I think you are right. Most people (myself included) who have always played CRPGs are ready to play whatever comes out next...and are less hung up on just BG3.

The thing that makes me sad about this video is that you know the corpos at Hasbro are slobbering at the mouth, you know that they'll farm out garbagewear, you know theyll subcontract a Baldurs Gate IV to a shady third party and it will cost $200 million for half the quality of BGIII with the devs all getting laid off while execs get their bonus and with the voice cast reprising their roles coming out on X 3 months after the debacle to go 'yeah idk wtf happened with this other studio, they ain't Larian' Maybe time will prove me wrong but i doubt it

Correction: More than 15 million if we go by Swen's latest number. DOS2 sold around 7.5 million and he said BG3 sold double the numbers of DOS2. Also makes sense since it's still in the top 10 best selling games on Steam .

I already can't play any other RPG.... So yes

Swen and Larian have the peoples backs, simple as. Every other corpo is trying to chase money before quality without realizing quality is what makes greatness, and greatness makes money.

I agree BG3 is a unique CRPG, and it may not persuade players to try games from other developers. For me, the CRPG is the classic game style I most prefer, and the medieval fantasy setting is what I want to play. I'm hopeful Larian continues in the genre. I'm open to other developers, Indie and Mega, I played Solasta and liked it. It just depends on the game, I'm more selective these days.

Swen Vincke said himself that BG3 is not even a warmup of what they plan to do! there next game may blow it out of the water!

Something Larian does well is comic relief. Banter between party member, funny encounters, this draws new people in. Think about it, why is Deadpool so popular?

Did you play solasta at all? And if so, what did you think? At this point it's just poormans BG3, but the modding community is pretty good and the level cap without mods is still higher than BG3.

One thing I'm looking forward to seeing in the future is hybrids. Games closer to more classic Crpgs but which are inspired by the advances made by BG3 to the genre. Also, I just started my first run of Tyranny and I can't help but dream of a sequel to this game with the cinematic level of BG3. It would be glorious !

i dont have any hope for the new dragon age dreadwolf game and i still see the same people who buy it regardless -_-

Me too I couldn't play other turnt based games. BG3 really went so far abs beyond in its scope. Such a beautiful game. One of the best like elden ring.

I think that you are right in some aspects. I am not a DnD fan, as it seems so many of the BG3 fans are. I had often played CRPGs though, but more in the Xcom sort of vein. As it happens it was my searching for an Xcom/chimera squad type game that led me to BG3. And I wanted something with a story, with characters, and with a turn-based mechanic. But not all CRPGs offer that. In the meantime I play other types of games, Town builders, Railway network sims, Factorio etc. Yes Larian have secured the next sale with me already. I just hope that it is a good Sci-fi CRPG, that would be perfect. Until then I keep playing BG3.

I think they have. Think there's cool stuff in Larian's future.

I picked up BG3 because I liked the look of the story and characters, but I'm still playing it ~500 hours later because I've come to love the combat and want to keep getting better at it. I had never played a CRPG before, but when I'm finally done with BG3 i intend to explore the genre more.

Yeah boy, new cool video.

I don't need to watch a 10 minute video to answer this question. The answer is YES.

larian is for quite some time now what the old bioware was. a gold standard setter and innovator but quite alone in the heights at what they're making.

i personally am curious what kind of Sci-fi universe Larian is going to make. (I hope Grimdark in the 2300 ) lately most sci-fi universes are Dergading at least the ones i enjoy ( 40k does not count its more fantasy in space)

The market is different to when Bioware grew huge in xbox era. If you are attracting young newcomers today, being on the big TV and being a simplified controller game isn't the right path. You have to be on PC, or touchscreen, and you need social features like coop. People getting hung up on full voice acting are missing the new wave. Is Lethal Company fully voice acted?

It sure did raise the bar quite high

changing the definition of arpg for some unknown reason is chef's kiss😂

Definitely made it hornier

changed? yes expectations have been increased forever with the staggering detail to production value, is the industry capable to deliver the same peak in the CRPG genre? no not even close, we'll not see another CRPG come even close to it in the next 10 years which is in time for larian next project. new and even classic CRPG devs cant even imagine the scale. Sure pathfinder is wider like way wider with 6 acts but BG3 act 3? atleast an decade ahead in tech.

