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<blockquote data-quote="Dethklok" data-source="post: 6255985" data-attributes="member: 6746469">Huh. You guys definitely have a different take. Although I really don't know what caused Vampire to fizzle out, I would have traced it's rise and fall to changing trends in popular culture.Really thinking about it, vampire films and shows boomed in the 1990s, didn't they? There may have been films and shows from the 1980s, but the only one I can think of is Lost Boys in the late 80's. The 90's had Interview with a Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Forever Knight, Buffy, and even spoofs like Dracula: Dead and Loving It. It looks like the original Vampire: The Masquerade was released in 1991 at the crest of this wave, and probably rode it until it dissipated. I'd have thought the game could have made a comeback in the 2010's when a new generation of fans were coming around and the idea seemed fresh again. But maybe the release of the Twilight movies, rather than spurring a revival, reduced vampires to glittery fodder for teen romance novels and rendered them unappealing to anyone interested in playing a serious rpg!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dethklok, post: 6255985, member: 6746469"] [FONT=verdana][COLOR=#222222]Huh. You guys definitely have a different take. Although I really don't know what caused Vampire to fizzle out, I would have traced it's rise and fall to changing trends in popular culture. Really thinking about it, vampire films and shows boomed in the 1990s, didn't they? There may have been films and shows from the 1980s, but the only one I can think of is [I]Lost Boys[/I] in the late 80's. The 90's had [I]Interview with a Vampire[/I], [I]Bram Stoker's Dracula[/I], [I]Forever Knight[/I], [I]Buffy[/I], and even spoofs like [I]Dracula: Dead and Loving It[/I]. It looks like the original [I]Vampire: The Masquerade[/I] was released in 1991 at the crest of this wave, and probably rode it until it dissipated. I'd have thought the game could have made a comeback in the 2010's when a new generation of fans were coming around and the idea seemed fresh again. But maybe the release of the [I]Twilight[/I] movies, rather than spurring a revival, reduced vampires to glittery fodder for teen romance novels and rendered them unappealing to anyone interested in playing a serious rpg![/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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