
The Chinese Room co-founder, Dan Pinchbeck, says he really wanted Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 to be called anything else due to the expectations attached to the name.
After what felt like an eternity in development hell, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 finally released this year, with developer The Chinese Room getting it over the finish line after Hardsuit Labs' years of development. Unfortunately, it was on the Duke Nukem Forever side of "games that took forever to come out" rather than the Final Fantasy 7 Remake side, receiving poor reviews and player feedback.