It cant really be worse than BG3 though. BG3 has an atrociously bad story and bland characters and is only held aloft by brand name and shippers.
A studio that knows how to write stories could also deliver a much better BG4 or DLC.
Just imagine what Obsidian could do when you consider hiw they managed to upgrade games with DLCs (Mask of the Betrayer, New Vegas).
True, the story is at max mediocre, the characters are written inconsistently, we have lot of bugs, plot holes and so on. At this point, I feel like there are several studios capable of delivering a better quality than Larian did.
They just have to be careful about who they pick. LIke Obisidian could be really good, I've always been a fan of the old Interplay and Black Isle people and Brian Fargo, but that might just be the oldschool Fallout fan speaking.
I would like to see some of the (for me) most creative people to pick up the IP, like David Gaider (BG2, Neverwinter Nights, KOTOR, Dragon Age etc.), Chris Avellone (Fallout 2, BG, Icewind Dale, NN, DOS2, PoE, Pathfinder etc.), James Ohlen (BG1, BG2, DA:O, Mass Effect etc.), Timothy Cain (Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Arcanum, PoE, Outer Worlds etc.) and so on.
I can only imagine what could be done with such an IP in those hands (again). Not blaming Larian, but maybe the footsteps have been a bit too big.
Also, we can only speculate what made Larian coming up with the decision to move away from Dungeons & Dragons. Usually you would think that they want to stay in these waters with the huge success BG3 has been. Maybe they are exhausted, maybe Hasbro decided to part ways, I don't know and I don't want to jump to conclusions. Still at this point I feel like this game earned way more awards than it deserved, at least when it comes to story telling. The individual awards like for Neil Newbon are well deserved.
