Yeah that was probably their best panel, like more than any of the EA ones for sure. I got kinda misty eyed there when he shouted out Lua at the end. Like damn Seattle, way to make it rain in my apartment for the send off! hehe That was cool.
I'll just always be pretty stoked that they didn't drop the ball on BG3 and managed to get it over the line somehow.
I mean to think that I'd ever be able to just say the words 'Baldur's Gate' and have someone know what I was talking about. It had been almost long enough to pass out of memory, but then earthquaked right back in there and climbed to the pinnacle! hehe
I will miss not having more BG3 things 'right around the corner' or 'coming soon, when it's ready.' Hopefully for their next thing they keep these oldschool boards around. There's something that's still very charming to me about 90s style forums even in the modern day. I mean it's probably not as tight as discord I guess, for ease of use, but for somebody like me it scratches the itch. I will just always associate BG and Boards now, they're inextricably linked up in my mind, just like old bioboards. Spots that still have that vibe like zines from yesteryear. I wish there was a BG4 in the offing, or just a BG3 that never ends, but plaudits for still delivering on it, even with the revised timelines during a world ending plague. I think it will also be a shorthand for whatever big changes have happened or may be still to come for games and gaming generally, as it really does feel like some sort of sea change industry wide. Like a before and an after BG. The way things get made in the future, whether we still get to have things like actual artists and peeps with the heart in it, like as well as some skin in the game.
They gave me at least 3 dozen very memorable characters to hold onto. Some in the spotlight, some bit players, but quite a few all told! Whether people get down for 60 hours 1600 hours, like it worked damn pretty well, as a BG game. Got me excited again at least!
I think in the fullness of time it will define 5e the way the old BGs defined 2e and NWN 3e as a point of popular reference. I really wanted a 6th Edition D&D to somehow align with a BG3 to BG4 then NWN3 thing, but it seems like the Wizards just couldn't really get their Tower in order to make that happen. It will probably go down in the annals as like a mystery for the age, but BG3 still holds up. I've been playing it for like 5 years straight, and already I can tell that I'll probably just be playing it every year, probably around the Holidays. Like Jaheira says, that's the thing about home. But maybe Mods too! Fingers crossed
