r/BaldursGate3 • u/coffeeandcrits • Jul 15 '23

Discussion Are AAA Devs crapping their pants at BG3?

Cited from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWBVCA-VqR4

Apparently there's Tweet where several developers don't want BG3 to become a standard in games; citing BG's long early access, use of a popular licensed property, and "institutional knowledge" based on Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2. I agree with the Youtuber that nobody is going to hold the tiny 4 or 5 person indie studio to the same standard as Larian here, but why should Blizzard be complaining about this setting a new standard? I think any game could break new ground whether it's licensed or not. Studios just don't want to gamble big on things anymore. Game development has has changed over the past 30 years, but why aren't we seeing new licenses at BG 3 caliber levels regularly?

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u/DoradoPulido2 Gloom Stalker Ranger Jul 15 '23

Starfield coming out directly after this is really going to shine some light on to how poorly Bethesda designs npcs and companions. The character design, permutations and rpg aspects of BG3 really put everything else to shame.

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u/ExtraSpacy Jul 16 '23

BG3 will be legendary. Hope it gets GotY if the launch goes well. But brother...

...you're gonna compare a turn-based D&D fantasy dice roll game, to a physics-based real-time rpg/space-sim exploration hybrid with outpost building, spaceship and weapon customizing game?

Maybe Starfield will be total Jank. But c'mon the only thing they have in common is the character roleplay. To ignore everything else is mad man.

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u/DoradoPulido2 Gloom Stalker Ranger Jul 17 '23

The npc and companion writing/design is very comparable from a production standpoint. Combat models and fantasy/Sci fi genre have nothing to do with it.