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  • Re: Vampire Bloodlines 2 nonsense

    From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Sep 19 11:00:42 2025
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    Update:

    Paradox has decided to include the Lasombra and Toreador clans in the
    base game rather than add them in as day-one DLC. To soothe the people
    who paid for the Premium Edition (where the Lasombra and Toreador
    clans were the bonuses that made the Premium Edition so premium), they
    are getting a free cosmetic pack and an expansion pass that will add
    in two other DLC packs for free once they are released in 2026.

    I mean, honestly I don't care too much. Like I've said, I've only
    marginal interest in the franchise, and even if I were a big fan, the
    fact that the game is being released by 'there-is-no-such-thing- as-too-much-DLC' Paradox Interactive would make me hesitate to buy the
    game. Their games always make me feel like I'm on an endless treadmill
    of spending trying to get the 'complete package'*. So these changes
    don't really affect me. Ultimately, I think nothing will really change
    anyway; Paradox is _still_ gonna nickle-and-dime Vampire fans to death
    with endless DLC releases.

    But it's good to see they bowed to public pressure, at least a little.








    * I already have a game like that, and it's called "Eurotruck
    Simulator 2", thank you very much! ;-)



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  • From Mark P. Nelson@markpnelson@sbcglobal.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Sep 19 15:53:20 2025
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    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote in news:dfrqckhc932ik0cv7dqv4t1fht5e9e4ilb@4ax.com:


    I mean, honestly I don't care too much. Like I've said, I've only
    marginal interest in the franchise, and even if I were a big fan, the
    fact that the game is being released by 'there-is-no-such-thing- as-too-much-DLC' Paradox Interactive would make me hesitate to buy the
    game. Their games always make me feel like I'm on an endless treadmill
    of spending trying to get the 'complete package'*. So these changes
    don't really affect me. Ultimately, I think nothing will really change anyway; Paradox is _still_ gonna nickle-and-dime Vampire fans to death
    with endless DLC releases.

    But it's good to see they bowed to public pressure, at least a little.


    Indeed. I think I'll wait for the GOTY edition on sale in a couple of years.

    mpn.
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sat Sep 20 10:09:04 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:53:20 -0000 (UTC), "Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    Indeed. I think I'll wait for the GOTY edition on sale in a couple of years.

    If it's a typical Paradox game, you'll probably be waiting a long,
    long time. Some of their games _never_ receive a full 'game of the
    year' repackaging with all the DLC.


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  • From Xocyll@Xocyll@gmx.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Tue Sep 23 10:29:31 2025
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    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
    say:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:53:20 -0000 (UTC), "Mark P. Nelson" ><markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    Indeed. I think I'll wait for the GOTY edition on sale in a couple of years.

    If it's a typical Paradox game, you'll probably be waiting a long,
    long time. Some of their games _never_ receive a full 'game of the
    year' repackaging with all the DLC.

    Maybe because they were a game, and it was indeed a year, but it was
    never so good as to be game of the year.

    Xocyll
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