Baldur's Gate 4: who should develop it?

[Stef]

Ok, given the fact that most probably Larian Studios won't develop Baldur's Gate 4 and that Wizards of the Coast (owner of the Dungeons & Dragons license) is actively talking with other developers to find a deal, who should develop the fourth entry in the series according to you?

Note: 1st party teams (such as Obsidian or Guerrilla) are "out" of discussion.

Also: "Just Larian Studios" is not an acceptable answer in this thread. :)

 

[Noppie]

Just Larian Studios

 

[Derbel McDillet]

Me.

 

[Xando]

I don't know but i pity them because i doubt they will be able to step out of the shadow of BG3

 

[Noppie]

Had to, sorry OP.

I actually thought about this when Larian decided to move on from the IP and I have no idea who even could top, let alone exceed what they've done. Nothing pops to mind, maybe a new dedicated team formed for the IP? No clue.

 

[Celestial Descend]

Do we really need a BG4? What's the adventage of BG4 compared to a new IP?

 

[Paperchampion23]

Just Larian Studios

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Maybe Obsidian or Guerrilla


Edit: In all seriousness I cant really see anyone giving us anything close to BG3, so would say Obsidian unironically since they make beautiful isometric CRPGs anyway, maybe even making BG4 their own spin as a Pillars sequel gameplay wise, similar to how BG3 was to Divinity

Dont try and 1 up BG3, just make something diffent

 

[LuciusAxelrod]

No one.

 

[Kraehe]

Black Isle Studios... Oh wait

 

[Ceerious]

Do some spin-offs with other studios until Larian agrees to do 4

 

[Doctor Doggo]

Leave it alone.

 

[Vico]

But why would first-party teams be out of the discussion? I thought exclusives were dead soon.

 

[CelestialAtom]

They would be shooting themselves in the foot for letting anybody else touch BG4 after how great and successful BG3 was under Larian.

 

[AntiMacro]

Obsidian for more like BG3, Owlcat for more like BG1/2.

 

[Vigilante Joker]

Obsidian for more like BG3, Owlcat for more like BG1/2.

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[The Lord of Cereal]

Harebrained Schemes, developer of the recent Shadowrun games

 

[DanteMenethil]

Its funny how the discourse on BG3 has become the exact same as BG2. "They shouldn't bother, no one can do a better sequel. It's already as good as it can be. Etc"

 

[Rainer516]

Maybe another mid-size or small studio with tons of potential? I'd love to see a team such as Tactical Adventures tackle a story-heavy RPG. They've already proven they have what it takes to capture the feel of Icewind Dale - seeing as they made Solasta on a shoestring budget and it's one of my favorite games.

Imagine what they can do with a big IP and heavy investment?

 

[Gans]

Give it to Kojima

 

[Jawmuncher]

We're truly in a new era when "Platinum Games" isn't a post already made like it used to be

 

[Starlatine]

Its funny how the discourse on BG3 has become the exact same as BG2. "They shouldn't bother, no one can do a better sequel. It's already as good as it can be. Etc"

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Well it was right for bg2, 3 certainly isn't better than it
don't @ me

 

[Perzeval]

Bethesda

 

[Paperchampion23]

Its funny how the discourse on BG3 has become the exact same as BG2. "They shouldn't bother, no one can do a better sequel. It's already as good as it can be. Etc"

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Just need 25 more years of discourse and we'll eventually get a sequel that surpasses BG3!

 

[I Fall]

Since BG3 is the TES Oblivion from that licencing, I think some studio able to streamline a little bit more and make the Skyrim. Maybe Obsidian?

 

[Lotus]

Platinum Games

 

[Yerffej]

Cliffy B

 

[Strikerrr]

They would be shooting themselves in the foot for letting anybody else touch BG4 after how great and successful BG3 was under Larian.

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Larian doesn't want to do BG4 since 3 took 6 years of development and they don't want to do as long of a project again.

 

[Faceless_Caesar]

Bethesda

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The meltdown would be legendary.

 

[J-Spot]

Give it to Bethesda. The gamer meltdowns will be epic.

 

[bottledfox]

I think it would best to wait until a new edition of D&D comes out before anyone makes another Baldur's Gate.

 

[Vinc]

Frankly thought WOTLC's own Invoke was gearing up to make it given they seemed to be expanding somewhat aggressively in the last year.

 

[Brat-Sampson]

Bloober Team

 

[CelestialAtom]

Larian doesn't want to do BG4 since 3 took 6 years of development and they don't want to do as long of a project again.

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Ah shit, that's fair then. I guess just give it to Kojima Productions then.

 

[SofNascimento]

Get the people who developed Expedition: Rome.

Replicate the tech that allowed Larian to make such an exceptional cinematic dialogue.

Give them time and money.

Done.

 

[Mango Pilot]

How important is the D&D license? Obsidian showed you don't really need a D&D license.

They're gonna follow Larian not Baldur's Gate.

 

[butalala]

Next Level Games can make Balder's Gate Prime: Federation Force to hold everyone over while we wait!

 

[EccoCid]

Who owns the game code? Does Hasbro have access to whole game code and assets? They can give it to another studio and tell them to start work and iterate from it maybe?

 

[closer]

Shigesato Itoi

 

[hobblygobbly]

i don't think forgotten realms and especially dnd 5e is that good. it's boring. i wont play any game again that uses dnd 5e

what made bg3 good is the same design ethos and stuff you can find in other larian games. larian is what made it good.

i don't want to play forgotten realms over something like eora (obsidian's world/lore IP from PoE 1 + 2 which is so much more interesting and in use in Avowed), or a new IP, etc. Almost anything is more exciting than forgotten realms/baldur's gate

for me the weakest part of bg3 was bg/forgotten realms itself. the best part was the larian parts. d:os2 combat for example is way better than dnd 5e. poe's ruleset is better than dnd 5e. etc

 

[DidactBRHU3]

Get the people who developed Expedition: Rome.

Replicate the tech that allowed Larian to make such an exceptional cinematic dialogue.

Give them time and money.

Done.

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That team is gone, but yeah I would love that.

 

[nachum00]

I legit feel bad for which ever studio they pick.

 

[Mesoian]

Firaxis.

The marvel midnight suns model would work extremely well with a dnd gameplay loop.

 

[Ascenion]

Since BG3 is the TES Oblivion from that licencing, I think some studio able to streamline a little bit more and make the Skyrim. Maybe Obsidian?

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This implies Skyrim is better than Oblivion which isn't true.

 

[Uzzy]

Well it was right for bg2, 3 certainly isn't better than it
don't @ me

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You're correct

 

[Sangral]

Nobody if not Larian.

 

[SilentEagle]

CDPR

 

[Stef]

Just Larian Studios

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[Doskoi Panda]

The meltdown would be legendary.

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Give it to Bethesda. The gamer meltdowns will be epic.

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Nobody actually wants that lol, least of all Bethesda. They've got their hands full with their own fantasy franchise and probably wouldn't want to take on a project like that, with such weighty expectations behind it.
Goes without saying that Baldur's Gate in general is fairly different from the type of game that BGS makes, anyway.

 

[immy]

Bloober team seem a good fit

 

[Shryke]

Larian Studios. Sorry, but the bar is set so high that I don't see any other studio up to the tasks.