World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 from Hardsuit Labs

[Immortal]

Previously I made a Joke that Hardsuit Labs are a bunch of Virtue Signalling Losers / Fake Devs / ~idea people~
Taking a page out of Roguey 's book I decided to skim their Glassdoor..

Maybe this was already posted? It's new to me so fuck you. :^)

If you read through all these reviews both Pros and Cons.. It starts to become apparent that actually..

Hardsuit Labs are a bunch of Virtue Signalling Losers / Fake Devs / ~idea people~

The management are clueless, and cannot organize a team. Some managers are slack-jawed and only seem interested in their social media feed.
Constant bad advice and "no, do it this bad way" over-the-shoulder pestering.

Constant forced crunch time. Doing 9-11 hour days without counting in commute on a static monthly pay with no additional benefits is not fun, especially in this environment.

Zero chance to focus on your work with busybodies trying to micromanage every line of code
Zero chance to focus on your work with other busybodies trying to always go on about their perceived differences.

The self-identified "LGBT" people are often nagging at innocent jokes and interrupting co-worker work-related conversations because they feel like they need to inject themselves and their opinion to it. This leads to a divided workplace which the management is unwilling to handle. Constant murmur by management on how they're so "open", "accepting" and "diverse".

Constant undertones in all speech by management about progressive ideas and ideals even when it comes to completely neutral subjects like programming and gameplay design. All additions and suggestions are primarily weighted against the former factors instead of whether or not it would fit the series or be conducive to good gameplay.

This one might be fake?
It's so on the nose.. Date was Nov 2020 though.. pfbfbbf

The company has many inclusive, respectful and kind employees who are very helpful.

Very ~ ~ Inclusive ~ ~

Studio suffers from not only its own growing pains, but those of its publisher, Paradox Often poor communication High turnover rate Lower pay than larger studios in the area A lot of talk, very little solid decision making

It's all Paradox's fault !

Decisions being made and large changes happening with no warning is harmful to morale and the development cycle. Leadership needs to be strong and transparent, not saying one thing and doing another. Really loved working at this company until recently.

Idea people have lot's of ideas.

Unlimited Vacation time

How was this game so far behind..? It's a mystery..

If only bullshitting about ideas constantly and changing your mind 40 times a day whilst twitter shit posting could produce finished products.. Oh well..

 

[Semiurge]

 

[user]

So, I was browsing their steam forums and it seems that a lot of people haven't even realized that none is developing this game anymore. They must have made a nice profit from this IP, just by selling the hype and forgetting to refund anyone. Pretty slick.

 

[Lambach]

It seems that they haven't given up on Bloodlines 2 because according to data, they believe it will hit expected profit margins.

The person doing market research for them must be a rabid Bloodlines fan and is personally vested into getting the sequel released no matter what. That's the only explanation I can come up with.

 

[Ardun]

Vtmb 2 hype
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[Background Character]

Dunno how true this is

 

[Nutria]

DC Comics and World of Darkness combined. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Dunno how true this is

shits fake unless someone decided to open it with ie8 and resave it
look at all the compression artefacts in the bottom left, it's ripped from a video
compare to an official announcement image

 

[T.Ashpool]

yep WB’s most prestige studio is going to take over this abortion and release it in a year while they finish suicide squad on the side, sounds very realistic.

we’re lucky if they get a B or C rate dev like harebrained schemes, dontnod or cyanide

 

[Monkey Baron]

Dunno how true this is

 

[Lambach]

Dunno how true this is

I almost believed this was legit, until I saw the alleged 2022 release date.

 

[vortex]

Before we knew about Hardsuit, I thought Rocksteady is making it.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Previously I made a Joke that Hardsuit Labs are a bunch of Virtue Signalling Losers / Fake Devs / ~idea people~
Taking a page out of Roguey 's book I decided to skim their Glassdoor..

Maybe this was already posted? It's new to me so fuck you. :^)

If you read through all these reviews both Pros and Cons.. It starts to become apparent that actually..

Hardsuit Labs are a bunch of Virtue Signalling Losers / Fake Devs / ~idea people~

The management are clueless, and cannot organize a team. Some managers are slack-jawed and only seem interested in their social media feed.
Constant bad advice and "no, do it this bad way" over-the-shoulder pestering.

Constant forced crunch time. Doing 9-11 hour days without counting in commute on a static monthly pay with no additional benefits is not fun, especially in this environment.

Zero chance to focus on your work with busybodies trying to micromanage every line of code
Zero chance to focus on your work with other busybodies trying to always go on about their perceived differences.

The self-identified "LGBT" people are often nagging at innocent jokes and interrupting co-worker work-related conversations because they feel like they need to inject themselves and their opinion to it. This leads to a divided workplace which the management is unwilling to handle. Constant murmur by management on how they're so "open", "accepting" and "diverse".

Constant undertones in all speech by management about progressive ideas and ideals even when it comes to completely neutral subjects like programming and gameplay design. All additions and suggestions are primarily weighted against the former factors instead of whether or not it would fit the series or be conducive to good gameplay.

This one might be fake?
It's so on the nose.. Date was Nov 2020 though.. pfbfbbf

The company has many inclusive, respectful and kind employees who are very helpful.

Very ~ ~ Inclusive ~ ~

Studio suffers from not only its own growing pains, but those of its publisher, Paradox Often poor communication High turnover rate Lower pay than larger studios in the area A lot of talk, very little solid decision making

It's all Paradox's fault !

Decisions being made and large changes happening with no warning is harmful to morale and the development cycle. Leadership needs to be strong and transparent, not saying one thing and doing another. Really loved working at this company until recently.

Idea people have lot's of ideas.

Unlimited Vacation time

How was this game so far behind..? It's a mystery..

If only bullshitting about ideas constantly and changing your mind 40 times a day whilst twitter shit posting could produce finished products.. Oh well..

Quick reminder of the kind of people we are talking about:

 

[Cyberarmy]

†

 

[Twiglard]

Quick reminder of the kind of people we are talking about

But that's Dashcon ain't it?

 

[Vladimuar]

Quick reminder of the kind of people we are talking about:

I''m deeply traumatized. Gonna get compensation.

 

[Cael]

Quick reminder of the kind of people we are talking about:

Dead face appropriation. Zombies should eat their faces off as just punishment.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Quick reminder of the kind of people we are talking about

But that's Dashcon ain't it?

It shows the general mindset of those people. They are basically overgrown children who make even Fedora neckbeard manchildren feel like responsible adults by comparison.

 

[gerey]

Quick reminder of the kind of people we are talking about:

Let's not forget that someone allegedly peed in that ballpit and everyone that frolicked in it got the crabs.

It shows the general mindset of those people. They are basically overgrown children who make even Fedora neckbeard manchildren feel like responsible adults by comparison.

Say what you want of the MLP horsefuckers, but a few months before the glorious disaster that Dashcon was, they also organized a convention of their own - one that went off without a hitch.

And this was a convention organized by grown men that masturbate to a cartoon about magical horses that can speak.

 

[user]

2022

 

[Gargaune]

We understand many of you are looking forward to...

Oh, yes!

... playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.

Heh. No.

Also, I get the Batman street cred, but how does an outfit become "best known" for an upcoming product?

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

Dunno how true this is

I have no idea how anyone could have believed this even just for a minute.

 

[Ol' Willy]

Would?

 

[Lyric Suite]

Sure, if you like getting accused of rape.

 

[fantadomat]

Would?

A bunch of trannies in a pisspool lol,you must be thirsty.