Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 delayed until later in 2020

The makers of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 have introduced a delay for his or her long-awaited spooky RPG sequel, and I couldn’t be happier. They say they want extra time to make it correct good and yep, please do take that point. The 2004 Bloodlines is a flawed masterpiece, so promising but so wonky that followers are devoted sufficient to nonetheless be patching it up. I’ll fortunately wait a number of months longer if it helps keep away from a repeat of that. Bloodlines 2 was beforehand due in 2020 by the tip of March, and now it’s pushed again nebulously to later within the 12 months. Take your time, eh?

“For the last three and a half years, we’ve worked hard to bring you a worthy successor to Bloodlines 1,” Andy Kipling and Brian Mitsoda of Hardsuit Labs defined in today’s announcement. “To us, that meant not solely making good on the ambitions of this exceptional game, but additionally an obligation to make sure we’d not repeat its errors. Today, now we have to inform you that we’d like some extra time to get you the game you’ve been ready for.

The pair say they “firmly believe” the sequel will hit the highs of Bloodlines (“a deep, branching storyline; fascinating and amazingly acted characters; the rich universe of the World of Darkness,” they declare) however they’re cautious of hanging the lows too.

They say they’ve a “responsibility to avoid some of the issues that plagued the first game, which was famously launched too early” and that it not too long ago “became clear that to stick to our original date would risk repeating that mistake.” Hence a delay.

Mate I by no means thought I’d see a sequel and it’s already been 15 years, ready a number of months longer is nothing.

Published by Paradox Interactive, Bloodlines 2 is now due in some unspecified time in the future in 2020 on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store.

Our Alice Bee has been fortunate to see Bloodlines 2 a good few occasions. While you wait, maybe you would possibly fancy studying her ideas on the big picture, clan Malkavian, her favourite scary lady, and the dialogue system. Our video crew not too long ago started playing the original Bloodlines too.

Disclosure: Cara Ellison, a former RPS columnist and my former flatmate, is senior narrative designer on Bloodlines 2. I do miss her however I additionally benefit from the freedom to stay disgracefully.