Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will be released on October 21, 2025. The action-RPG video game is the sequel to the cult classic Vampire: The Masquer...
I’ve preordered games before and not regretted it.
This is definitely not going to be such a case. The amount of development hell this game has gone through, it’ll be a miracle if it even ends up good enough that I decide to buy it at all. I’m certainly not buying it sight unseen.
They don’t even seem to be offering any incentive to pre-order? Which honestly might be a good thing. It reduces the accusations of gating content…and they’ve got enough to deal with on that front already, considering two clans and a heap more content are gated behind day-one DLC. $45 day-one DLC, in fact (in Australia at least). That’s as much as a full game in many cases. (Including all of the other games in the VtM franchise. In fact, of the 20 other games in the World of Darkness franchise linked in a collection on Steam from this game’s Steam page, only 2 are more than half that.)
Never pre order.
Especially shit that has gone though development hell and multiple restructures
I’ve preordered games before and not regretted it.
This is definitely not going to be such a case. The amount of development hell this game has gone through, it’ll be a miracle if it even ends up good enough that I decide to buy it at all. I’m certainly not buying it sight unseen.
They don’t even seem to be offering any incentive to pre-order? Which honestly might be a good thing. It reduces the accusations of gating content…and they’ve got enough to deal with on that front already, considering two clans and a heap more content are gated behind day-one DLC. $45 day-one DLC, in fact (in Australia at least). That’s as much as a full game in many cases. (Including all of the other games in the VtM franchise. In fact, of the 20 other games in the World of Darkness franchise linked in a collection on Steam from this game’s Steam page, only 2 are more than half that.)
I was going to say – It’s almost offensive they even offered it. I know it has a bit of a fanbase but it’s been through the ringer trying to get out.
I really liked the first one when I was younger. More than it deserved probably. It hit a lot of the right stuff for me.
I don’t have any good expectations for this new one. It should be something I’m looking forward too but I’m not. Much less pre ordering it.
I hope it’s good. If it is I’ll play it.
Keep your hopes down. The project has been restarted 4 times and lastly handed over to a small studio in a turmoil with no experience in the genre.