Rebooted Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 Won't Be An Immersive Sim Anymore

thegamer.com:

The Chinese Room's rebooted version of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 won't be an immersive sim like Hardsuit Labs' version of the game was said to be.

The past few years haven't been the best time to be a fan of Vampire: The Masquerade. Not only did Bloodhunt fail to make an impact in the battle royale space, but the long-awaited sequel to the cult classic Bloodlines was stuck in development hell for many years, with development impacted by sexual assault allegations made against one of the writers, Chris Avellone, among other things. This eventually led to the game's original developers, Hardsuit Labs, being replaced by The Chinese Room, a change that was only just announced earlier this month.

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As great as it is that we might finally get to see Bloodlines 2 release after all these years, it sounds like The Chinese Room's version of the sequel is going to be very different from both the original game and what Hardsuit Labs was cooking up. While speaking to TheGamer at PAX West, Bloodlines 2 game director Alex Skidmore revealed that the rebooted version of the game won't be an immersive sim like the original was and like Hardsuit Labs' version of the sequel was meant to be.

After being asked whether The Chinese Room thinks about the sequel in terms of its immersive sim qualities, Skidmore said, "I don't know if we would use the word immersive sim", before going into examples of how the game's combat can be approached in various ways and discussing how the roleplaying sections of Bloodlines 2 can result in different experiences for different players.

Although Skidmore's comments highlight that Bloodlines 2 will offer a