Usually whan people make this argument with BG3 as evidence it comes with the implicit assumption that Larian is a AA developer, not a AAA one. I haven’t done enough research on what constitutes AAA vs AA and where Larian fits in that so I don’t know if that’s reasonable, but that’s the argument.
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mormund@feddit.org 3 months ago
So Belgium isn’t a western Nation? Or who does Anon think made Baldur Gate 3?
kartoffelsaft@programming.dev 3 months ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 months ago
I’m not really sure on which planet they think Larian is a AA developer. BG3 was certainly north of $100 million to make, and had like 300 people working on it.
Ubisoft recently coined AAAA games in order to justify price rises on their latest mediocre drivel, and the only games I’ve seen that deserve the term AAAA are BG3 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
To me, that’s a product where absolutely no compromise has been made.
djsoren19@yiffit.net 3 months ago
because Larion was 100% a AA developer before BG3 came out, and it’s hard to justify changing their place in the industry based solely on the success of their breakout game. It’s also important to remember that Wizards of the Coast were major bankrollers of the project, it wasn’t solely Larion. Larion is independent again, and I imagine their next project will be closer to the quality of Divinity 2 (still an incredible game btw) than BG3.
jonne@infosec.pub 3 months ago
They probably bought into the propaganda that all of Europe is overrun by Muslims.
edinbruh@feddit.it 3 months ago
Europe is what? How does one even come up with that? Who says it?
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Racists.
Meanwhile, stats show a total of 6% Muslims in Europe, and 3.2% in the EU.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Fear mongering from the RN/AFD/PVV/PP/FdI/PiS/Fidesz and other Nazis like them
edinbruh@feddit.it 3 months ago
Hmmm, I’m a bit out of touch with politics, but I think FdI are much more vocal against migrants (in general, regardless of religion) and queers, I’d say Muslims are among their “least attacked” minorities. But I get the point
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I thought that was only France? Or have they expanded their intolerance now?
papalonian@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Aren’t the “Western AAA developers” the ones complaining? Not the ones that made the mentioned games?
mormund@feddit.org 3 months ago
Then my question becomes what Larian Studios is, if not a AAA game dev.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 months ago
An indie studio that had luck and got big. Let’s hope they stay independent and can keep doing what they want.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
AA in the parlance
papalonian@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not a Western AAA studio, lol.
The meme is saying that Western AAA game makers are too lazy to make good games and are upset at other, NON-Western game devs for producing good games and making themselves (the westerners) look bad.
Larian isn’t in the group of complainers. The meme isn’t putting them in any category.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 months ago
And Japanese AAAs don’t under deliver?