D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story?

[Zardnaar]

Sure, it requires work, didn’t say it didn’t. And, coming out after another 6 years of graphical advancements, you would want new assets anyway.

The point is there is nothing stopping the new developers creating something with the exact same look and feel as BG3. It doesn’t have to be different just because it’s not Larian.

You can use a game engine for years.

You can do it sure. Reality is the expense.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

You can use a game engine for years.

And the one Larian used for BG3 had already been in use for many years and was falling apart at the seams.

You can do it sure. Reality is the expense.

I really don't like were this thought is going, but AI could make it much easier and cheaper to reproduce BG3 in a new engine.

 

[Zardnaar]

And the one Larian used for BG3 had already been in use for many years and was falling apart at the seams.

I really don't like were this thought is going, but AI could make it much easier and cheaper to reproduce BG3 in a new engine.

AI would basically copy someone else's engine. That's a lawsuit right there.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I think they're just going to be using the Unreal Engine like almost every other game out there. I'm pretty sure a bunch of the announced video games from WotC are using the Unreal Engine.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

AI would basically copy someone else's engine. That's a lawsuit right there.

Given the way courts have been ruling, any lawsuit would likely fail.