Weird that it's called Baldur's Gate 3 when it has basically nothing to do with BG 1 and 2. If they really wanted to use the Baldur's Gate name for easy publicity they should've gone the Dark Alliance route and added a subtitle to set it apart. Now it just seems like a low effort, audience alienating cash grab. And really, they couldn't make a high tier epic level adventure for the God of Murder to go on? They had to pick up a tiny encounter in SoA and base an entire game on it? That's like writing The Lord of the Rings part 4 and making it all about Elfhelm's adventures.
Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?
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#52this is some lovely dark marketing, an innocent insider conversation, prompted by a single developer, Xalavier Nelson Jr., who might or might not have been encouraged by Larian marketing team, gets blown up into a narrative piece by a literally who game news sweatshop. the narrative here is that "the game is so good, how can other games compete", as a concern troll, communicated by the developers of lesser games themselves. so bold as to be comedic! much respect to Dominik Warkiewicz.
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#53Weird that it's called Baldur's Gate 3 when it has basically nothing to do with BG 1 and 2. If they really wanted to use the Baldur's Gate name for easy publicity they should've gone the Dark Alliance route and added a subtitle to set it apart. Now it just seems like a low effort, audience alienating cash grab. And really, they couldn't make a high tier epic level adventure for the God of Murder to go on? They had to…
>Now it just seems like a low effort, audience alienating cash grab
You are way too negative. Maybe try the game first? They have a stellar track record (Divinity I & II) + you can just read the reviews considering the game is in early access for +2 years. And they did listen to player feedback.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/
(+ checking your profile: Larian is in Belgium, it's a fine local product you should be proud of)
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#54To AAA studios: yes, I will compare your products to the new standard so if you try to make a similar game try to be up to the challenge
To smaller studios: if you can't compete with scope, try bringing something new to the table. Isn't it your role as indie?
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW, Dave The Diver has been published by Nexon which is AAA.
Triple-A is a designation usually given to a game, rather than a publisher, as it reflects the amount of resources and polish a specific project received.
Triple-A is a designation given to games published by big studios.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Larian isn't even close to AAA studio and their previous games have been great with wide critical and user acclaim. What are you on about?
So how do you describe a 400 person team? Mid-level?
Yes, usually they're called "AA" studios.
Big companies that don't quite have the mega multi 100 million budgets of massive conglomerates like Ubisoft or EA.
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#57> However, some devs are urging players not to rate all other games in the genre by such a high standard, appealing to Larian Studios’ unique combination of vast experience and resources. AAA game labels spend billions on producing mediocre quality bullshit sequels just to maximize revenue predictability rather than quality, originality or artistic value. That's their choice.
Larian isn't even close to AAA studio and their previous games have been great with wide critical and user acclaim. What are you on about?
Skyrim and Fallout 4 were made with about 100 people each. Witcher 3 had about 250 developers, and Cyberpunk 2077 closer to 500. Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 team has over 400 people, 10 times the developers they had for Divinity: Original Sin (1).
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Triple-A is a designation usually given to a game, rather than a publisher, as it reflects the amount of resources and polish a specific project received.
Triple-A is a designation given to games published by big studios.
Triple-A is a designation given to games developed by big studios. Just because it's published by EA or Microsoft doesn't make a game AAA.
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#59Both Divinity games already set the standard for cRPG, Larian Studios basically solved cRPG. Indie devs that try something entirely different with the RPG genre will have a shot. AAA studios have ZERO excuses, some studios like Bethsesda & Rockstar did what Larian is doing decades ago on their own genre and they still are reaping the fruit of this strategy. I have to admit that I can't imagine competitors like Ubisof…
I think both pathfinder games were better than divinity tbh.
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#60> Two previous games, Divinity: Original Sin and Original Sin II, “worth of tech and institutional knowledge to draw from”; Divinity: Original Sin was one of the best games I've ever played. I don't game much these days but that one sucked me in hard. I tried playing other CRPGs (Divinity was my introduction to them) to fill the void but they didn't have the fun combat that Divinity did (Path of Exile) or were very s…
Pillars of Eternity is a spiritual successor to Baldurs Gate, can't recommend it enough.