Good, the grubby paid clan plan for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is being "adjusted"

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox appears to be rethinking its plan to charge for two of the six playable clans in the game.

Community developer DebbieElla told the Bloodlines 2 Discord community last night (spotted by ResetEra): “We are listening to your feedback about the Lasombra and Toreador clan access, and we’re making adjustments ahead of launch to reflect this. We will share more information about what this means as soon as possible.”

The comment comes a week after Paradox announced the release date for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, which is 21st October, along with pricing details for the game. It was then we learned the company intended to charge £20 extra to access two clans in the game, via a Shadows and Silk content pack.

The Shadows and Silk pack can be bought alone for £18.69/€22/$22, or as part of a Premium Edition for £75/€90/$90, which also includes a cosmetic-focused Santa Monica Memories pack. For reference, the Standard Edition of the game costs £50/€60/$60.

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At a glance, this might not seem untoward. Plenty of games sell additional content at launch and bundle it with premium editions of a game. The base price of Bloodlines 2 even appears to have been adjusted because of it, so it’s cheaper than other full-priced games. But the problem comes from the content being charged for itself: the clans.