MWEB GameZone takes a look at how Divinity Dragon Commander, from Larian Studios attempts to incorporate significant decision making to gameplay.
Developing a game where the choices the player makes has actual depth in terms of consequences, moral dilemmas and pushing ethical boundaries, is no easy task.
Larian was eventually forced to change up its development pipelines.
Can't wait for my physical. I got in on the 2nd wave. Had an email a few weeks ago but I was figuring I wouldn't get the game till July August. Well worth that physical edition though.
I am also waiting for the physical edition of the game. The game is on it's way to me so I expect it next week. Can't wait to finally start the game.
I loved the game overall, but Act 3's writing is definitely a result of sacrificed quality.
One example is Halsin having dramatically less dialogue than any other companion during Act 3. He was added later in development and it shows.
A distant secondary character that you don't even have to engage with having less dialogue doesn't mean that the whole third act is inferior. I will need more than that. I will need story beats, plot holes, structure and so on.
With confirmation that Larian Studios will not develop another Baldur's Gate game, the fourth entry has a major challenge on its hands.
Larian had big shoes to fill themselves. Hopefully another studio can pull off the same miracle, but uphill battle is an understatement at this point. It feels impossible that BG3 even exists and accomplishes what it does.
I doubt anyone will attempt a Baldur’s Gate 4 for minimum a decade. It took about 20 years to get a third one for a a reason.
I'd just copy every single thing larian did obviously with different story and characters. Sometimes innovation isn't needed at that particular time.
i remember in an interview that it was Larian asking constantly that they wanted to develop Baldurs Gate 3, there has to be some really ugly business going behind the scenes for them to leave in such a way, no DLC no sequel nothing, either they are getting very low return after the huge success, or some of the business practices they have seen are truly terrible.
ive read elsewhere that WOTC are a nightmare to deal with, in particular i love the dragonlance series and they repeatedly shut down proposals for books and even tv series....so yeah one can only imagine whats happening over there now, them rubbing their greedy little hands together
Danish from eXputer: "FromSoftware and Larian Studios have shown that a good workplace environment is what it really takes to make good games."
Interesting, & here I was thinking this was about commanding dragons!
Consequence, schmonsequence! I have EVE Online! Disastrous consequence awaits me at the next undocking of my spaceship!
Hard task they set for themselves.
I am interested to see how this game turns out. It will be quite fascinating to have consequences to decisions that go beyond your character's face becoming ugly when you make evil decisions etc.