And it is therefore the British studio The Chinese Room which is in charge of bringing this vampiric action-RPG to life with a release at the end of 2024 in sight. A rather incredible turnaround for the studio of Dear Esther (2012 ), Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013) and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (2015) which, as a reminder, was on the verge of total extinction in September 2017. Maintained for a while by the sole creative director Dan Pinchbeck, the studio of Brighton however came under the wing of Sumo Digital in August 2018 and were therefore able to slowly but surely reform a new team and return to the limelight with Little Orpheus (2020). In addition to the narrative horror game Still Wakes the Deep which is due for release at the start of 2024, The Chinese Room now has the backbone strong enough to present itself as the savior of a project as badly embarked as Bloodline 2.
Now aiming for a release at the end of 2024 with a gameplay presentation already scheduled for next January, Bloodline 2 hasn’t changed its backdrop since its announcement. It is still a first-person action-RPG taking place in Seattle and more precisely in the political fabric of vampire factions struggling to expand their influence and satisfy their need for blood while having to preserve absolute secrecy about their existence in the eyes of mankind. This sequel will finally be done without creative director Brian Mitsoda, screenwriter of the 2004 game who was ejected from the project in August 2020 even before Hardsuit Labs was dismissed in turn.
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That said, and as we learn on the PC Gamer site, if the artistic direction of the project has generally not changed since its beginnings, The Chinese Room came up with its own ideas and intends to stand out from what Hardsuit Labs wanted. do on several points. First of all, the Bloodline 2 from The Chinese Room uses brand new code with its own unique gameplay mechanics and RPG systems. The protagonist also changed for the specific purpose of not mimicking what the first did. Bloodlines. We will therefore play a veteran vampire emerging from a long torpor and not a freshly transformed vampire.
” Between now and the end of 2023, we’ll be revealing all of the playable clans in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. gaming experience of each clan “, can we read on the official website of the game which will be released on PS5, Xbox Series and PC while leaving aside the old generation of consoles. Director of The Chinese Room, Ed Daly confirms that Bloodline 2 is the most ambitious project in the studio’s history.