Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines: 2 - I want to believe, but...

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I still believe Bloodlines 2 is going to come out on time and be a good game.

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>Dev diaries in September.
>No new trailers or gameplay scheduled.
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It's still coming out in Fall 2024.

Trust the plan, #Vamily.
 
Everyone take a shot - games been delayed again.

Good evening,

Today, The Chinese Room’s Alex Skidmore, Creative Director for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, and Mattias Lilja, Deputy CEO for Paradox Interactive, share an update on Bloodlines 2.

To quickly recap, Mattias and Alex share:

  • Bloodlines 2’s release window has been updated to the first half of 2025.
  • Paradox and The Chinese Room’s commitment to delivering a high-quality action RPG for Vampire fans, new and old.
  • Some of the things they're excited about working on with the additional time.
The Chinese Room and Paradox will continue to post frequent updates, including Dev Diaries, deep dives, and more. We are not going into a quiet period; our teams have been hard at work making the best possible Vampire Action RPG and have lots of cool stuff to share.

Why are you updating the release window?​

Earlier this year, Paradox reaffirmed our commitment to delivering high-quality games to our players, and the launch update is a proactive decision derived from this commitment. Though the game is in a good enough place that we could have maintained our planned release window, Paradox and The Chinese Room collaboratively decided to prioritize polish.

What will the additional time be used for?​

It will be used to create a quality assurance buffer, giving more time between testing and launch, ensuring we release the game when it’s ready. The extra time gives us an opportunity to adjust certain areas, such as Fabien, and incorporate other community feedback.

We will also use the time to expand the game’s story, and now Bloodlines 2 will have more than twice as many endings as its predecessor.

What’s next?​

World of Darkness and The Chinese Room will continue to engage with Bloodlines 2 fans.

We’ll discuss everything from our vampire take on Seattle to social feeding and the different factions in the city. We’ll also introduce you to more characters, giving you a chance to get familiar with the Kindred, who controls the city from the shadows, ahead of the game’s launch.

It has been a long journey, but we’re near the final stages of development and will share the release date once we are confident with the game’s level of polish.

Seattle welcomes you to explore its dark vampiric underbelly in 2025; until then, stay tuned to our social media channels for more Bloodlines 2 updates: Discord, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

- Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room

I'm sorry, but the fact it was this close to the last release date, and they're still apparently adding to the story? This game is either going to be a supremely polished turd, or the dumpster fire that finally puts this IP out of our misery, and I'm not sure which outcome would be funnier anymore.
 
mindlessobserver said:
The lead developers last name is Skidmore. Just saying.

At this point I may have to get it just to see how bad it is.
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Oh I fully expect the dumpster fire - if anything this game somehow pulling off a miracle and managing to be GOOD would be even more disappointing at this point - but I’m just putting that out there as for the high point of expectations.

I’m just going to ignore it and continue my yearly tradition of seeing how much duct tape is needed to get the OG Bloodlines to run.
 
Leaf Wage Slave Jr said:
Earlier this year, Paradox reaffirmed our commitment to delivering high-quality games to our players, and the launch update is a proactive decision derived from this commitment.
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Why the fuck did they have to "reaffirm" a commitment to produce decent games? And waiting until the last moment to delay your game isn't "proactive", more like 'belated'.
At this point Duke Nukem Forever had a smoother production cycle.
 
Reaffirming our commitment to great games has the same energy as the couple redoing their wedding vows in a last ditch effort to save the relationship before inevitably blowing up in spectacular fashion. I’ll be surprised if this game sells a few thousand copies
 
Leaf Wage Slave Jr said:
I'm sorry, but the fact it was this close to the last release date, and they're still apparently adding to the story? This game is either going to be a supremely polished turd, or the dumpster fire that finally puts this IP out of our misery, and I'm not sure which outcome would be funnier anymore.
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They could try putting an actual game in their walking simulator.
 
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