Playing a few hours of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has put a lot of my worries to rest

As a former teenage goth and Anne Rice fanatic (dog collar, black nail polish, absurd prosthetic vampire fangs) who still pines for the days when Troika was designing RPGs, my excitement levels following the initial Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 announcement were off the chart. But that was six years ago, and since then it's faced a cavalcade of delays, a hiatus and a change in developer. It's been such a mess that publisher Paradox never wants to make another RPG again.

So I was...