Its... hard to explain. Mostly because you're getting out of Vampire territory and into Mage territory. Where yes, things work because people believe they do. And why magic tends to fail because people don't believe magic exists. As a result there's no real universe-wise difference between a chucking a carved Rune of Fireball and a plasma grenade. Just that people find one more believable than the other.
And that’s a good thing. I sure as hell don’t want to play it after all I’ve heard.
Sounds like the same song and dance Hollywood's pulling with their soulless sequels these days. Bring along a big name as a "consultant" or "assistant" something to draw nostalgiafags to the theater, then bin all their input and have your committee of dime-a-dozen monkeys do the heavy lifting for cheap. Same way James Cameron was involved with Dark Fate or how Spielberg's totally still involved with production for Indy 5, just shut your goy mouth and give us your shekels.Chris Avellone explains what happened between him and his accusers.
It’s Come To This
Update: For new information and screenshots regarding the allegations, please see Jeff Johnson’s Medium article, “Beyond Politics, Beliefs…chrisavellone.medium.com
Holy shit. I don't think any of them even fucked once.
It’s Come To This. I’m Chris Avellone. I’m a game writer… | by Chris …
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Also, some info on Bloodlines 2. Or non-info, since he has no fucking idea what the hell's going on with it, but it's enlightening nonetheless:
What the Fuck Happened to Bloodlines 2?
So since I made a statement about what happened last year, I’ve been getting a lot of questions that have nothing to do with it. Thanks for…
What the Fuck Happened to Bloodlines 2? | by Chris Avellone | Jul, 20…
archived 16 Jul 2021 20:48:24 UTC
None of his writing actually made it into the game apparently. There's no way this is gonna be any good at all.
Elder scrolls-style custom spell creation to simulate rotes. Aside from that, some sort of primarily text-based/turn-based RPG like Disco Elysium where you try to solve various puzzles using your abilities.
At this point in time, you have no reason not to just pirate it if you don't like the price. It's a 16-year old game, none of the proceeds would be going to the original developers. If you're paying anything for it, just do it to line the pockets of whatever digital store you like the most. GoG for example has it at a discount right now. It's not exactly $4.99, but it's close enough.
Well, yeah, obviously I'd be buying it off GoG.
I have a feeling Paradox may have upped the royalty/licensing fees on Bloodlines 1 in preparation for the announcement of Bloodlines 2 and the inevitable increase in brand interest, and the online stores just passed the markup on to the customers.
Chris Avellone explains what happened between him and his accusers.
It’s Come To This
Update: For new information and screenshots regarding the allegations, please see Jeff Johnson’s Medium article, “Beyond Politics, Beliefs…
Holy shit. I don't think any of them even fucked once.It’s Come To This. I’m Chris Avellone. I’m a game writer… | by Chris …
archived 28 Jun 2021 20:23:52 UTC
Also, some info on Bloodlines 2. Or non-info, since he has no fucking idea what the hell's going on with it, but it's enlightening nonetheless:
What the Fuck Happened to Bloodlines 2?
So since I made a statement about what happened last year, I’ve been getting a lot of questions that have nothing to do with it. Thanks for…
What the Fuck Happened to Bloodlines 2? | by Chris Avellone | Jul, 20…
archived 16 Jul 2021 20:48:24 UTC
None of his writing actually made it into the game apparently. There's no way this is gonna be any good at all.
I am just glad Paradox had the good sense to see the abomination that was about to born and decided aborting it was the better option. It's rare to see in today's video game industry.
Yeah, the game that was being made would have been fucking terrible, thing is, I don't know if whoever Paradox puts on the project will be able to do better. To the best of my knowledge, Paradox itself has no experience making first-person action rpgs.
Obsidon is the rumor (delusion)
They have a good track record with third person RPGs. I don't see why they can't translate that into first person. They just need to actually hire a competent studio.
And it would still be bad by a narrative standpoint. They don't have any good writers and think hiring WildStar's lead designer as one was a good idea. Remember that cringy Joker Malkavian Christmas trailer? Now he's a cartoon character and instead of Outer World's "Women Led Capitalism = Good" we get "Women Led Camarilla = Good". It'll also depend on who they have on contract given how that company is a revolving door.
Don't worry, we'll see Bloodlines 2 yet. They've spent too much on this project to just let it die on the vine.
How much was spent on the WoD MMO before that got axed?
It really depends on how much usable material they inherited from Hardsuit. Most of these cases of a game getting passed around by studios that release are basically the result of the last party doing what they can to bodge the mess they inherited together into something that technically works. Unless Paradox wants to pay for the game twice, they might just cut their losses
