Baldur's Gate 2's co-lead designer was asked to make Baldur's Gate 4 after Larian declined: 'Having to compete against Baldur's Gate 3? That would be insanity'
2026-06-29 15:50 UTC
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@KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 2026-06-29 21:14
Here’s how it’s gonna go down: Hasbro sells Wizards of the Coast to Microsoft Microsoft uses the new IP from WoC and forces Obsidian to make BG4 Sidenote: Blizzard will take over MtG mobile Microsoft forces Obsidian to imbue BG4 with AI generated slop throughout and make it a live service game somehow BG4 flops hard Microsoft shuts down Obsidian
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@panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2026-06-29 17:18
Given the success of BG3 it would be very hard to do BG4 successfully, and another studio will get raked over the coals for anything not as good, which is a very high bar. It’ll be first dismissed as Hasbro continuing to ruin D&D, then the studio will get called crappy and hit their reputation. Hasbro/Wizards could instead have a few other studios build out some smaller standalone campaigns for half or a third the target price and see what sticks. Imagine a Phandelver or Ice Spire Peak, or a Waterdeep series of campaigns with a smaller world and more linear story progression (you still need player choices to matter) — get the core mechanics right, build up some tight stories that players respond to, THEN take it open world with many characters and after that build out BG4. BG2 to BG3 was a long ass time. I think fans would prefer BG4 done well even if it takes longer than having to pretend there is no BG4 in Ba Sing Se
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@jtrek@startrek.website 2026-06-29 16:06
I enjoyed bg3, but DND 5e is not a system I enjoy nor want more of. It's surprisingly shallow.
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@justdaveisfine@piefed.social 2026-06-29 16:06
I suspect Hasbro went ahead and continued offering BG4 to studios until one of them took the bait.
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@CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2026-06-29 17:00
Classic Hasbro trying to brute force success when they have no clue what they‘re working with. One can only hope nobody takes on the project when Hasbro approaches them. Best thing that could happen is that nobody really cares and the game is forgotten quickly since it would be nothing like any of the other BG games. Worst case it tarnishes the franchise forever.
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@Jyrdano@lemmy.world 2026-06-29 18:12
Id rather see NWN 3, or even better yet, hear me out something new.
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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-06-29 22:24
It’s only insanity if you don’t have ideas and can’t think logically about how the player could do any given thing in the game.