D&D General PC Gamer - Baldur's Gate 2 remake allegedly in development, BG1 remake might be as well. Co-lead designer returning

[Gradine]

Let snot forget they would have to trim way back the amount of NPCs to join you.

Like it would just be the PC, Imoen, Jaheria, Minsc, my sweet baby girl Viconia. Uh... Neera? Edwin? Yeah that's enough.

BG1 would be the canon party of PC, Imoen, Jaheria, Khalid, Minsc, and Dynahair. And Viconia!

I would highly doubt that any of the Beamdog-exclusive content would be included, but I could be wrong about that.

I would expect BG1 to include the canon companions plus a handful of memorable/recurring characters; Viconia & Edwin doubtlessly; if I had to round out for completion sake I'd throw in Ajantis and re-imagined versions of Xan (Blade Pact Warlock) and Shar-Teel (Barbarian). Maybe some earlier-than-expected appearances of BG2 characters like Haer'Dalis (Tieflings are cool!), Aerie, maybe Mazzy replacing Ajantis (so we can stop pretending shorty characters don't exist in these games)

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Let snot forget they would have to trim way back the amount of NPCs to join you.

Like it would just be the PC, Imoen, Jaheria, Minsc, my sweet baby girl Viconia. Uh... Neera? Edwin? Yeah that's enough.

BG1 would be the canon party of PC, Imoen, Jaheria, Khalid, Minsc, and Dynahair. And Viconia!

Why, I would not assume stuff to be changing in a notable way.

 

[Gradine]

Why, I would not assume stuff to be changing in a notable way.

It absolutely would. Especially with the party; most of BG1's companions are filler; there are higher expectations for characterization and story these days, especially for companions. And frankly, Bioware did that to themselves. Even BG2 started to move more in that direction.

BG1 had 25 potential companions and BG2 16. That's absolutely getting trimmed down as the characters that are actually important enough to the narrative get more fleshed out.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Maybe, but they might leave things as is, it depends on the scope.

 

[Scribe]

Let snot forget they would have to trim way back the amount of NPCs to join you.

Like it would just be the PC, Imoen, Jaheria, Minsc, my sweet baby girl Viconia. Uh... Neera? Edwin? Yeah that's enough.

BG1 would be the canon party of PC, Imoen, Jaheria, Khalid, Minsc, and Dynahair. And Viconia!

If I cannot run MY canon party (the evil crew!) I would rather be face down drinking gutter water.