The preorder bonus is just a "nostalgia" jukebox with some music from first game. The additional clans are a part of dlc (selling dlcs for unreleased game is a travesty). So ... let's wait for -66% discouint.

The fanboys are the ones crying that the sequel isn't the same as their 21 year old buggy mess.
Meaning it's actually polished and has good combat :D

I did my best to avoid all the controversy/issue with the production, but I still got enough to know this is not pre-order material. To be fair, most games aren't.

After watching the 2h video this feels like going from Deus Ex to Deus Ex: HR, which is not the worst thing, but I understand that's a matter of opinion.

Waiting for reviews seems like the smart thing to do. Story and characters are the main things I want to know some reviewer's opinions before purchasing. I really hope it's at least a buy on discount recommendation rather then full on 'nope'.

P.S. Paradox can take their dlc model and shove it!

That 'buggy mess' is why a sequel exists so I wouldn't write off the fans or the original if I were you.

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That's the point. Expections for a sequel to a game as beloved as Bloodllines are going to be sky high, and the compnay has better deliver . It does no thave to a great as the original..which is hard thing to do..but i needs to be really good. OK just will just not do here for many fans of the oriiginal

Don't know why but something tells me that the important questions probably were left out...

It seems they are going change something about the limited access for the clans. They just posted this on twitter

Too little, too late, the damage is already done.

The only way to salvage this is by dropping "Bloodlines 2" from the title.

In my opinion, it doesn’t matter what they call the game. They could name it Bloodlines 2 or Bloodlines 64.8, or Aardvarks in Space or just Bob for all I care. The only thing I really care about is whether the game is fun to play or not.

I don't understand why everyone is so upset.

It's a game about vampires. It's supposed to suck.















I'll see myself out.

Yeah, the title is unfortunate as hell but it's too late to do anything about it. On the upside i don't think at this point anyone still makes any kind of mental connection between VTMB and this title so i think the risk of shattered expectations is neglectable at worse.

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As for the hostile pricing, wtf are we doing now ?

Once upon a time buying a game felt like my money was going out as just compensation for work and just reward for investment risk in the form of a little profit. Nowadays more and more it feels like my money is going out to fund mismanagement, disconnect and political activism.

On top of all of that i'm now being asked, via disingenuity and hostile pricing, to sponsor the industry's burning desire to set games' base price at 80/90 euros ? Hell no, i'm done with foolery and if that means skipping every single high profile title from here to eternity so be it, it's not like i haven't become an expert at skipping high profile titles in these last years.

Still, no ill will towards the game or any of the folks, in whichever capacity, involved in making it available to the general public, at the end of the day we're all just a bunch of people making our own money decisions - as it should be.

Anyways, big ass sale on, browsing mode engaged.

You win the bad joke of the week award.

I find it interesting that this games biggest fanboy here has to basically trash the original.

"Far out, man! Far fucking out!"

Could be a passable game (ignoring the day 1 DLC....), just not Bloodlines at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrTUR8pGYmY

I had said it when it was originally announced and I will say it again - the biggest mistake they could have done was naming it Bloodlines 2. And they went ahead and did it anyway.

They wanted the marketing value and built in fanbase that Bloodlines has.
Of course that is a two edges sword. Dissapoint, get too far away from the original, the fans will turn on you.