I'm having a fine old time here at GenCon exploring unplugged games, but it's hard to ignore my first love. I admit my eye and my fancy are caught by the electronic booths that are here. One game in particular that intrigues me is Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. It's got lineage to make a racehorse jealous: sired by Troika, maker of two great games very popular in my household (Arcanum and Fallout); dammed by White Wolf, who created the award-winning pen-and-paper, and LARP-friendly World of Darkness series, and given bones by Valve Source, the amazing engine used in the stunning Half-Life 2.
"We're, uh, obviously going for the M rating," the producer demoing the game grinned. No kidding. It's dark, it's bloody, and you play as one of the creatures of the darkness. It looks gorily gorgeous.
It's slated for spring next year. Oh, yeah. Pack up the dice and bust out the mouse!
There's been a rich relationship with Vampires in the LARP and RPG worlds, so it's a natural for computer RPGs. There was one released before, with some somewhat unweildy user content tools. But the lineage behind this game does sound promising!
I look forward to this game but I imagine the complexity and power of the title might lead to a delay towards summer or fall. Will there be multiplayer?
Posted by: justin | 07/26/2003 at 06:53 PM
The links for Bloodline and White Wolf both lead back to GGA.
Posted by: Stanoje | 07/27/2003 at 03:01 AM
*salivating* can't wait for it.. I still play the first game... But one has to wonder with the World of Darkness storyline ending on january 14th, if this will tie into that
Posted by: Ghoest | 07/27/2003 at 10:38 AM
My wife and her friend play the original game (V:tM) via IRC on a semi-weekly basis. I doubt this will be the case. I for one would really prefer to see a V:tM video game that also caters to the non-combatant, but I fear that the typical vampire game usually leans to the combat/gore heavy side.
So much of the Mark Rein Hagen universe is made up of social skills and manipulation that the combat almost pales (pun intended) by comparison.
Posted by: Bowler | 07/27/2003 at 06:14 PM
Ghoest,
According to a press release on White Wolf's site, the videogame will tie into the end of the world plot of the tabletop games.
Posted by: Stanoje | 07/28/2003 at 02:35 AM
It made PC Gamer's September cover - has a nice article inside too.
As for the multiplayer, I believe there is but the devs were vague at best about it.
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