Recreating the city of Baldur's Gate from the beloved CRPG of the same name is a Herculean task fraught with danger. It needs to be recognisable to venerable veterans of the 1998 classic and yet manage to conform to modern game design principles. With Baldur's Gate 3, developer Larian Studios describes the process as being like that of a painting: starting with a sketch and adding increasing layers of complexity.
The original city was presented as a series of nine districts, locations separated by loading screens (and potential ambushes or story events) and viewed from a rigidly isometric perspective, mostly now a relic of a bygone age.
Larian's vision, providing it's half as deep as their previous masterpiece, Divinity: Original Sin 2, is going to be a dense one indeed. The fact it won't require any kind of loading screen at all is alone enough to blast Dad, with his dorky old computer roleplaying games, back in his armchair.
Are you a grizzled veteran of The Sword Coast or a newcomer entranced by the eternal charm of the officially licensed Dungeons & Dragons IP? Gather your party before venturing forth into the comments section below.
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Divinity: Original Sin 3 when?
Any news of other notable locations from the original? Like candlekeep and Nashkel?
"Its proudest achievement" not "It's"
Sony needs to buy these guys.
MS will soon have the western RPG cornered with AB deal.
Only desireable 3rd party RPG developer on the market will be CDPR.
@Sil_Am Yeah… Not happening. They’re not a match for Sony at all. Way too PC focus and enjoy releasing early access games
@AverageGamer Sony bought Nixxes and they have way too pc focus.
@Gamerintent55 “ Obsidian's output now seems to be moving away from their staple isometric rpg's which were fantastic and moving to the 1st person efforts mess that Avowed looks”
I don’t know where you’re getting that their staple is isometric rpgs? Literally Obsidian biggest game have been stuff like Fallout new Vegas and Outer Worlds. Avowed is right up their alley
@Triumph741 The purchase of nixxes is from the prospective of buying a support/tech studio, not buying a game development studio. As they’ve done more than just port games to PC… They’ve have assisted on multiple game projects like Killzone Shadow fall.
@AverageGamer And Larian has released console games in the past
@Triumph741 Not many. They released one game on 360 most likely due to the simplicity of porting PC games to the platform. But consoles are clearly an after thought after the PC versions. Hell, they had announced a MacOS version of Baldurs Gate 3 prior to even thinking about a console version. Console versions should have been announced day 1 even if they teased it for next gen only. PC platforms are clearly their priority.
Divinity original sin enhanced edition.and divinity original sin 2 are some of the greatest greatest games ever made.so baldurs gate 3 is going to be amazing as well.larian studio makes excellent rpgs.word up son
Not a fan of the franchise, but I can tell they're dedicated to the franchise and supporting their fans.
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