Paradox Interactive is planning on releasing a sequel to the 2004 Troika RPG game Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines which despite its own rushed development and deep mostly technical flaws and initial lack of sales, was probably one of the better RPG's out there and in the genre of urban fantasy, probably one of the best games period of that genre.The original game was built off of the source engine and was known for having a pretty impressive scope, wide variety of characters which allowed a great deal of replayability and to me, one of the best standouts of the game was its interaction with various NPC's and the different ways you could deal with quests and characters. Troika Games folded up in 2005 but the fan community supported the game with fan mods and patches which both fixed a lot of the games technical flaws and expanded gameplay as well. Much like games such as Planescape: Torment or Arcanum, Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines was a fairly unique RPG that hasn't really been emulated since.
I honestly didn't even know a sequel was being made, much less by Paradox of all publishers but apparently it is, and coming out this year hopefully (though there have been some delays) what does everyone else think of this upcoming game and its potential?
Personally I wonder if people will still blow me off if I try to blow them off and they aren't the same orientation I am... but on a more serious note I wonder if a modern game will have the same broad scope and replayability that the original had.