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

[Egosphere]

So I was right it is going to be a huge GTA-style game

Just hope it's got 'dem RPG Elements.

 

[Hellion]

 

[Kem0sabe]

WATCH TENDER BROADCASTS
TO GET SPECIAL REWARDS

IN-GAME

TENDER T-SHIRT

IN-GAME

BODYGUARD SUIT

This shit looks like something an mmo or an open world game as a service thing would pull.

 

[Saerain]

Yeah... really raises the multiplayer shitfest red flag.

 

[Egosphere]

Can we just all agree that this Tender thing is an utterly shit way to market a Bloodlines sequel and got boring a long time ago?

 

[Lacrymas]

I'm getting some real bad vibes. I don't think we are getting our single-player Bloodlines 2.

 

[conan_edw]

I've heard various rumors about a Paradox Vampire RPG in development. Somebody even told me Brian Mitsoda was involved somehow.

This would definitely not be the Codex's favorite way of teasing it though.

OK, so here are a few more details about this.

There were two different people who told me about a Vampire RPG in development. This was back in late 2017.

One of them told me he'd spoken to an external playtester. Interestingly, said playtester had been supplied with a build of the game that omitted the name of the developer. He had no idea who made the game he was playtesting. But by the style of the game, he was convinced it was an Obsidian RPG (which of course it wasn't)

What about the part of Brian's involvement?

 

[HansDampf]

Of course it's going to be some kind of game as a service crap. It wouldn't make sense for them to create a pure single-player RPG in the style of Bloodlines. Not enough moneys to be made.

 

[V_K]

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This shit looks like something an mmo or an open world game as a service thing would pull.

Wonder why this bodyguard suit reminds a promo pic from a certain Chinese online storefront so much:

 

[Egosphere]

Of course it's going to be some kind of game as a service crap. It wouldn't make sense for them to create a pure single-player RPG in the style of Bloodlines. Not enough moneys to be made.

Surely CDPR really put that notion of money to bed with witcher 3?

 

[conan_edw]

So which streaming are we watching? GOG? Paradox?
It seems that GOG are streaming VTMB now

 

[Azalin]

Here's a screen capture from that twitch page while it shifts between images,wonder if all that crap mean anything or they just thrw them in there

 

[Saerain]

If you mean the list on the right, that's just the interests you can select on Tender.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

Of course it's going to be some kind of game as a service crap. It wouldn't make sense for them to create a pure single-player RPG in the style of Bloodlines. Not enough moneys to be made.

Paradox made Tyranny. They’ve repeatedly talked about making single player RPGs. There are half a dozen interviews with Fredrik Wester where he says this is a business Paradox wants to be in.

 

[Infinitron]

I think it's possible (though by no means certain) that this game will have some sort of multiplayer or online element.

But what I think is beyond dispute is that the game is inspired specifically by Bloodlines. It's not a generic Vampire The Masquerade game, they are making something that's going to be like Bloodlines.

 

[Lacrymas]

Paradox made Tyranny. They’ve repeatedly talked about making single player RPGs. There are half a dozen interviews with Fredrik Wester where he says this is a business Paradox wants to be in.

And with the same breath they said Tyranny was a financial disappointment.

 

[Delterius]

when you're disappointed in your finances, the best thing to do is to recycle a failed mmo in the age of fortnite

 

[Saerain]

Man, I'd rather it be a single-player RPG, but if it has to be multiplayer, then it had better be an MMO. I don't think my tender heart could take Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt Royale.

 

[Delterius]

what if its a dragons dogma

build your own ghoul and send him to do ghouly things in other peoples havens

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.hardsuitlabs.com/new-project/

(Doing some research)

UPDATING:

They've been "retweeting" the Paradox Interactive account for a while: https://twitter.com/hardsuitlabs

There are some interesting if revealing bits here and there in their job openings like:

• Experience on Single-Player titles preferred (Level Designer)

 

[Lacrymas]

In manus tuas, Domine. ...I guess.

 

[Atlantico]

gog.com does not sell or service third party online-only games, at least not so far.

MMOs are dead, no question.

Open world games, OTOH - shit like Fallout 76, that's all the rage atm.

Not gonna lie, this doesn't look promising. We all want a sequel to Bloodlines, a single player RPG. I'm not sure the focus groups of normies is as keen on that. This will come out on the consoles as well.

Perhaps it was for the best to announce it at this stupid hour, when just about the entire market for this game is asleep.

 

[Delterius]

its midnight in brazil at the announcement so its perfect

rekt european nerds

 

[Space Nugget]

 

[Space Nugget]

https://www.hardsuitlabs.com/new-project/

(Doing some research)

UPDATING:

They've been "retweeting" the Paradox Interactive account for a while: https://twitter.com/hardsuitlabs

There are some interesting if revealing bits here and there in their job openings like:

• Experience on Single-Player titles preferred (Level Designer)

LOL

How far we've come...