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Baldur's Gate 4 Isn't Next For Larian; Something Bigger Is Coming | Spot On | Gamespot (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This is a really good interview. tl;dw is...

  • their next game was going to be D&D, but they changed course and are doing something else now
  • Vincke has a vision for "the one RPG to rule them all", and each of their past three RPGs is a step closer to it
  • the next game is not going to be that master vision but one step closer toward it, with their previous 3 RPGs proving out emergent design/multiplayer, story and consequence, and personal stories/performance capture, respectively
  • Vincke would like to have this next game done in 3 years compared to BG3's 6 year development cycle, but realistically expects 4 years, as long as there isn't something like COVID-19 or a war in Ukraine to impede their progress
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Thanks for expanding on my point.

They don’t need to be associated with WotC as they keep fucking up. Other RPG systems are becoming more and more popular.

Maybe they can partner with Paizo and make the next Pathfinder game, although I’d feel bad for Owlcat because their games have been great too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For similar reasons as D&D, I doubt they'd license someone else's system either, but I could be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree, but Piazo seems like much better partners. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd let them make the game for no fee, just license out the rules to try to make the system more well known and popular. Pathfinder 2E is the better system without a doubt, but people are used to D&D5e, so having something out there to bring new people in would be huge for them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know. The Owlcat games have a really deep system that Divinity and BG3 don't have. Is that just because of the pathfinder ruleset? Or does Larian do better with simpler systems? I don't have an answer to those questions. It might be cool to see a BG3 "version" of Pathfinder, but I think it would lose something in the process.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

The visuals out of Larian run laps around Owlcat. But that comes at the expense of depth, as each asset takes more time to develop.

It's two different design philosophies creating two very different kinds of experience. Owlcat makes more of a complex digital board game while Larian has muddled a strategy format with a dating sim.

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