The controversy surrounding the DLC clans within the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is lastly over. The studio behind the upcoming recreation has confirmed that it’s strolling again its plans to lock two clans behind a paywall after receiving a number of “feedback,” aka individuals yelled at them on-line for some time.
Final month, Bloodlines 2 devs The Chinese language Room and writer Paradox introduced at Gamescom ONL that the long-awaited vampire RPG sequel would lastly arrive on PC and consoles in October. After a prolonged and messy improvement cycle that concerned a number of studios and delays, lots of followers have been simply glad that Bloodlines 2 was really, for actual, popping out. However then people found that two of the game’s six vampire clans, which essentially act as your class, were locked behind a $30 paywall. Individuals obtained mad, lots of detrimental headlines have been posted, and a few week later, on August 27, the devs introduced they have been going to make some tweaks to the DLC plans. And now we all know what which means: All six clans are included within the base recreation.
On September 17, within the YouTube description of a brand new Bloodlines 2 gameplay overview trailer, the chief producer on the sport thanked followers for the “frank feedback” concerning the recreation’s Premium Version DLC earlier than confirming that not one of the clans can be locked behind a day-one DLC paywall. He additionally praised the devs for serving to create two new story packs that can now be included within the Premium Version.
“Thanks to our community for the frank feedback on Bloodlines 2 and the Premium Edition,” mentioned Bloodlines 2 government producer Marco Behrmann. “That feedback made it clear: Lasombra and Toreador belong in the base game, so that is what we are doing. We’d also like to thank The Chinese Room for their quick turnaround on the concepts for the post-launch Story Packs. We’re constantly impressed by their creativity and skill in weaving enticing narrative threads that expand on the main story in Bloodlines 2.”
The 2 new story packs are: “Loose Cannon“ (Brujah Sheriff Benny’s story) and “The Flower & The Flame” (Toreador Primogen Ysabella’s path). The plan is for this DLC, which replaces the lacking paid entry to clans, to launch in 2026. And so ends the Bloodlines 2 DLC saga. Hopefully, in spite of everything of this and all of the years of ready, the sport is value all of it. We’ll discover out when Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 launches on Xbox, PS5, and PC on October 21.
