[quote=Niara] One thing is for sure, BG3 made in Larian style makes sense. Put yourself at WotC position : you have a franchise which hasn't had a game in 22 years, its fan base as dwindled to basically a drop of water in the sea of modern player base, and its genre has also became so niche that it is a miracle that you get one good game per year. Would you rather risking a lot of time and money on trying to chase that past or would you let the most popular developer by far in this domain take a stab at it?
I disagree with a lot of what you say here. CRPGs are very popular and not quite the niche they were 20 plus years ago.
Secondly Larian were pitching for the BG IP for a while and were repeatedly turned down by WotC. I wholeheartedly disagree that BG3 should be made in Larian’s style; they should have respected the history and source material and not dispensed with so much of what makes those games legendary.
Thirdly on what basis are Larian considered the most popular RPG developer?
I was going to say exactly these things, so I'll just agree completely.
