WotC Baldur's Gate III Announced; Powered by D&D 5E

Paul Farquhar · Jun 14, 2019

There are hints that it is a continuation, most obviously Bhaal's symbol plastered around the place.

A sequel does not have to feature the same protagonist.

Mistwell · Jun 14, 2019

MNblockhead said:
Initially excited but then see it is PC only. But some of the comments indicate that it is likely it will be release for consoles. So I have some hope.

Definitely not PC only. It's launching on Stadia.

Guest 6801328 · Jun 14, 2019

Paul Farquhar said:
I actually think this is insulting to younger players.

Didn't you get the memo that everything wrong with tabletop gaming has to do with kids and video games?

Gradine · Jun 14, 2019

Elfcrusher said:
Didn't you get the memo that everything wrong with tabletop gaming has to do with kids and video games?

I thought that was only in reference to 4th edition? :devil:

MarkB · Jun 14, 2019

gyor said:
It's literally showing the city of Baldur's Gate in the trailer. But otherwise yeah, BG3 naming was a cynical act because it's not a continuation of the first 2 or even BG dark alliance.

But I get why they did it.

Really I don't care that much because I'm more interested in what it is, then I would be in an actually continuation of the original games, it's the first proper 5e game in the current realms. That is exciting.

There's also the fact that it's coming out 19 years after Baldur's Gate 2. Making it a direct sequel that relied heavily upon familiarity with the previous installments would make it pretty inaccessible to those who've never played them.

A new story in a similar vein, with some nods and easter-eggs to the originals, seems like a far better option.

Gradine · Jun 14, 2019

I think of it in the same vein as the early Dragon Quest games; each game was set in the same world, but later in the timeline.

CapnZapp · Jun 14, 2019

Consona said:
So could anybody explain to me how is this "Baldur's Gate 3"?

It's a game set in Baldur's Gate. A case can be made it is the third such game.

The rest can be explained by the devs desire to capitalize on the goodwill of the series.

Guest 6801328 · Jun 14, 2019

Gradine said:
I thought that was only in reference to 4th edition?

That's specifically MMOs, not video games in general.

Staffan · Jun 14, 2019

MarkB said:
There's also the fact that it's coming out 19 years after Baldur's Gate 2. Making it a direct sequel that relied heavily upon familiarity with the previous installments would make it pretty inaccessible to those who've never played them.

A new story in a similar vein, with some nods and easter-eggs to the originals, seems like a far better option.

It's not like we haven't seen other game series where the constituent games only had some thematic things in common.

Gradine · Jun 14, 2019

CapnZapp said:
It's a game set in Baldur's Gate. A case can be made it is the third such game.

The rest can be explained by the devs desire to capitalize on the goodwill of the series.

Technically, Baldur's Gate 2 didn't feature the city of Baldur's Gate at all.