Wizards of the Coast "now talking to lots of partners" about next Baldur's Gate
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[Eurogamer] Wizards of the Coast "now talking to lots of partners" about next Baldur's Gate
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What independent studios exist currently that can make a triple A RPG? Larian and CD Projekt are the only two I can think of
Honestly after BG3 I can't imagine any developer being brave enough to make a Baldur's Gate 4. There's no way I can imagine any future BG games possibly living up to the expectations set by 3, definitely not any time soon
This sounds like that time FIFA said they were talking with tons of partners after breaking up with EA. I don't think anything has come out of it other than crypto games.
No chance. After Deadwolf they will be busy with Mass Effect and EA wants to focus on their own IPs now.
I have a feeling that WotC will want whoever they give the license to rush the game and it will be half baked compared to BG3.
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I'm really not sure who could take up the reigns. The obvious candidate is Bioware but I dunno that they can pull it off; and a company like CD Projekt, I wouldn't have the faith in them to do it to begin with, but they're prolly to tied up with their own projects to even try.
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Considering how much BW has struggled just to make a Dragon Age game I cannot imagine they're in any position to make a Baldur's Gate.
Honestly can't see anyone touching this.
The expectation for this would be astronomical high, so would be the cost for a Baldurs Gate 4 and there is also no other studio capable of taking on such a project outside of maybe CDPR but they are more into OW action rpgs.
The expectation for this would be astronomical high, so would be the cost for a Baldurs Gate 4 and there is also no other studio capable of taking on such a project outside of maybe CDPR but they are more into OW action rpgs.
BG3 was fine as a huge standalone project. A new game doesn't have to try and be anything like bg3. The problems are going to come from wanting the game out sooner than later and not giving them time.
BG3 is good but there's a lot of talent imo in the CRPG space and there's a lot of great games in that genre not made by Larian. It can just be good, even if it's not as good as BG3 to people. Perfectly happy with that.
There's a lot of great CRPG studios out there but how many can make them with the production value and visuals of BG3?
If I am the dev that's making this game I'm calling it anything other than Baldurs gate 4. Baldurs gate: origins, baldurs gate: legacy, baldurs gate: dark alliance 3, anything to not make it a direct sequel to Bg3
Not unless they have a time machine to go back and hire circa-2007 Bioware.
I do not know who they would trust to make BG4. Honestly, anyone I can think of is either bought out for a certain platform or definitely not where they used to be.
I personally would give it to Obsidian but I would want the game be available to everyone not just PC and X. Only other one is CDPR but... they are working on their own things. I would not trust the current Bioware with it at all.
I personally would give it to Obsidian but I would want the game be available to everyone not just PC and X. Only other one is CDPR but... they are working on their own things. I would not trust the current Bioware with it at all.
I don't think that's a realistic bar to judge any of them on. How's anyone supposed to know what those studios are capable of with a healthy budget. They haven't had them as far as I know speaking generally(would rather not be more specific of which studio and then drill down into their budgets atm). That and I really enjoyed my time with BG3 but I'm not enamored with it enough to ignore how buggy the game was on release and still is. I genuinely had to restart act 2 from an old save due to a bug preventing me from interacting with an object I HAD to. Blanking on the name of it right now but that's garbage. Another time a friends character I was playing with just no longer moved. Could do every other action but move and nothing we tried worked to get his ass moving. Had to restart from a prior save again and re-do a boss fight. The first patch for BG3 resolved over 1000 bugs if I remember right. That's gross, glad they worked on the issues of course, but that shouldn't be okay just because the game was good overall.
As much as I love Supergiant, I don't know if they would work well within the confines of an existing property.
Those are issues of time and money. I'm sure if you give them the same amount of funding and space that Larian managed to gobble up, any one of those or even some new upstart could achieve the same.
"We need someone as cheap as possible who will listen to all our notes and make exactly what we want without pushing back"
*four years later*
"why did our Baldur's Gate follow-up sell significantly worse!? no one could've predicted this!!!!!!!"
*four years later*
"why did our Baldur's Gate follow-up sell significantly worse!? no one could've predicted this!!!!!!!"
Maybe I'm just pessimistic given the state of the industry, but I'm guessing the most likely result for BG4 is that years from now I read an article revealing "(some studio) was secretly working on BG4 and then it was canceled". Alternatively, they try to get their own studio together and then that happens.
Really feels like losing Larian kills the chances of it being made anytime soon. The only other CRPG company I hear about that seems like it would fit is uhhh making games for their competition, so.
I love Supergiant and would hate to see them bound in by this frankly very very boring established setting instead of being able to come up with their own ideas. Even with Hades they were able to put their own spin on things.
Really feels like losing Larian kills the chances of it being made anytime soon. The only other CRPG company I hear about that seems like it would fit is uhhh making games for their competition, so.
I love Supergiant and would hate to see them bound in by this frankly very very boring established setting instead of being able to come up with their own ideas. Even with Hades they were able to put their own spin on things.
2009 you mean? BG3 feels like a natural evolution to DAO.
Unfortunately bioware fumbled it all and moved away from their roots. Don't see them getting close to the heights they used to be at. Really sad honestly.
Not true at all, Larian has said like 15 times they just wanted to make their own IP and game and that they had nothing but positive things to say about working with the D&D license.
Of course everyone keeps playing that up as some sort of lie, despite Larians head being about the most up front blunt person I have ever heard speak lol
It can be anywhere within the Jade Empire to Mass Effect 3 range, really. Their output at the time was rock solid.
If Obsidian is given a budget worthy for BG4 it better be for PoE 3 instead.
