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GissaMittJobb, do games w Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down

NeverKnowsBest made a video about it, which I think is worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWuokRjedOA

He also pins the blame squarely on Paradox.

Arkthos, do games w Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down

Paradox owns the world of darkness ip entirely right now. I wonder if this call to refocus their efforts on their core competencies will mean selling it off.

They haven’t done too well with it. They’ve released several games and I think some solo dev interactive fiction have been the only ones getting positive reviews: Earthblood, Swansong, Bloodhunt, and now Bloodlines 2 have all done pretty poorly. Even the tabletop RPG has seen better days, with 5th edition causing quite the controversy, mostly with Werewolf. Hell they closed White Wolf down for a while because the books caused controversy.

Paradox have done a terrible job with the IP.

A_Random_Idiot, do games w Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down

What? VTM2 came out?

When?

I legitimately did not know it was released.

Is that part of why its flopping?

Or is the gameplay bugged to fuck/story shit/etc?

regdog,

Don’t get too exited. Maybe in a year or two all the bad has been patched out and it might become an actually good game.

Landless2029,

Yep. I’m waiting at least 2 years.

A_Random_Idiot,

Yeah, that seems par for the course with current Paradox games the past few years…

Cities Skylines is 2 years old and still shit, too… Hell paradox is even going so far as to change the dev company working on it at the start of next year. Which is doing wonders for peoples hope for the future of the game /s

BuboScandiacus, (edited )
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I really hope that they go the CDPR route

Wubwub, do games w Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down

I already completely forgot this had come out

rustydrd, do games w Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'
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ShaggySnacks, do games w Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'
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“I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine,” ‪Trainwiz‬ wrote on the Nexus Mods page for Really Useful Cliffracers.“I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.”

Remember, CEOs aren’t people. CEOs are legally parasites.

Stupendous, do games w Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'

It’s an all time great mod that’s pretty harmless with the IP

CaptainBasculin, do games w Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'

What company puts legal pressure on a mod this iconic, it does not make sense, it’s literally free advertising on a completely different game that cannot affect any revenue they make from Thomas negatively.

scrubbles,
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Lawyers and marketers who refuse to see nuance and view everything as a potential threat

Tanoh,

IANAL, but I believe in some places you have to go after any and all forms of it, otherwise you risk losing the whole thing. I think US is one of those places.

Kn1ghtDigital,

I’m also not a lawyer but I’ve also seen how the law doesn’t seem to mean shit anymore. Fuck companies.

can,
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this is new to me thank you

can,

In that case enjoy the behind the scenes and the follow-up feedback song

blomvik, do games w Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down

When they announced the pre-order bonus, it seems clear that this might not be a good day one purchase. Will probably give it a look some time, but i should replay Troikas version first.

AnarchistArtificer, do games w Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'

"I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. […] I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.

In between working on my game and dying of various accidental injuries, I sometimes feel like I need to milk a particular joke until its inevitable demise. I will do this no matter how many legal threats, actual threats, black vans with the Mattel logo on them, or severed Barbie heads are mailed to me.

This is because I have issues with authority, particularly authority derived from intimidation. I kicked a lot of bullies in the nuts when I was a kid.”

Idgaf about silly mods like this, but this is iconic

wizardbeard, do games w Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'

Good old Trainwiz. Pretty sure the mad bastard used to frequent 4chan’s Elder Scrolls modding threads, so I’m kind of impressed at the restraint of his response.

Give them BBB support you coward!

can, do games w Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'

“I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine,” ‪Trainwiz‬ wrote on the Nexus Mods page for Really Useful Cliffracers. “I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.”

Based

TheJesusaurus,

Based

Klear,

Based

danc4498,

B-B-B-B-BASED

yakko,

This is the kind of dude I’d invite to a threesome.

teft,

Will he run a train?

Preferably Thomas themed.

yakko,

Fuck yes, perfect

(⁠ノ⁠≧⁠∇⁠≦⁠)⁠ノ⁠

ordnance_qf_17_pounder,

What a chad

chonglibloodsport, do games w Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down

I love VtM:B but I never had high hopes for this one. Direct sequels made by unrelated developers rarely work out.

Sunsofold, do games w Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down

Publishers are a key ingredient in the recipe for trash games. Buying IP and telling some dev team that is doing it for the paycheck to slap something together is not making a game, it’s parasitism.

rafoix, do games w Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down

Can’t wait for the next sequel that will be some kind of live-service multiplayer game with lots of cosmetic DLC.

rainwall,

Tried and failed already, but paradox can probally find more ways to fail.

rafoix,

Dang, they’re a joke.

Weird that they want to expand out of the strategy game genre by turning a love RPG into a basic action adventure game.

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