{"id":348019,"date":"2025-09-19T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=396348"},"modified":"2025-09-19T00:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:45:35","slug":"after-an-absurd-controversy-the-vampire-game-of-the-year-will-not-have-part-of-its-playable-content-locked-behind-a-launch-dlc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/after-an-absurd-controversy-the-vampire-game-of-the-year-will-not-have-part-of-its-playable-content-locked-behind-a-launch-dlc\/","title":{"rendered":"After an absurd controversy, the vampire game of the year will not have part of its playable content locked behind a launch DLC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paradox Interactive has announced a significant change in its strategy for Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Bloodlines 2, reversing the decision to lock the Lasombra and Toreador clans behind a paid DLC. <strong>These clans will now be available in the base edition of the game, which has been well received by the fan community on social media, who express their gratitude for the inclusion of all clans at no additional cost<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All clans will be playable at launch<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Executive producer Marco Behrmann has thanked the community for their feedback, noting that player opinions were crucial for this adjustment. <strong>\u201cLasombra and Toreador belong to the base game, so that\u2019s what we are doing,\u201d Behrmann stated in a statement<\/strong>. This decision increases the number of playable clans in Bloodlines 2 to six, a figure that approaches the seven clans of the original game released in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 - Official Overview Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BRafG6n4VEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, <strong>the company has also revealed that the Premium edition of the game will cost \u20ac89.99, and will include an Expansion Pass for \u20ac35 that will be available on October 21, the game&#8217;s release date<\/strong>. This Expansion Pass will include two new story packs that will allow players to explore the city of Seattle from the perspectives of Benny Muldoon and Benny Muldoon.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although fans seem happy with the decision to include clans in the base edition, the introduction of multiple DLCs suggests that Paradox is seeking a notable financial return. <strong>Despite this strategy, it is important to highlight that Bloodlines 2 is not a live service game, but a complete RPG focused on vampires, which sets it apart from other titles that rely on constant downloadable content<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paradox Interactive has announced a significant change in its strategy for Vampire: The Masquerade \u2013 Bloodlines 2, reversing the decision to lock the Lasombra and Toreador clans behind a paid DLC. These clans will now be available in the base edition of the game, which has been well received by the fan community on social media, who express their gratitude for the inclusion of all clans at no additional cost. All clans will be playable at launch. Executive producer Marco Behrmann has thanked the community for their feedback, noting that the players&#8217; opinions were [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":348020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[16282,5162,1453,16283,11413,16284,16285,16286,14040,15299],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-348019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-benny-muldoon","tag-bloodlines-2","tag-dlc","tag-marco-behrmann","tag-paradox","tag-pase-de-expansion","tag-toreador","tag-vampire-the-masquerade","tag-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2","tag-vampiro-la-mascarada","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348044,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348019\/revisions\/348044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348019"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=348019"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=348019"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=348019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}