This certainly isn’t what I expected. The troubled Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, which I’d just about given up on, is now set to release next fall, over four years after its initial intended launch. Paradox Interactive has tapped The Chinese Room, developer of Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, as the studio to bring the fraught RPG across the finish line.
“Fraught” doesn’t really begin to describe Bloodlines 2. The sequel to Troika’s 2004 cult classic (and one of my very favorite games) was initially supposed to come out in March 2020. Its first major delay came with the news that lead writer Brian Mitsoda (who also had a big hand in the original game) and creative director Ka’ai Cluney had been fired. Developer Hardsuit Labs was taken off the project entirely, and the game was delayed indefinitely in 2021.
Just another nail in this once great series.
Great series there is only one game in the series currently.
Which is a real shame.
Because VTM - Redemption was WAY ahead of its time and is arguably better than Bloodlines in a lot of ways (but Bloodlines has sexy goths dancing to Kidneythieves and, thus, wins).
Fingers crossed they do a good job.
I really like Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, but their style doesn’t seem like a great fit for Bloodlines. I hope it works out.
