesHardcore fans still believe in Bloodlines 2 because they remember the early cursed days of the original. Bloodlines might absolutely rock now, but it took a while for it to get up to that point. At release, all we got was an unfinished game and the demise of its development company. (https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/590958p1.html) The original Bloodlines by Troika Games was off to a promising start, though! It was one of the first games to use Valve's glorious Source engine, but the hype quickly turned into a nightmare. Troubles related to overspending, dealing with a new engine, and a contract that forced Troika to only show Bloodlines after the reveal of Half-Life 2 and to only release it after (the delayed) Half-Life 2 (https://money.cnn.com/2004/02/02/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/)put the company under great stress.
Bloodlines was met with a mixed response upon release, though its great story and gameplay potential were obvious from the get-go. We must thank the heroic fans and ex-Troika employees who never gave up and kept on working for years on patches that fixed the game's issues. (https://www.destructoid.com/weekend-modders-guide-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/) These patches made by the community are so good that GOG's official release of the game has incorporated them. (https://www.gog.com/en/game/vampire_the_masquerade_bloodlines)
So, If Bloodlines 2 doesn't play great by the time Paradox's unannounced company believes they've exhausted all of its development capabilities, just consider releasing it as is. Yes, please don't cancel it. A few fans will probably take care of the rest.
The post Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is alive (https://www.destructoid.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-is-alive/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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