Will this REALLY see a 2024 release?

[naomha]

Yeah? Nay? I know the Chinese Room took over and tbh the gameplay looks pretty decent. Think it'll actually see the light of day this year? Maybe??

[Anvos]

The answer is a solid maybe. Doesn't seem like things are off rail their plans yet, but who knows.

[COINCELPRO]

no

[Hao Zhao]

If everything goes according to plan, it's coming in the Fall.

[Axus]

I feel like it's an 80% chance. Hopefully though, don't want to wait longer grrrrr

[naomha]

Originally posted by axmcquax:

I feel like it's an 80% chance. Hopefully though, don't want to wait longer grrrrr

I hear that. Fired up VtM for the 50th time just to get my fix. It's a HUGE niche that's been largely overlooked in the gaming market. There's really NO great vampire games since Vampire: The Masquerade. Yeah, we have the vamps in Skyrim or Castelvania games but just not the thing I'm personally looking for. Vampyr had a fantastic story and the combat was decent enough but all these other games like V Rising, etc, are just not the action/rpg combo I've been wanting for years.

On a side note, GOG does have all the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver games and they play pretty well on modern rigs.

[Gesuma]

I wouldn't mind waiting a few more years for:
a loot system giving us an inventory with melee weapons and guns.
character sheet with stats that affect dialog choice, lock picking, stealth, hacking as well as perception allowing us to notice items of use, secret doors we couldn't open otherwise and such.
And the XP system changed so we never get XP per kill, but instead from completing missions, tasks, achieving certain outcomes in dialogs, finding secrets etc.

atm. the game looks more like a first-person "shooter" with some rpg elements rather than an actual RPG. Could still be a great "FPS" game, but I really wanted a great RPG.

[Dragon Master]

I'm inclined to say "no" but I think it will.

I think it will because I don't think Paradox is willing to delay the game again.

[Coffee Break Hero]

Originally posted by naomha:

Yeah? Nay? I know the Chinese Room took over and tbh the gameplay looks pretty decent. Think it'll actually see the light of day this year? Maybe??

Paradox said that it will release in fall 2024, and paradox has a great track record of keeping promises, and the game looks like it's already great and ready for launch.
Obviously it will release in 2024,

[Gesuma]

Originally posted by Coffee Break Hero:

Originally posted by naomha:

Yeah? Nay? I know the Chinese Room took over and tbh the gameplay looks pretty decent. Think it'll actually see the light of day this year? Maybe??

Paradox said that it will release in fall 2024, and paradox has a great track record of keeping promises, and the game looks like it's already great and ready for launch.
Obviously it will release in 2024,

Well after they moved BL2 from HSL to TCR - Paradox seems to have forced many games to be released before they were done. So I am more concerned BL2 will be missing many planned features as well as being more buggy than what people will accept and be forced out this year.

[naomha]

Originally posted by Gesuma:

I wouldn't mind waiting a few more years for:
a loot system giving us an inventory with melee weapons and guns.
character sheet with stats that affect dialog choice, lock picking, stealth, hacking as well as perception allowing us to notice items of use, secret doors we couldn't open otherwise and such.
And the XP system changed so we never get XP per kill, but instead from completing missions, tasks, achieving certain outcomes in dialogs, finding secrets etc.

atm. the game looks more like a first-person "shooter" with some rpg elements rather than an actual RPG. Could still be a great "FPS" game, but I really wanted a great RPG.

I haven't seen much game play but it looks rpg-ish enough right now. While I'd love to see an entirely new game done with modern rpg elements and in a similar vein as to what VtM was I can't imagine the Chinese Room is going to go the straight "magic shooter" route. They're known for their meticulous art and set direction and I can't imagine that would go to waste on this game.

[JeffJ]

Originally posted by naomha:

it looks rpg-ish enough

"RPGI-ish enough"...
Imagine it's 2004, you've just finished Bloodlines, and someone from the future tells you that this is someone talking about the sequel 20 years later. This is where our standards have gone to.

[CapJackRackham]

Originally posted by JeffJ:

Originally posted by naomha:

it looks rpg-ish enough

"RPGI-ish enough"...
Imagine it's 2004, you've just finished Bloodlines, and someone from the future tells you that this is someone talking about the sequel 20 years later. This is where our standards have gone to.

And that sequel is in name only and has very little to do with the game they just finished playing.

[Gesuma]

Originally posted by CapJackRackham:

Originally posted by JeffJ:

"RPGI-ish enough"...
Imagine it's 2004, you've just finished Bloodlines, and someone from the future tells you that this is someone talking about the sequel 20 years later. This is where our standards have gone to.

And that sequel is in name only and has very little to do with the game they just finished playing.

We do not know if the story of BL1 will tie into BL2, though.

[CapJackRackham]

Originally posted by Gesuma:

Originally posted by CapJackRackham:

And that sequel is in name only and has very little to do with the game they just finished playing.

We do not know if the story of BL1 will tie into BL2, though.

I fail to see how it can be properly canon'd.
The mechanics of the world are different due to moving from V20 to V5.
A vague reference is the best we can expect.
Add to this, if the main selling point to link the game as a sequel is the lore...why not make reference at the start of the reveals?
Why not place this in the synopsis on the website?
It's not like it's some M. Night Shyamalan plot twist (Which would be a twist of being in the same universe not a direct sequel)
Putting this aside, in its current form (As it stands) it's a sequel in name only.

[Gesuma]

Yeah it is not likely, but not impossible... Personally I have always wanted Smiling jack back in the mix, voiced by "Bender" again :) (to hell with and rewrite that silly lore that killed him).