Yea, and thats just icing on the cake on whats already there and to come...They could call it BG3 : Wrath of the righteous and people would be incredibly excited. It actually feels like a natural progression of the prior games.
What about sidequests, though? From what Hikari said, it's quite linear, so very dissimilar in structure to BG1&2, which thrived on sidequests and exploration. Still, I'm very excited to play Pathfinder (both Kingmaker and WotR) and whatever Owlcat cooks up next.
Originally Posted by mr_planescapist
You can tell the developers are big fans of the original Black isle games .
BioWare, actually, Black Isle (proto-Obsidian)/Interplay just published it. They made Fallout 1&2, Dark Alliance II, Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale. Then went on to bankrupt and so the planned third instalments to BG, BG:DA and FO were not done by them. Sadly.
Originally Posted by mr_planescapist
If Larian does not go FULL ON D^D 5th tactical depth + rated R gritty Baldurs gate atmosphere then they are screwed. DOS2 game system, pretty faces and cinematics, corny sex scenes, and <a few good unlikable companions> will not save BG3 in the long run. They are trying to market this to WAY TOO MANY people and systems before actually designing a great RPG PC game.
Yep. Though "gritty" isn't really how I'd describe BG; it was dark and serious and epic and funny in perfect proportions, but from I see BG3's "dark" and "funny" is different than BG1&2's in tone/execution. Larian-brand humour?
Originally Posted by Vallis
Was it not obvious from the start, I mean I already saw this when I was introduced to the ''totally not dorian pavus'', sassy vampire character of Astarion who seemed to be just created to bring over all of the Bioware/Inquisition fans desperate for another DAI type experience in Bioware's decline. And that worked as i've seen tons of articles from the bio fans making those comparisons, i've seen a lot of the artist making fanart for the character say things like ''I don't know what BG3 is but I love astarion'', ''I never played this game but I love vampire sass'' lmao. My fear is that, as someone else posted on the subreddit, they'll focus too much on catering to these ''new fans'' posting on their social medias, and forget to make the game they initially set out to make.
You're right and I wish I saw that and questioned things before getting incredibly hyped and happy about the game for almost a year. It does seem to primarily cater to "modern BioWare fans" in addition to D:OS fans.
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