RaggleFraggle
Ask me about VTM
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Something stuck out to me in a recent thread:
Warhammer’s Vampire Counts receive no licensed games outside of Total War, even though there’s clearly a market and the brand name isn’t too sullied at the moment. Yet I’ve seen several vampire-themed medieval fantasy games, although they’re probably banking more on the medieval fantasy part than the vampire part. (I’m jaded and sick of medieval fantasy btw.)
Aside from Vampyr, Nighthawks and MoonFall, I can’t think of any original vampire-themed crpgs from the last five years. Why are vampires so underrepresented when the success of Bloodlines showed there is a market for it (outside of teenage girls)? The same goes for modern fantasy in general.
They’re not wrong. Devs have been weirdly unwilling to make vampire-themed games unless they’re licensing from Paradox. But the result: Paradox flooding the #vampires tag with crappy licensed games that constantly flop, isn’t convincing devs to make more games with vampires as PCs. Is it? Surely devs have realized the license is worthless, right?That's one crap prepared statement!
But the worst offender especially in current year is
"Vampires, especially as playable characters, are underrepresented."
Yikes
Like the project didn't already had big problems!
Warhammer’s Vampire Counts receive no licensed games outside of Total War, even though there’s clearly a market and the brand name isn’t too sullied at the moment. Yet I’ve seen several vampire-themed medieval fantasy games, although they’re probably banking more on the medieval fantasy part than the vampire part. (I’m jaded and sick of medieval fantasy btw.)
Aside from Vampyr, Nighthawks and MoonFall, I can’t think of any original vampire-themed crpgs from the last five years. Why are vampires so underrepresented when the success of Bloodlines showed there is a market for it (outside of teenage girls)? The same goes for modern fantasy in general.
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