Hasbro exec says Baldur's Gate 3 "proved for us that people really wanted great D&D games," supports Larian's plan to "take the time we need"
Hasbro exec says Baldur's Gate 3 "proved for us that people really wanted great D&D games," supports Larian's plan to "take the time we need"
Hasbro's already working on another "really, really cool D&D game"
We just want good complete micro transactionless games
Edit: that are also well optimized
...did they think people wanted bad d&d games? Of course people want great games of their favorite hobby, what does this even mean
70If I read between the lines I hear " We are going to try to milk this new cash cow"
76I mean Lego finally came out with an official DnD Lego set that looks awesome.
I know others have used Legos as minis and battlemaps, but I think it's cool that they're officially acknowledging it.
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Lmao I honestly so hard at this, but honestly they were probably thinking "what's the lowest fucking bar we have here?" And instead this success told them that a little more investment might actually have better returns
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That simply isn't true, I think. A game based on Pathfinder made by Larian would most certainly do better than anything they could pump out based on D'n'D without Larian. It's Larian and Baldur's Gate specifically who got more recognition, not D'n'D as whole.
65Anyone who played Larian’s previous titles can tell you the only thing DnD brought to the table was a popular IP.
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Hasbro? The ones who sent gones to someone's house and fuck them up because they accidentally got a pre release version of magic the gathering? Yeah they probably will fuck it up.
53Not goons, Pinkertons, like Wild west union busting Pinkertons.
21Continuing to be amazed that the Pinkertons both still exist and are still up to their old tricks. Nothing is ever learned.
13Yeah them, thanks forgot there actual names.
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Don't just say "goons," say Pinkertons. Actual literal union organizer murdering Pinkertons. Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast sicced those Pinkertons on a children's card game reviewer for the crime of telling people about something they received in the mail.
In other news, 5e.tools is a great resource containing all official 5e content, in a convenient easily navigable website. Personally I prefer the mobile interface, but the desktop is great too.
12There's also a Pathfinder 2 version for those inclined.
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because they accidentally got a pre release version of magic the gathering?
It was a streamer that got the pre-release boxes early by mistake, and live-streamed opening them to drive traffic to his channel. Most cards aren't revealed ahead of time so these leaks let potential pre-buyers see what was in the set and decide if they wanted it.
What he did was stupid, but he did nothing wrong, and nothing especially harmful.
Calling the Pinkertons on him was obscene on principle, but it was especially egregious when the damage was so minimal. They hurt themselves more with that stunt than the leaks hurt them.
12They sent the god damn Pinkertons
The overtly evil FBI wannabes that are in the the Red Dead games
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Too bad they fired all of the liaisons on the Hasbro side. Oopsie
30A lot of people are focusing on the D&D part but honestly what the people really want is for any and all studios to take the time they need so they can release non-buggy, higher quality games.
25Nothing this good can be replicated. People would be better off if they kept their (coughCDProjektRedcough) expectations low after a smash hit that fans love.
25the faulty console launch aside, cp77 came as a really good game, one of the best story and characters I've seen in a while
8I really disliked it for many reasons even though I had no bugs but can't pretend it wasn't ambitious, Guys did jump over their head with it and tried to do something entirely new for them. And they had a hard crunch to complete it. Can't hate the product, these devs, but honestly fuck their management.
5Sure, but I preordered it a year in advance
1I liked the story, I think Jonny was integrated fantastically, and the mechanics were decent
My only complaint is there wasn't enough. Not enough cyberware, not enough branches in the story, not enough ways to feel the power growth as your character levels and gets better gear
All in all, I don't get the hate. It was a good game. With more time to flesh it out it could've been an instant classic, the bones are all there... I've got the dlc sitting in my library for when I'm ready to devote the time to dig into it
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The witcher games preceding Witcher 3 did very well, and TBH Cyberpunk turned out pretty ok as well. So I'm not sure your example really fits. For its own part, Larian was picked to make this game because the Divinity games are so popular and successful.
But I'll agree that it's really unlikely to do this more than once on purpose, but clearly it can be done by competent studios.
2Cp2077 is a good game. Did they hype it too hard, overpromise, fumble the launch, and launch too early? Yes, to all of those. But it's one of the better games I've played recently.
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No we don't. BG3 is great for a lot of reasons, but nowhere on the list is "it uses the rules of D&D". D&D is a terrible game system. Make a game like BG3 that isn't.. that.
12I hope laurin switches to Pazio material or some other lore source tbh. I mean they (hazboro) fired all of they're working partners from their side and are clearly bad fucking stewards of the IP.
7The people demand a Dark Sun expansion 😡
4And Hollow World!
2Eberron too please!
2I wouldn't mind some Spelljammer also.
Give us all the weird settings!
2Vince already said that Larian don't want to do anything else BG3 related nor anything else in the D&D universe
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The particularly hilarious part of this is that moments later Hasbro ditched Larian.
1Everyone always says how great and optimized etc the game is, but for me, I had glitches every few minutes with crashes every few hours. Maybe the multiplayer is worse, but how I experienced the game, it was far from being ready to ship.
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