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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9255813" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I didn't say Larian but I think I can respond to a lot of these.</p><p></p><p>1) They're also very sensible, and wouldn't treat at TT RPG as a videogame. Many of them are TT RPG players, I think they even have some TT RPG designers employed there (actually very common in video game companies - Elder Scrolls Online has several ex-D&D people I think!).</p><p></p><p>2) Counter-point: Neither does WotC at this point. I'm very serious about this. Whilst Larian absolutely did have to be poked/yelled at into understanding The Forgotten Realms (rather than D&D), I would say the final product displays at least as much understanding of what people actually like in D&D as any WotC product. Also they won't see D&D as something they need to market primarily to the lowest age group which might possibly play it, i.e. children, whereas at this point, WotC seems to increasingly be acting as if they need to make every D&D product essentially "child safe". There's some hope the wild success of the raunchy, blood-soaked BG3 may change this tack but we shall see. I feel like Larian would be willing to at least make D&D more PG-13 and just generally a lot more fun.</p><p></p><p>3) This is poor objection. Larian have been around for decades and have dealt with physical products, and what's more, plenty of people who never have, manage to launch Kickstarters for physical books, deliver them to both backers and stores, and so on. This is you making up a deeply unserious objection for sake of objections. Would have been to have not done so.</p><p></p><p>4) That doesn't follow or make sense, given it's Larian, who aside from barrel-mancy which obviously doesn't apply to a TT RPG, make some of the less video-game-y videogames.</p><p></p><p>5) Nonsensical objection. They're not morons. They understand the difference between a videogame and a TT RPG. Only one company has ever behaved like you describe re: a TT RPG. Wizards of the Coast. Yet you are apparently happy for D&D to remain with a company that has actually committed the crime you envision.</p><p></p><p>6) No this is just weird and irrational stereotyping. You're acting like Larian aren't humans, but robots designed to make videogames, it's bizarre. It's certainly no more likely with Larian or the like than WotC at this point. WotC are literally pouring tens of millions into making a 3D VTT that they want mass subscriptions to, but apparently that doesn't worry you much?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9255813, member: 18"] I didn't say Larian but I think I can respond to a lot of these. 1) They're also very sensible, and wouldn't treat at TT RPG as a videogame. Many of them are TT RPG players, I think they even have some TT RPG designers employed there (actually very common in video game companies - Elder Scrolls Online has several ex-D&D people I think!). 2) Counter-point: Neither does WotC at this point. I'm very serious about this. Whilst Larian absolutely did have to be poked/yelled at into understanding The Forgotten Realms (rather than D&D), I would say the final product displays at least as much understanding of what people actually like in D&D as any WotC product. Also they won't see D&D as something they need to market primarily to the lowest age group which might possibly play it, i.e. children, whereas at this point, WotC seems to increasingly be acting as if they need to make every D&D product essentially "child safe". There's some hope the wild success of the raunchy, blood-soaked BG3 may change this tack but we shall see. I feel like Larian would be willing to at least make D&D more PG-13 and just generally a lot more fun. 3) This is poor objection. Larian have been around for decades and have dealt with physical products, and what's more, plenty of people who never have, manage to launch Kickstarters for physical books, deliver them to both backers and stores, and so on. This is you making up a deeply unserious objection for sake of objections. Would have been to have not done so. 4) That doesn't follow or make sense, given it's Larian, who aside from barrel-mancy which obviously doesn't apply to a TT RPG, make some of the less video-game-y videogames. 5) Nonsensical objection. They're not morons. They understand the difference between a videogame and a TT RPG. Only one company has ever behaved like you describe re: a TT RPG. Wizards of the Coast. Yet you are apparently happy for D&D to remain with a company that has actually committed the crime you envision. 6) No this is just weird and irrational stereotyping. You're acting like Larian aren't humans, but robots designed to make videogames, it's bizarre. It's certainly no more likely with Larian or the like than WotC at this point. WotC are literally pouring tens of millions into making a 3D VTT that they want mass subscriptions to, but apparently that doesn't worry you much? [/QUOTE]
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