Wrath of the Righteous is still the best CRPG for me. The “epicness” just blows BG3 away. Unfortunately I Wasn’t too big of a fan of Rogue Trader.

one thing bg3 definitely without a doubt proved is that the absolutely asinine corpo idea of using a "soft reboot" naming convention (god of war which is actually just god of war 4, dmc: devil may cry which is... a dmc reboot/spinoff that should've had an extra word in its title to denote that or something) is absolutely not needed for a game in a preexisting series to succeed to audiences that have never and likely will never play the previous entries

BG3 only players will continue to comeback to that game only as new mod content is released, it another Skyrim.

I will never trust any game developers. But, I guess we'll all find out together in 2030.

It would be great if it did change it, but that is going to take a few years. If ya go way back to games like Zork, Ultima, BardsTale then abit more modern Morrowwind, Mass Effect, DOA, Skyrim, Witcher3....All of the affore mentioned and that is only those that come to mind while writing this.....Up'ed the antie in there respective Genre, as BG3 truly did for Turn-based. I guess time will only tell. Peace

Even Larian's next game is better, I probably won't play it. BG3 only interested me because it's D&D.

I recently bought Dragon Dogma 2, and after playing BG3, that game seems very unfinished, voice acting is boring, facial animations look very dated, limited race selection, so after playing for an hour I quit and jumped back into BG3 to continue one of my character builds.

Kinda worried that crpgs are gonna get the AAA treatment and become bland and boring check list simulators.

I sincerely hope BG3 wont have a large impact on the genre, I've always had a huge dislike for Larian's design philosophy, the pathfinder games of owlcat are as a "CRPG experience" much better imo

Baldurs Gate 3 was Allowed to be 'successful', for whatever reason. There are no differences between the Golden Globes, for example, and the Game of the Year. Likewise, similarly to how absolutely abysmal movies are hyped up and given awards, so to was BG3 hyped and sold to the playdough heads of the modern world. OBVIOUSLY, BG3 was not an Abysmal game by any means, however, it wasn't game of the year. It was artificially hyped. It ticked all the boxes of 'the woke' and that, unfortunately, probably lent a lot to it's success. People won't want to hear that but it's the truth of our current western society. Larian did nothing new, nothing crazy. They set no examples bar the 'no micro-transactions' but that's just nonsense people say. They've changed nothing because they hardly reinvented the wheel and truth be told, BG3 has been largely forgotten about because the hype was artifical. Just like anything today, the masses AKA 'the locusts', are pointed at whichever field has been picked by their masters to devour and they fly to that field and gourge upon a crop that will bring them ZERO sustenance.. and then they move on. Personally I do not play Skyrim anymore and haven't done for years but that is an example of a game that hasn't been forgotten. It's unfortunate Larian snuck any of that crap within the background of development and in at the end of EA but that's irrelevant. Id personally just rather have played a dark medieval fantasy rather than a woked up chick-flick that was, at one stage, hyped up on the player being able to have relations between a bear and a gay elf.. waw. Actually a great game currently is Dragons Dogma 2. Story isn't necessarily the best but the game itself is fantastic. Just like the first game, they really nailed the Dark Medieval Fantasy setting and Capcom aren't even a western dev.. There's absolutely ZERO woke crap or real life politics influencing their game. You'll get lost in the exploring, the combat, the climbing on top of Giants and great flying beasts (Dragons included) and going at them with all you've got even whilst they take off into the air and/or you run out of puff.. the dungeons/mines. The scale. There's no loading screens, a genuine sandbox/openworld. The entire experience of gameplay and mechanics is class. Eventually it'll be forgotten about but honestly it deserves a ton more recognition than it currently has and should it receive such, who knows what could be made in the future. Anyway, Larian changed nothing, they copped out, wasted time, money and resource on injecting nonsense into their game likes snakes. I've not finished BG3 and probably never will because the soul was killed for me.