World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 - VTMB sequel from The Chinese Room - coming early 2025

[Rieser]

When this game finally comes out I'm going to feel an emptiness inside that can never be filled. Not because the game will be bad, but because predicting how bad it'll be in this thread has been a part of my life for so long it'll be like losing a friend.

Joined: 16 April 2022

Lurked for many years
Parasocial relationship with a few threads

Checks out, I guess.

 

[Vincente]

Dev Diary #23 - Sounds of Seattle

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Dev diaries were a mistake.

 

[Tyranicon]

Dev diaries were a mistake.

They're not worth the time and effort to make.

Reminds me of the Obsidian team streaming Pillars to market Avowed.

 

[NecroLord]

Dev diaries were a mistake.

Especially when they are made by idiots.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Gotta get that trillion dev diary quota done, brah))

 

[Vulpes]

Reminds me of the Obsidian team streaming Pillars to market Avowed.

At least dev dairies present some information about a studio's upcoming game, even if it's being drip fed at a glacial pace. What do the PoE 2 streams say about Avowed? Absolutely nothing.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Reminds me of the Obsidian team streaming Pillars to market Avowed.

At least dev dairies present some information about a studio's upcoming game, even if it's being drip fed at a glacial pace.

Don't get me wrong, I don't see an issue with the concept of dev diaries in themselves. I just think that they're being misused in this case. It's tabloid tier to have a million DDs with meager info. Just post them less regularly and have them be meatier.

 

[Wesp5]

I just think that they're being misused in this case. It's tabloid tier to have a million DDs with meager info.

There was a lot of interesting stuff, but in the end I wondered a) whether most of this hasn't been standard in first person games for years or part of the Unreal engin and b) how Bloodlines pulled off such a great atmosphere with much easier solutions?

 

[Jaesun]

Sound design wise, they got some good people working there. Like what they are doing so far.

The music direction, not really getting it so far.

 

[Roguey]

PC Gamer did their top 25 Most Wanted and Bloodlines 2 didn't make it at all. Yeah, we're done here. Welcome to the D-List.

 

[The President]

They just wore people out with the long wait for this game.

 

[Grunker]

PC Gamer did their top 25 Most Wanted and Bloodlines 2 didn't make it at all. Yeah, we're done here. Welcome to the D-List.

On the bright side, with the expectation that this will be absolute bargain bin tier trash going on -50% after a month, it can no longer disappoint

 

[Herumor]

First half of 2025 for release. How?

 

[La vie sexuelle]

First half of 2025 for release. How?

Original relase date was September 2023.

Strong Daikatana vibe.

 

[Tyranicon]

Original relase date was September 2023.

Strong Daikatana vibe.

IIRC, the HSL version was supposed to release in March 2020.

Typical development hell issues.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Original relase date was September 2023.

Strong Daikatana vibe.

IIRC, the HSL version was supposed to release in March 2020.

Typical development hell issues.

I don't agree that this is typical. Daikata was a unique story about incompetence and pride, while Vampire 2 will be an example for years of how a company can fail to cope with a brand (yes, they even surpassed Disney and Paramount).

Pay attention - they didn't even anticipate in their post that someone might think about winter 2025/2026 instead of winter 2024/2025. They should clarify this in the next message... but they won't :D

 

[Roguey]

PC Gamer did their top 25 Most Wanted and Bloodlines 2 didn't make it at all. Yeah, we're done here. Welcome to the D-List.

Actually got a mention in their upcoming RPGs of 2025 list but it's not good https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/t...ready-for-another-amazing-year-for-the-genre/

This long-awaited sequel is certainly going to be a big deal, but I'll be straight with you: I don't think there's much chance of it actually being good at this point. Its now lengthy development has been marked by so many red flags you'd think someone opened an artery over at the… flag factory (sorry), including a change in developer in 2021. That left The Chinese Room at the helm, a developer known for quality horror and atmosphere, sure, but not combat or interactivity—an odd choice for a sprawling, immersive sim-like RPG.

Still, if this ends up a huge mess riddled with bugs and over-ambitious ideas, that will at least make it a perfectly faithful sequel to the original.

 

[Hammer Of The Heretics]

Oh, that's right, this is still a thing that allegedly exists.

 

[Jaesun]

Still, if this ends up a huge mess riddled with bugs and over-ambitious ideas, that will at least make it a perfectly faithful sequel to the original.

 

[Tyranicon]

over-ambitious ideas

The only thing over-ambitious about what we've seen so far are the launch dates.

I'm still chuckling over Paradox CEO saying a 2023 launch was "not impossible."

 

[KeAShizuku]

I mean it has been 20+ years.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Delayed By Months​

Back into the shadows.​

By Matt Purslow

Updated: Jul 11, 2020 5:49 am

Posted: Oct 16, 2019 4:17 pm


Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed from its original Q1 2020 launch window. It will now release sometime later in the year.

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/16/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-delayed-by-months

 

[Vincente]

Dev Diary #24: Legend of the Nomad