Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 writer Paradox appears to be strolling again its option to make two of the extremely anticipated RPG’s clans, basically courses, locked behind paid DLC.
In case you hadn’t heard, Paradox not too long ago unveiled a couple of completely different editions of Bloodlines 2: the $60 base sport, the $70 Deluxe Version that tacks on some cosmetics, and the $90 Premium Version that crucially consists of two further playable clans, the Lasombra and the Toreador. These clans, so far as we all know proper now, aren’t accessible by another means.
The backlash to the 2 basically paywalled clans has been swift and unrelenting, and till simply now Paradox has achieved nothing however double down, not too long ago saying, “It isn’t unusual for video games to come back out with further content material.”
It now appears it is altering its tune. Over on Discord, and noticed by the eagle-eyed folks on Resetera, Paradox neighborhood developer DebbieElla appeared to counsel there’s some kind of change of plan.
“We’re listening to your suggestions in regards to the Lasombra and Toreador clan entry, and we’re making changes forward of launch to mirror this.”
After all, in a super world, Paradox would simply come out and say, ‘by no means thoughts! We goofed. All clans can be found to all gamers day one!’, however it appears extra probably that it will give you some kind of compromise to satisfy within the center.
“We’ll share extra details about what this implies as quickly as doable,” DebbieElla mentioned.
The extra I give it some thought, the extra I am satisfied Paradox backed itself right into a nook right here. A lot of the harm, PR-wise, has already been achieved by the writer merely exhibiting it is prepared to tug one thing like this, and the one response I can consider that will not less than partially earn again that goodwill can be an entire reversal, however pre-orders are already dwell and have been for every week, which implies folks have presumably already bought the Premium Version anticipating these two further clans as an incentive.
If Paradox decides as a substitute to only give everybody the 2 clans no matter how a lot cash they spent, I can think about Premium Version adopters will not be comfortable. I am undoubtedly curious to see how Paradox wriggles itself out of this one.
