Pdx to publish Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 in 2020

Started by Syt, March 22, 2019, 02:48:49 AM

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garbon

#45
February 23, 2021, 03:54:25 AM
https://kotaku.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-delayed-past-2021-1846333086

QuoteThe troubled development of the sequel to Vampire: the Masquerade just got a lot more troubled, with publishers Paradox announcing tonight that not only will the game not be released in 2021 as originally planned, but that developers Hardsuit Labs have also been removed from the project.

In a statement made as part of Paradox's latest earnings, the publisher says:

QuoteWe have now chosen to postpone the release of [Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2] further, and we will not be launching the game in 2021. We have also decided that Hardsuit Labs will no longer be leading the development of Bloodlines 2, and we have started a collaboration with a new studio partner to finish work on the game. This has been a difficult decision, but we are convinced that it is the right way forward to do the game justice.

Oh boy. Masquerade's sequel has been beset by problems for years now, from writers and creative directors being fired from the project to repeated (and significant) delays. Still, this is video games, where major speedbumps and delays aren't exactly unusual (look anywhere from Cyberpunk to Halo Infinite to Anthem for examples).

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Josquius

#46
February 23, 2021, 04:58:02 AM
Ouch. Seemed to have been going OK last I saw.
Well....being positive...last time this happened we got Crusader Kings. Yay?
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Caliga

#47
February 23, 2021, 07:27:16 AM
Just cancel it already. :sleep:
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garbon

#48
February 23, 2021, 07:38:05 AM
Quote from: Tyr on February 23, 2021, 04:58:02 AM
Ouch. Seemed to have been going OK last I saw.
Well....being positive...last time this happened we got Crusader Kings. Yay?

In August you noted the news didn't bode well. :P
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Josquius

#49
February 23, 2021, 07:39:56 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 23, 2021, 07:38:05 AM
Quote from: Tyr on February 23, 2021, 04:58:02 AM
Ouch. Seemed to have been going OK last I saw.
Well....being positive...last time this happened we got Crusader Kings. Yay?

In August you noted the news didn't bode well. :P
Yeah, I'm sure I remember reading about it being back on track around xmas. Guess not.
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celedhring

#50
February 23, 2021, 08:48:06 AM
Yeah, ditching the whole studio makes me feel they probably should forget about the thing altogether, but sunk costs and all that.

grumbler

#51
March 03, 2021, 12:07:43 PM
Quote from: celedhring on February 23, 2021, 08:48:06 AM
Yeah, ditching the whole studio makes me feel they probably should forget about the thing altogether, but sunk costs and all that.

The concept about sunk costs is that you should ignore them.
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Valmy

#52
March 03, 2021, 02:39:38 PM
Quote from: celedhring on February 23, 2021, 08:48:06 AM
Yeah, ditching the whole studio makes me feel they probably should forget about the thing altogether, but sunk costs and all that.

This is a CK type situation but at least in that case the game they were making was entirely in the main Paradox development studio's wheel house. This RPG not so much.
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garbon

#53
September 04, 2023, 02:20:35 PM
This has a release date again.
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Crazy_Ivan80

#54
September 04, 2023, 05:15:11 PM
it's as undead as the subjects of the game...

jimmy olsen

#55
September 04, 2023, 08:21:54 PM
Seems like the story has completely changed. The protagonist was originally going to be a thin blood and you were going to be able choose your clan later on, presumably by committing diablerie in a bloodhunt.

Now the protagonist is going to be an elder woken from Torpor. Frankly, I prefer this, but I think this switch will be pretty divisive to the fan base. Of course, in the end it all comes down to how well it's executed.
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Valmy

#56
September 04, 2023, 11:13:11 PM
Hey a great game is great forever but a late game is only late until it comes out.

Whenever they get around to finishing it is fine. I might even be done with BG3 by then.
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Syt

#57
September 05, 2023, 01:04:02 AM
The new developers are The Chinese Room, makers of Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.

https://www.thechineseroom.co.uk/games
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Caliga

#58
September 12, 2023, 01:17:03 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 04, 2023, 11:13:11 PMHey a great game is great forever but a late game is only late until it comes out.

Whenever they get around to finishing it is fine. I might even be done with BG3 by then.
Yep.  Please don't rush it, P'dox.  World of Darkness is a great game setting and it would be nice if an excellent, complete product came out in that setting at some point.
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Josquius

#59
September 12, 2023, 02:23:42 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 05, 2023, 01:04:02 AMThe new developers are The Chinese Room, makers of Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.

https://www.thechineseroom.co.uk/games

This is potentially disappointing news. I hope they don't go too far down the horror game path.
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