After $90 million driven by Baldur's Gate 3, Hasbro says games will be "huge" for D&D and Larian's hit RPG is "just the first of several new video games" to come
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Baldur's Gate 3 is a "mega hit" that Hasbro expects to pay dividends for years

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a “mega hit” that Hasbro expects to pay dividends for years

  • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Without Larian and without the writers of the core books yeah I’m sure it’ll be great totally won’t do a 4th edition again.

  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Oh god, they’re gonna Fox it up. Listen: dozens of cool shows came out circa 2000, did pretty darn well, and were thrown in the fucking garbage for not being The Simpsons. That show’s firehose of money funded brilliant new productions - most of which were cancelled for not instantly creating an equal firehose of money.

    This is how Firefly, Futurama, and Family Guy were shitcanned despite intense demand. But games don’t get revivals or movies the same way. They can’t be pulled back together with a writer and some key actors. Game franchises just die. Their original creators get scattered to the winds, and the rights get tangled up in a heartbeat, so anything with the same name is just an empty brand and inadvisable hope.

    Baldur’s Gate 3, in so many ways, was a miracle among miracles. And these geniuses are liable to expect that, every time, in ways that make life hell for any studio whose quality is merely exceptional.

  • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I don’t think they understand.

    What made Baldurs Gate 3 great wasn’t DnD it was Larian. Same for BG 1/2 and old BioWare.

    You can’t just create that level of care by pumping out lots of games, they’ll probably fill them with MTX or GaaS bullshit to try and get more money from it as well.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
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      9 months ago

      The suits don’t understand anything. They see game making money and they’re like “more games equals more money”

      The shovelware tsunami is imminent

    • Diotima@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      Concur. Larian is a breath of fresh air in a field saturated with pay-to-win, monetized, microtransaction nonsense. I’m not convinced they haven’t traveled across dimensions to restore fun and sanity to a hobby that has been all but ruined by greed and laziness.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      9 months ago

      You can absolutely license a crap load of games and be successful with it. Games Workshop does that with 40k. They haven’t had much that’s as huge as BG3, but the generally are reasonable games. Some are garbage mobile games, but a lot aren’t that as well.

      I doubt Hasbro/WotC can actually handle licensing out IP as successfully as GW, but it’s totally possible to do.

  • massivefailure@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    We need more Eye of the Beholder and classic Bard’s Tale and classic Wizardry, and less fucking Baldur’s Goddamn JRPG Story-Heavy Bullshit Gate. Story-heavy shit has basically killed gaming. Go watch TV for your fucking story, kids, and leave games alone.

    “Boo hoo games have changed it’s all different now story is good blah blah”. Bullshit. Do you want to play chess and every other move have to stop and be forced to watch a part of some fucking medieval war movie? No? THEN WHY DO YOU WANT THIS IN VIDEOGAMES?

    • Diotima@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      Story killed gaming? Nah… story-driven games are what took games out of the basement and into the mainstream. One can only make so many “I have a gun / sword and I kill the things” games before it gets repetitive.

    • rickyrigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
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      9 months ago

      i wonder why gamers are having a hard time beating the illiterate numbskull allegations 🤔

    • thepixelfox@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      Okay okay. So let me get this straight. Story bad. You realise story has been a centre point of gaming for a long long long time.

      Second. As someone who has played games for 25+, there’s plenty of games out there if you just want constant combat. Doom for example. Halo. Overwatch. Apex. Dark souls.
      Even combat heavy games have stories though. Overwatch has background lore and in game story now.
      Doom gotta save everyone from bad alien dudes.
      Halo. Stop the covenant using the rings.
      Dark souls… Well dark souls is so lore heavy it’s hard to keep up with the story.

      So if you don’t like story in games. Well maybe stick to space invaders and leave the good games to people who actually appreciate good games.