Never Mind the BioShocks, Clockwork Revolution Is the ‘Love Child’ of Arcanum and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Recently-announced Xbox game Clockwork Revolution is the “love child” of Arcanum and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.
That’s according to Clockwork Revolution game director Chad Moore, who worked on both cult-classic role-playing games before joining Microsoft-owned studio inXile Entertainment.
Arcanum is a much-loved 2001 steampunk RPG developed by the defunct Troika Games. Both Moore and Clockwork Revolution principal designer Jason Anderson worked on Arcanum before moving on to Troika’s cult-classic 2004 RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Now, over 20 years later, the pair are back together making Clockwork Revolution.
“With deep world building, compelling narrative, crunchy RPG systems, engaging gameplay, and massive reactivity, I’ve always described [Clockwork Revolution] as the love child of [Arcanum] and [Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines],” Moore tweeted.
With deep world building, compelling narrative, crunchy RPG systems, engaging gameplay, and massive reactivity, I’ve always described @ClockworkGame as the love child of #arcanum and @VBloodlines. pic.twitter.com/qp51n2a24L
“In 1998, I started working on [Arcanum] with Jason Anderson - a unique game that took place in a deep and immersive steampunk world,” Moore said last month. “To return to the genre and be reunited with Jason (and [inXile boss] Brian Fargo) on [Clockwork Revolution] almost 25 years has been one of the highlights of my career.”
Moore’s tweet does not mention inspiration from BioShock Infinite. When Microsoft unveiled Clockwork Revolution during June’s Xbox Games Showcase with a reveal trailer some said looked remarkably similar to Irrational Games’ 2013 shooter adventure, Microsoft insisted any similarities between inXile’s upcoming
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