Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2's biggest mistake is being called Bloodlines 2

[agent_karyo@piefed.world]

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[coelacanth@feddit.nu]

It makes me desperate to know the story of how this came about as the vision for a Bloodlines sequel. Right now, it feels like The Chinese Room had a good idea for a Vampire: The Masquerade game and Paradox—at a loss for what to do after the debacle of Hardsuit Labs' original version of the game—got the studio to slap the name on it.

Yes, I am inclined to believe that is exactly what happened.

[sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz]

The lukewarm reviews are actually sounding kind of promising. I'm good at letting go of nostalgia, it never pays off anyway. I have just been more interested in a decent World of Darkness RPG and that might have still been something that has come together despite all the development setbacks

[psythik@lemmy.world]

Here's hoping the game is good.

I tried the original, but it's running on such an old and ancient version of the Source engine that I just couldn't get into it. Would be neat if someone would port it to Source 2 and upscale the textures.

[meatpilot@lemmy.world]

I recall playing the original and got very far only for a bug that I couldn't fix through a reload. I just gave up, never finished it. Was a somewhat interesting story though.

[coelacanth@feddit.nu]

The original cannot be completed without Wesp5's Unofficial Patch as far as I know. But with it it's perfectly playable. It's worth playing, despite being very janky and the last third of the game being a bit rushed it's a cult classic for a reason.