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Baldur's Gate 4: who should develop it?
- Thread starter Stef
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I'll go for a pick that hasn't been mentioned and say DONTNOD. Idk if it'd be good but I would be interested to see a more surprising team take on the series.
High level D&D 5th Edition combat would be hilarious to see. Almost as hilarious as all the Shadowheart fans seeing Camellia and going 'oh I can fix her too!'.
She's just so helpful!
Nobody. If Larian is gonna do their own thing, that's great, and I really don't have interest in a BG game from another developer.
Why would they? Disney also doesnt demand SpiderMan or Indiana Jones to be
Baldur's Gate 4 would be the sequel to Baldur's Gate 3, which was multiplatform. There would be an expectation from the now-huge fanbase for the sequel to 3 to also be multiplatform. If it weren't, it would piss off a lot of people, and sales would be lower. Besides, Microsoft has already started putting their games on other platforms, so they wouldn't even push for exclusivity.
With enough money everything is possible. MS moneyhatted the Tomb Raider 2013 Sequel for a certain time after the first one was multiplatform and Sony FFXVI. Even tho the 4 Games before it were on Xbox too.
Sony San Diego should do it, but instead of a party of four you should have nine players, maybe two teams of nine. replace the spells with bats and balls i think, and you would be adventuring in a diamond-shaped arena that's mostly grass with some clay? Since you're in an arena they could also have some sort of announcer, and maybe some people in the stands
No. It implies that it is more streamlined and it was a bigger success. Hasbro wants sales not reviews.
Microsoft from ten years ago was in a different place, in a different gaming landscape. It's just not the same in 2024; not with the sales of Xbox consoles being the way they are. WotC would not accept money from Microsoft to make BG4 exclusive to their console after 3 blew up the way they did, and the Microsoft of today wouldn't do that as well.
Biggest issue I think with Obsidian is they struggle with projects that are larger in scope. I think the writing could match up to Larian.
WotC would be smart to just start up their own dev studio rather than licensing it out again. D&D is huge and they have a shit ton of IP to exploit. Kind of silly to not be the masters of their own destiny, at least in part. Can always still license out too. If they have access to Larians engine all the better, if not a bit hard going, but honestly I don't see any other studios really able to likely interested in the heavy oversight and licensing fees that will come with it. Not to mention insane scrutiny and harassment for being any different or less impressive than Larian.
Mentioning Obsidian and Gurrilla Games in the same sentence as if they're remotely comparable in terms of making a CRPG? Also, CDPR really? lol.
Anyway, Obsidian seems to be way too busy, I think realistically it could only be InXile or Owlcat (with the proper budget).
Anyway, Obsidian seems to be way too busy, I think realistically it could only be InXile or Owlcat (with the proper budget).
Ih actually now it's been mentioned yea I could see CDPR being capable of it if they just licensed out Larians Engine rather than force it to work with their own.
Witcher 3 is one of the few games I'd say is close to Baldur's Gate 3 in terms of size and consistent quality. Even with the gripes about Cyberpunk, it's actual world and lore seem like the are handled really well in the game. The insights into Night City's history through lore snippets is great and both games have excellent performances which I think a Baldur's Gate 4 would need and somethibg a lot of CRPG devs are pretty shit at.
Witcher 3 is one of the few games I'd say is close to Baldur's Gate 3 in terms of size and consistent quality. Even with the gripes about Cyberpunk, it's actual world and lore seem like the are handled really well in the game. The insights into Night City's history through lore snippets is great and both games have excellent performances which I think a Baldur's Gate 4 would need and somethibg a lot of CRPG devs are pretty shit at.
No one. I'd rather see them take the runaway success here and have a new developer do something with the other campaign settings like Planescape or Eberron or Spelljammer or Dark Sun. So many options.
What they should do is leave the CRPG genre well alone. If Hasbro wants to cash in while maintaining some semblance of credibility they could explore some other genres in a Dark Alliance kind of way having cameos or focusing on characters from BG3. A Karlach character action game might be alright, or an Astarion stealth game maybe. Obviously Im not much of an ideas guy here, but along those lines.
No one is going to make a CRPG better than BG 3 except Larian, theres no one capable right now, and if there were they wouldnt get the time, budget and independence to do it anyway. Revisit that idea in 10 years or more, no sense trying to force it.
No one is going to make a CRPG better than BG 3 except Larian, theres no one capable right now, and if there were they wouldnt get the time, budget and independence to do it anyway. Revisit that idea in 10 years or more, no sense trying to force it.
The only developer capable of making something close, and I still would have serious doubts they could do something on the same level, is Owlcat.
I certainly wouldn't trust Obsidian with it.
But what I think is going to happen is we are going to get a new Baldur's Gate that's not BG4. Dark Alliance or something like that. A way to make something using the name but without putting the resources required to make something on the level of BG3.
I certainly wouldn't trust Obsidian with it.
But what I think is going to happen is we are going to get a new Baldur's Gate that's not BG4. Dark Alliance or something like that. A way to make something using the name but without putting the resources required to make something on the level of BG3.
It took more than 20 years for that sentence to be wrong, so…
Basically a death march for whatever studio decides to pick this up. An impossible to follow act.
Sequel to a recent popular game is a safer bet. They can put more money toward development and less toward marketing.
i get why they'd have an itchy trigger finger on "Baldur's Gate 4" right now but sort of weird to me they don't just throw their IP at all kinds of studios. like yeah there will be misses but there's more than enough 'there' there in terms of capable talent and commercial interest
