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Vampires: Bloodlines 2 is also a complete failure of a production.
Last I heard about it from a friend in the gaming press (and with ties at Paradox) they are scrapping whatever was already done and the publisher itself openly stated doesn't expect a release before 2023 AT BEST.

I wouldn't take it as a virtuous model of anything.
Basically all the downsides of a mid budget production with the costs of a triple A.

It also wasn't an Early Access that sort-of promised to keep a direct line with the user base about how the project was evolving over time, so they had absolutely no "moral obligation" until release to communicate better in that sense.

In fact I started this post to point the "minor differences" but now the more I think about it the more it seems an apples and oranges comparison no matter how I look at it.


P.S. It's also worth stressing that most people aren't really unhappy with the lack of a patch in itself (while admittedly it may not help the mood) as much as they are with how "secretive" Larian is being about what they are working on.
They are basically running an EA where they mostly act as if they felt absolutely no need to tell us anything of what they are doing.
And no, I'm sorry, but a blog post every few months with a bunch of factoids about players' habits (according to aggregated data) is not exactly the same that telling us "We are aware of this issue, we are going to do this about it" (or the evergreen alternative: "Tough luck suckers! We are doing whatever we feel like and you are going to eat this shit up with a smile".