I really don't agree with a third "golden age" because I think there are not many games we'll still play/talk/remember as a legendary experience in 20 years. That's not equal as saying there are no good game at the moment of course.
I think the main problem is the way video game industry has evolved. Now, games to be "succesfull" has to sell millions of copy. I think It's usualy less about passion and amazing/unique video games experience (many "... -like" , same receipe and mecanics that comes again and again),...but more about money. Just look to the amount of money they spend in marketing, this is just amazing. Video games is now one of the biggest industry in the world.
I'm really convince if Larian's was so sucessfull with DoS 1 and DoS 2, it's bacause they were a "little" studio, that had to use crowdfunding to create 2 games with so much passion. They took their time to create their own receipe and this receipe clearly works. They showed passion can still match with the industry.
II really think they're slowly moving from passion to money now they are more confident, such many others before them.
That's a reason why I'm not confident anymore with BG3 in their hands, but this is opinion and personnal analyses, certainly not a way to open another useless discussion.
