Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 devs really didn’t want the game to have that name

The original Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, which was released in 2004, is widely celebrated as one of the best role-playing games ever created. Its sequel, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, not so much. This may have to do with the fact that Bloodlines 2 isn’t much of an RPG, and neither is it really a sequel. In fact, as Dan Pinchbeck, former Creative Director of Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room, has recently stated, Bloodlines 2 should never have been called Bloodlines 2 at all.