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[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm surprised it's not cancelled yet.

I think at this point its development is even more troubled than the original, which is kinda impressive in its own way.

[–] Corvid@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is at least the second attempt to make VTMB2. The original version by Hardsuit Labs was entirely scrapped and restarted at The Chinese Room.

I spoke to the new devs at PAX last year and they said they were only reusing assets from the Hardsuit Labs version and otherwise completely making a new game from scratch.

This new version has only been publicly announced since late 2023, although it probably started development sometime in late 2021/early 2022.

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 weeks ago

Right, that's why I'm not convinced this will ever actually release.

Abandoning all previous work, and the fact that new devs don't exactly have experience with this genre...
I'm still gonna give it a try, but I'm not hopeful.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's such a terrible shame that we had Brian Mitsoda and Rik Schaffer back and actually working on a sequel and none of it will see the light of day. Say what you want about Mitsoda's thin-blood protagonist idea (I'm not a fan) but watching the trailers of that" version of the game you can at least see the lineage of the original.

[–] Hubi 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's pretty close to a Duke Nukem Forever situation at this point.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Poor VTMB2 is cursed.

Not to mention it will difficult for it compete with the sheer uniqueness of the original VTMB for its time.

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Its beyond difficult to compare to a team that had an entire conversation ~~tree~~ line with a stop sign.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Stop Sign gets a lot of the attention, but the TV host was the highlight of the Malkavian run for me. When I heard

Police say that vigilantism will not be tolerated, and that they know it was you.

it stopped me in my tracks because I really didn't expect it. And the conversation with the TV host is as funny as the stop sign I think.

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd be down to listen to the 'Deb of Night' anytime.

[–] DmMacniel 5 points 3 weeks ago

No you stop!

[–] deus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Good. Let them cook.

[–] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hopefully they’re adding a third person perspective…

[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I cancelled my preorder years ago and don't regret it one bit. The last 4 games I ever preordered: Shenmue 3, No Man's Sky, Cyberpunk 2077 and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Never again.

[–] Vesker@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, this title can't catch a break. Though given how little of the game the developers have shown off, this isn't too surprising honestly. I just hope this delay will be good for the game.

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Whelp this game is never gonna happen. Might as well move on.