Last month, I wrote about Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 hiding two of the clans behind a paywall. I mentioned in that post that this is equivalent to Baldur’s Gate 3 hiding the Wizard and the Barbarian in extra DLC. I was annoyed, and I felt the decision didn’t make sense. Since then, there was an update posted on the World of Darkness Discord where it was announced that they were listening to fans and would have an update for this on September 17th. Sure enough, the update mentioned that they were moving those clans away from DLC and would be made available for the game upon release. I am happy with this decision because I felt it was the right one to make.

I won’t reiterate my previous complaints here. Instead, I wanted to say that I’m glad the fans were heard. Most companies wouldn’t care and would release the game as previously stated. I’m curious about how this impacted pre-sales. Were there mass cancellations of pre-orders, and did they have no choice but to do this? I’m leaning towards feeling that this was the case. I want Bloodlines 2 to do well. As a fan of Vampire and World of Darkness games, I’d like to see more players within the TTRPG and LARP spaces.

While this update was made, there are some gamers who have no interest in playing the game. That’s completely valid. For those who have played the first Bloodlines game, they feel that this game isn’t a direct sequel because of how different Bloodlines 2 is. I can’t speak to this because I haven’t played Bloodlines. There’s one creator I follow who wasn’t planning on covering the game, and he received death threats. I can’t believe I have to say this, but could we not?? It’s never okay to send death threats to someone you personally disagree with in fandom spaces. If someone doesn’t like something or doesn’t want to play something, that doesn’t take away enjoyment for you if you decide to play the game. I can’t believe that this is something that needs to be said, but here we are.

Will I pre-order the game? I am much more interested in playing Bloodlines 2, that’s for sure. However, do I trust this game to be released without any bugs? That’s the big thing. However, I want to show support for the change in the clans being moved to the base game. I don’t have any other big video game releases that I plan on playing, which means I will have plenty of time to play Bloodlines 2 if I choose to do so.