Baldur’s Gate 4 may happen eventually, but not with Larian Studios

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• ech@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Stumbles ass first into giving creative control of their property to one of the most devoted and talented studios of the decade, leading to a wildly successful and popular game.

  “That’s great! Let’s give it to someone else!” - some stupid ass exec who can only see ahead one financial quarter at a time.

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I thought Larian themselves didn’t want to make another one? Could be wrong though but it would make sense for them to use their surge in popularity to create something that they wholly own.

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They don’t.

      That’s why Hasbro can’t just make another BG game, Larian isn’t willing.

      So now they’re looking to make it anyway. Without Larian, or even the people at Hasbro that Larian worked with.

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  • LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    While I respect Larian’s right to turn down another time intensive game like Baldur’s Gate…I do worry about the same thing you are concerned about: A shitty executive that only cares about cash and not art! A love for art and appreciating great storytelling is what made Baldur’s Gate 3 the breakout hit. The AAA industry is too shortsighted to be capable of creating such a marvel like BG3, though they occasionally stumble into success without understanding why. They won’t let their teams cook and, it’s very likely, their creatives have either moved on to another studio or became a stress casualty (Bioware’s own term).

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    • Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Larian probably wouldn't have turned it down if Hasbro hadn't fired pretty much everyone who worked with Larian on BG3. Sven Vincke (CEO of Larian) seems like the kind of guy who would take such an action personally, which is probably why he doesn't want to work with Hasbro again and rightfully so, fuck Hasbro.

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• Justdaveisfine@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This isn’t surprising. WotC had been salivating for another hit like BG3. I suspect whoever they talk into making BG4 isn’t going to be able to clear the bar that Larian has set.

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• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I would be surprised if it was as good and big as bg3. I doubt they’ll give it to a small studio with a lot of heart, so it probably won’t be good.

  Though I don’t know, maybe if they gave it to whatever’s left of obsidian it wouldn’t be the worst?

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• cyd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  With the success of BG3, Larian has a great opportunity to strengthen their own IP. Their Divinity games were great but had pretty nonsensical world-building (to this day, I still have no idea how DOS and DOS2 are related plotwise), and one of the great things about BG3 was the fusion of Larian game design with an appealing fantasy world. If Larian can build up a coherent setting of their own, their future would be bright.

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  • Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    to this day, I still have no idea how DOS and DOS2 are related plotwise

    They’re in the same world, but a few thousand years apart or something, so there is no real connection.

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• iamtherealwalrus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Article is from April 2025.

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And it wasn’t even news back then. Almost immediately after the BG3 release Swen Vincke talked about the next project being an in-house IP again. And not much later they quit working on a DLC.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So two months ago?

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• Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m fine with a different studio doing every Baldur’s Gate iteration. Bioware, Beamdog, Black Isle, and others have done Baldurs Gate games and I enjoyed them. I see no reason to tether the franchise to a single developer, particularly one whose heart isn’t in it anymore.

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• SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Good.

  I can’t stand Larian’s gameplay style.

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do tell.

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  • Deconceptualist@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What happened? Did they kick your dog or something?

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  • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I do, but I see that it’s a preference thing. However, the whole game/story felt to me like it was a passion project. I feel like it’s a gamble at best whether or not whoever hasbro finds to do it will be able to give it the same dedication.

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  • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s fair, but as someone that has not played the game, you need to provide some specifics otherwise it just gets lost within a lot of praise for the game (which I’m not sure I will like).

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  • lazynooblet@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Someone got pwned during the tutorial.

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