Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Rumors [CONFIRMED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[undecaf]

Another BG, eh?

Meh...

 

[Dodo1610]

A german games website covered this "rumor"
http://www.pcgames.de/Divinity-Orig...n-studios-baldurs-gate-3-rollenspiel-1266479/

 

[a Goat]

It's true tho.

 

[BEvers]

Apparently this really, actually, might be true.

 

[a Goat]

told ya

 

[BEvers]

I wonder if Fargo is going to delete that tweet. It's confirming something relatively big that the actual developer (quite plausibly Larian) hasn't so much as hinted at.

 

[Roguey]

Replied to by Alyx66810102


What's a Russian troll doing getting involved here?

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

For BG3 to work, you need to travel long and far to assemble a dream team of developers. This means poaching them from other companies, going to trailer parks and cabins in the deep woods, summoning them with a Ouija board at their grave site, battling a colony of giant ants to save the real Josh Sawyer, and so on.

It can't be done. It's too much for one man.

But...

If we all came together and were sent on this mission by Lord Admiral Chris Avellone and imbued with the strength and determination of Archbishop Cleveland Blakemore...

No, I do not dare think such silly thoughts. Carry on. Forget I said anything.

 

[BEvers]

Chris Avellone, would you have wanted to work on Baldur's Gate 3 if you had been offered the opportunity?

 

[Roguey]

Bocian all twitter accounts that end in 8 digit numbers are Russian trolls.

 

[Nano]

Wtf, this is actually a thing: https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/900158823515770880?lang=en

 

[M. AQVILA]

Bocian all twitter accounts that end in 8 digit numbers are Russian trolls.

Citation needed. Also, why would a propaganda agent care about video games?

 

[BEvers]

Also, why would a propaganda agent care about video games?

Larian has a studio in Saint Petersburg...

 

[Roguey]

Also, why would a propaganda agent care about video games?

Their intent is to cause chaos and division everywhere.

 

[DeepOcean]

The way combat works* in D:OS would fit perfectly the ruleset...

Until some genius decide the pnp rules needs dumb down "adaptation" for Down's Syndrome retards a "modern audience", Sword Coast Legends sends regards. After D:OS 2, the designers at Larian have zero clue about anything.

 

[Shaewaroz]

So, the rumors were true then. The end times are nigh.

Well, I kind of liked the writing in Dragon Commander. So maybe it could be half-way decent?

 

[Morgoth]

This will be a catastrophe.

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

Personally I think they could make a good TB combat, but their writing will be mundane and boring as always and that made me sad when I heard it.

And personally I think the writing is one of the most overrated aspects of the Baldur's Gate saga, anyway. And I said it as a massive fan of it.
What made BG2 a classic was the sum of its other qualities: the sheer size, variety of enemies and scenarios, the perfect balance they nailed with itemization (it felt constantly rewarding while not being as busy as in loot-driven games), the encounter design, the dungeons...

Back the the "Larian working on it" hypothesis, mixed feelings: I can't really say I'm anticipating a Larian-made real-time with pause. I'd vastly prefer if they would "betray" the roots of the series and go for another reiteration of ther turn-based battle system.

 

[glass blackbird]

I would be interested to play a 4 or 5e game if it had turnbased but those rules really, really would not work in RTWP. pretty much every skill is based around squares and distances in a way that older stuff wasn't

 

[imweasel]

I'd laugh if EA bought the rights and is having BioWare develop the game.

Anyway, I wouldn't trust neither Larian or Beamdawg to do a sequel justice.... but at least Sawyer won't be getting his dirty hipster mitts on the license.

 

[BEvers]

It's spreading like wildfire now. Goes to show how many people lurk the Codex

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/9lhhxv/rumor_larian_developing_baldurs_gate_3/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/ru...cense-and-is-working-on-baldurs-gate-3.72902/
https://gaminglyf.com/news/2018-10-...per-larian-studios-working-on-baldurs-gate-3/
https://www.thenerdmag.com/rumor-la...ate-license-and-is-working-on-baldurs-gate-3/
https://gameplaying.info/brian-fargo-knows-who-makes-baldurs-gate-3/
https://segmentnext.com/2018/10/05/larian-studios-baldurs-gate-3-rumors/
http://www.4players.de/4players.php..._3-Geruecht_Befindet_sich_in_Entwicklung.html
https://www.playnation.de/spiele-ne...-sind-entwickler-sagen-geruechte-id75709.html
https://www.ppe.pl/news/125992/bald...maja-zrobic-tworcy-divinity-original-sin.html
https://www.komputerswiat.pl/gamezi...an-pracuje-podobno-nad-baldurs-gate-3/znnfzjh
https://www.jeuxvideo-live.com/news/un-baldurs-gate-3-en-approche-91109
https://naekranie.pl/aktualnosci/tw...-istnienie-gry-potwierdza-brian-fargo-3610275
https://www.igromania.ru/news/77973...riginal_Sin_rabotayut_nad_Baldurs_Gate_3.html
https://www.gametech.ru/news/60879/
https://vgtimes.ru/news/52145-sluh-...ustit-razrabotchik-divinity-original-sin.html
https://www.mediavida.com/foro/jueg...ii-esta-desarrollo-probablemente-cargo-617936
https://www.9lives.be/gerucht/werkt-de-gentse-ontwikkelaar-larian-studios-aan-baldurs-gate-3

 

[Safav Hamon]

If it's 5E and turn based it would already be superior to Baldurs Gate 1 & 2. I never cared for the writing in Baldurs Gate anyways.

 

[LESS T_T]

Denial: https://wccftech.com/baldurs-gate-3-larian-studios/

[UPDATE]

We reached out to Larian Studios and they denied the rumor, adding that they haven’t bought any IP and they are continuing to work on Divinity, though the next project (codenamed Gustav) will be properly announced only when the time is right.

And "continuing to work on Divinity"? Post the exact quote, man.

 

[Jimmious]

Good if Larian stay away from RTwP and work with their sweet TB engine. Keep popping games out with this engine, some of them will be good
As far as BG 3 goes, obviously Owlcat Games should develop it.

 

[Lady_Error]

Unless Chris Avellone secretly opened a new studio and bought the rights to BG, this will be shit. Who else could be doing it: Bioware, Beamdog?