PS5 RPG Dawnwalker Isn't Even Out Yet, But Its Modern Day Sequel Just Got a Crazy Teaser Trailer

@Yor-sama Haha, Rebel Wolves just copying everything CDPR's done... but with vampires.

I honestly thought this was just a cinematic trailer that wasn't really connect with the game, as they did with the Witcher 3.

Damn, this really reminds me of Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption. That was a fantastic game that needs a modern remake, and this might be the closest thing to that ever happening.

Lords of Shadow flashbacks.

The worst idea of all time. "Hey everyone, we would like to spoil our game coming out in a few months by letting you know that the main character and main villain definitely remain alive after the end of the game. We want to make a sequel hundreds of years in the future. Please be excited."
Who wanted to know this? How does this entice anyone to buy the first game- which hasn't even released? Thanks for the spoilers, I guess??

@zhoont Its like watching a reel in Netflix where they somehow feel the need to spoil the main surprises before you even started watching...

This is my most anticipated game next to GTA 6. September is packed!

I was so confused with modern day part of the trailer. Still, really weird way to announce a sequel. I have strong belief that first one won't put the world on fire and will get tame reviews.

I bet one of their games has a Vampire Pope

Anyway... the balls on them to say "yeah, this is a franchise and this is where we are headed via multiple eras and settings" is nuts. All power too them. I'll be supporting their first effort and will hope it is impactful enough to warrant this being a franchise.

A lot of pressure on Coen being an interesting protagonist

Eh when did they say it was a sequel?

@Toot1st The Game Director literally said on stage it was showing the future of the saga.

@Ravix Bold but quite smart to plan out a few games in advance. If all goes well with the first game the staff can move to the next project seemlessly.

I'm optimistic for this but still have to be fully convinced so will be checking reviews carefully.

I conpletely misunderstood - I thought it was like "this is where ya man's heading, but how will he get there?" And that would be the plot.

Like when media opens with a dramatic moment near the end and the plot is following how they got from A to B. Didn't realise it was a sequel announcement

@BearsEatBeets it is incredibly bold to tell people about it, for sure. During concept and writing they will have loosely planned out an overarching plot and way to fit their characters into eras they have an interest in if that was their core idea for what the story would be anyway. But to tell people that aim when the first isn't even out when you are a new studio is kind of crazy. I don't think a lot of people understood the intention, however, so they might need to come out and clarify exactly what it means for some people. I've seen some react negatively to it, too.

But I feel like it excites me more to know this is an ambitious project, and I will likely be buying it and giving them a chance, regardless of reviews. You can't always trust reviewers to judge what we actually want from games and especially very exteme RPGs that force actual player decisions as the game will be different based on what you choose to do. Robert Ramsey should be worth a read, at least 😄 and of course, we need to know the game functions, but if it doesn't... refunds exist for that, so 🤷‍♂️

It is also really tough to launch new IP's these days and devs need support from people. and I can confidently say that I want a cool vampire rpg game made by Witchers to be a success 😁

@Ravix When I say check reviews I mean hear the in depth thoughts of specific reviewers who articulate the strengths and weaknesses of a game. I trust Ramsey on here to articulate those things well plus a few others. From that I can tell what will and won't bother me or impress me.
I don't care in slightest what numbers people assign to their feelings and whatever scores it gets are irrelevant to me.

I'd love to just buy it day one and support the devs if I can but with so many good games coming in the next several months I have to be selective about which I can get full price and which might have to wait for a bit.

@BearsEatBeets yeah, I wasn't aiming it at you or anything, I was just going off on one saying what I'd probably do and tangenting because how some reviewers clearly play games wrong and just want to pick at everything and that can hurt games so I won't be leaning on them, too much 😄 I feel like every so often the Spirit of Swen Vincke enters my body and I can't help myself from wanting to add a general "we must support the industry" soapbox comment

Distilled, i'm hoping its good, like you. Fingers crossed they nail what they are attemtping.

@Ravix No worries, I just wanted to clarify my position a bit better. Sometimes a thought quickly typed out can be read in ways possibly slightly different than it was intended. Ultimately I totally agree that when a developer manages to produce a quality game that we like we have a slight responsibility to buy that product at full price to help those developers continue to make such games (when financially possible).
So I'm also keeping my fingers crossed that they pull it off successfully and we get ourselves another quality studio making narrative rpgs with real choice and consequence. 👍

Know what? I respect the hustle.

This game will be out in 10 years. I bet money on that.