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

The developers of the Divinity: Original Sin series, Laria Studios, officially announced Baldur’s Gate III.

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The new game will use the D&D 5^th Edition rules as the backbone for their system and the storyline will be set directly after the events in the upcoming adventure Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus. The game will be released on PC and the new Google Stadia video game streaming service. The announcement came with a teaser trailer below. More information is expected at the video game and electronics conference E3 next week.

The game isn't quite available for pre-order, but you can add it to your wishlist on Steam. The Steam listing also gives some idea of the features and gameplay options, as it lists Single Player, Multi-Player, Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer, Co-Op, Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op, Shared/Split Screen, and Cross-Platform Multiplayer.

The announcement follows a tease last week with an image of the stylized "III" which left the title of the game as part of the filename.

Warning: The trailer features some gruesome imagery which may not be suitable for all audiences and is definitely NSFW.

[video=youtube;OcP0WdH7rTs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcP0WdH7rTs[/video]​

 

[Paul Farquhar]

First Party perspective sounds like Eye of the Beholder.

 

[Gradine]

The bit about "first party technology" just means that they're using their own home-built engine to build the game rather than a pre-existing one, I think. It's not a comment on the perspective.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The bit about "first party technology" just means that they're using their own home-built engine to build the game rather than a pre-existing one, I think. It's not a comment on the perspective.

But - but - I was looking forward to my Eye of the Beholder remake!

 

[Gradine]

But - but - I was looking forward to my Eye of the Beholder remake!

Perhaps I can introduce you to Legend of Grimrock?

 

[gyor]

The bit about "first party technology" just means that they're using their own home-built engine to build the game rather than a pre-existing one, I think. It's not a comment on the perspective.

I'm not so sure, just based on how they talk about Parties in interviews so far, I think they have something planned.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I'm not so sure, just based on how they talk about Parties in interviews so far, I think they have something planned.

Oh, it's my birthday next week...

 

[gyor]

Oh, it's my birthday next week...

Happy Birthday.

And here is an early gift
a new interview.

https://www.rpgsite.net/interview/8...ate-and-partnership-with-wizards-of-the-coast.

It will have controller support and you can kill almost everyone in the game except certain Gods and Undead (which confirms both Undead and Gods are in the game).

 

[gyor]

https://wccftech.com/larian-studios-interview-innovating-baldurs-gate-3/amp/

"Q: Regarding classes, are you going to strictly include only what D&D features or do you have the freedom to do something a bit more unique?

A: When you start the game, we want you to feel that you’re playing Dungeon and Dragons. So it has to feel familiar, you have to be able to pick the race and class you like. We do have the freedom to do what we like, but there’s already a lot in D&D that’s been added over the years and a lot of this is going to be in there."

That sounds like more than just the PHB Races and Classes might be going into this game.

 

[gyor]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pc...enspiel-larian-studos-Innovation-1293558/amp/

Google translate won't work on this interview, does anyone know what it says.

 

[CapnZapp]

https://wccftech.com/larian-studios-interview-innovating-baldurs-gate-3/amp/

"Q: Regarding classes, are you going to strictly include only what D&D features or do you have the freedom to do something a bit more unique?

A: When you start the game, we want you to feel that you’re playing Dungeon and Dragons. So it has to feel familiar, you have to be able to pick the race and class you like. We do have the freedom to do what we like, but there’s already a lot in D&D that’s been added over the years and a lot of this is going to be in there."

That sounds like more than just the PHB Races and Classes might be going into this game.

In a strict sense, yes of course, since no video game is ever a 100% faithful simulation of a ttrpg ruleset.

But I don't think the context here is about PHB vs expansion content. It is about adding bits and bobs - such as making the fighter more interesting, as already discussed.

Sure they might throw in a lot of extra races and classes from D&D's history for free... But why would they?

The expectation of most customers is clear (assuming we're still talking a reasonably close emulation of 5E rules): unless most of the PHB is included, questions are gonna be asked.

More than that? Why not sell it as an expansion?