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2024-03-27, 11:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Baldur's Gate 3 II: The Urge for a Second Playthrough
That is basically my point. It's a useful example because it's an entirely talky CRPG that was extraordinarily popular, and while the surrealist elements are very important to the feel of the game, I do not think they are necessary to make an entirely talky CRPG compelling.
RPG studios doing games in genres that aren't stock D&Desque fantasy is extremely common, and frequently very successful. Fallout and Mass Effect remain very popular franchises even after years of silence and not great releases
I love Banner Saga dearly but it's combat is both not very low fantasy (party members include giants and wizards and centaurs) and not exactly top notch. It's a very common point of criticism and the game definitely struggles to keep things fresh.
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2024-03-27, 04:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-28, 12:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Baldur's Gate 3 II: The Urge for a Second Playthrough
Alright, I think I see what the problem is here. I am functionally making three different arguments at the same time and not separating them clearly enough to prevent confusion. For the record:
- Larian has the credibility to get basically any license they want. Game of Thrones was brought up alongside Star Wars as an example of a big name multimedia license they could get, not necessarily something I think they'd want to get or that I'd want them to make.
- I think an ASOIAF CRPG is viable. I don't really want one, especially not from Larian but I have strong opinions about the setting and absolutely think it'd be viable source material for a CRPG despite the low magic setting.
- What I personally want Larian to do for their next game. I would like them to take a crack at something outside of the stock medieval fantasy genre (this is why I don't want them to make an ASOIAF game, despite the lack of wizards and orcs it's still very classical fantasy). This is the reason I "reverted" to bringing up Fallout and Mass Effect in the post you're quoting, I'm using them to make a different point.
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2024-03-28, 09:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Baldur's Gate 3 II: The Urge for a Second Playthrough
I mean, a cool Victorian-era steampunk rpg would be nice, a la Magicka.
Late imperial roman rpg cool would be nice.
Why does it always have to be bloody medieval.
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Re: Baldur's Gate 3 II: The Urge for a Second Playthrough
Early modern's more common than it feels. Pillars and BG3 are both clearly early modern, although Pillars is a lot more willing to admit that. Deadfire's the closest thing we have to a proper Pirate RPG, although I think the carryover fantasy elements kind of hold it back from being the definitive one.
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Closed. New Thread up in a moment.
New ThreadLast edited by LibraryOgre; 2024-03-28 at 10:45 AM.
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