After bringing two of the greatest RPGs of the last 10 years to PlayStation 4, Larian Studios has truly hit the big time. The developer made a name for itself with Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin II, but after taking up the reigns on the legendary Baldur's Gate franchise, a new set of expectations have been placed on its shoulders. It appears primed to deliver, however, as a new trailer just debuted at PAX East has us foaming at the mouth for more of the third instalment.
The biggest problem then is that the game is only confirmed for PC and Google Stadia of all things. It'll enter Early Access at some point later this year which means that when it comes time for a full release, the PlayStation 5 will more than likely be on the market. And if we are to suffer from the usual post-launch drought of titles, we can't think of anything much better than investing 100+ hours into an epic RPG such as Baldur's Gate 3.
We're basically port begging here, but after Larian Studios proved that it could successfully bring a traditionally PC experience to consoles, we can't help but wonder whether it's next project is destined for PS5. It certainly makes sense from where we're standing and don't worry, we're happy waiting. It is, after all, exactly what we had to do in order to get the Divinity: Original Sin titles onto PS4.
Do you hope that Baldur's Gate 3 one day makes its way to PS5? Take your turn in the comments below.
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Initial impressions: I WANT ITTTT!
Gunna have to look into it a bit more later. I am sure it’ll make it over to PS5 down the line.
Yes!
That's partly why I bought the old (1&2) games on PS4...
It going to happen! Enchant edition,! Ps5 that the history of the studio! A most!
I've yet to try any of the Baldur's gate games... but the fact this just looks like Divinity Original Sin III from the gameplay (and Original Sin II was sublime)... count me in for this! 😁
My PC is ready for this. These are the type of games I enjoy playing on PC. Even though both Divinity and Pillars of Eternity were ported to PS4 I still think you lose a bit of control using a remote.
As someone that played the original Baldur's Gate on PC long ago, I would love to see it also on PS5.
@Athrum I agree but it’s almost offset for me by having direct control over the character via thumb sticks. I don’t like clicking to move my character as much. I think that’s down to playing so much Diablo 3 on console...
@kyleforrester87 I agree with Diablo, mate. Blizzard did a really good job, the game felt so snappy. But the ammount of shortcus you need for D3 is quite a bit lower than these CRPGS. Still I really hope they bring it to PS5 (and I believe it's a sure bet since you have controller implementation already with Stadia and they ported Divinity 2 to PS4).
@kyleforrester87 Ugghh, I can't even imagine having to click my way around in Diablo 3. I'm serious when I say it'd almost ruin the game, half as good at best probably. The action and control is so much tighter and has so much more soul using both sticks than fumbling your way around with a mouse... Something that shouldn't be used for controlling movement in anything but a RTS. with multiple units like Age of Empires.
@Athrum @Jaz007 yeah the combat in OS is nice and manageable with a controller since you’re not also trying to handle repositioning in tandem like in BG/PoE etc.
The only time it gets annoying is when you’re managing 6 inventories, setting potions and arrows and throwing away junk etc. That’s still a pain with a mouse but it’s not as rough.
I dont know... this kind of games play best with mouse and on a monitor.
Also, i really hate heavy RNG on videogames.
Loved the first 2. Fingers crossed for a port, but no big hurry as I'll get the ps5 a year in at the earliest.
@Jaz007 I played maaaany hours of Diablo 3 but I was used to it from LoL. Even so, it’s like playing a guitar, you get used to it but if you don’t keep up with playing, your hands cramp really badly. I decided early arthritis was not worth it.
Is this going to be upgraded graphics or like the old games?
Be stupid not to bring this too next gen consiole, even with what ever money Google have throwing at them i can't see it selling well on stadia , unless huge improvements are made it will be dead in two years. GeForce now , gamepass and even PlayStation now are better services that it.
@777Reigns https://www.ign.com/articles/2-hours-into-baldurs-gate-3-and-were-sold-gameplay-impressions-preview
I hope there's ps5 version, although pc rpg like this is best played on pc with mouse I think.
The gameplay isn't that great really. Not quite sure why this can't be played on PS4 but the likes of Red Dead, God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn can.
Think someone's talking out of their backside!
I use a mouse and keyboard all day at work whilst sitting within a foot of a computer screen. I don't wish to repeat the process when I get home!
@Col_McCafferty I may be mistaken but when did they say PS4 wasn't powerful enough to run it? The Switch can run OS2 so I don't think there is any talk of there being hardware issues. It's just it's exclusive to PC and Stadia for now and by the time that is done next gen consoles will be in the wild. Maybe it'll be a PS4 & PS5 game..
@kyleforrester87 On Eurogamer there is a big interview with someone from the studio who says there are no plans to bring it to current consoles and he also doubts if this would be possible.
@Col_McCafferty Ah. At face value I dunno about that, but then the main difference seems to be that you can zoom right into all the individual characters and they seem to have a lot of detail so I could believe that's quite hardware intensive..
@kyleforrester87 from the screenshots they don't look that impressive. Good but nothing that blows me away.
I don't know why I'm bothered , it really doesn't sound like my kind of game anyway!
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Can't wait to play it either on PC or PS5(purchase dependable on the current situation of PS exclusives going to PC ofc).
Make way evil. I’m armed to the teeth and packing a hamster!
I know this is totally unrealistic, but I want it on PS4 right now. It looks soooooo good🙏
@WanderingBullet Thanks for the info, looks good.
The art 3 is very interesting than part 2 and 1. Never played the part 2 and 1 but I dont liked their graphics. This is super beautiful and moved that cinemas movie. Dragons! Wow, my favourite creatures. It will be great addition to PS5 library! Why not!
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