D&D 5E Solasta 2 Announced!!!

[UngainlyTitan]

The survey they have up for the 2024 announcement asks what people want to see as post game content and one option is “adventures in the forgotten realms.”

Are they hinting that they may be getting the license for FR games?

I really doubt that the licence would be exclusive, I suspect that any AAA type game will be set in the Realms and there will be some kind of BG3 successor, but I really cannot see Tactical Adventures Franchise doing a AAA type game, much less a BG3 successor.
So, maybe they can get a licence and I think it would be smart of WoTC to give them one. I would expect to resulting game to be more polished version of Solasta.
I do hope they can afford to hire some better writers though and some more artists, a greater variety of faces in the cut scenes would go a long way. "Stay in the Light".

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I do hope they can afford to hire some better writers though and some more artists, a greater variety of faces in the cut scenes would go a long way. "Stay in the Light".

It looks like switching to the Unreal Engine has at least given the characters seen in the demo better faces than the previous Solasta.

 

[Burnside]

I enjoyed the first game, but the elephant in the room is that they really needed a better narrative designer and people who can write dialogue. For all the improvements they're making, there's no indication that they are doing that. I think it will still be good, but if they don't invest in good writers it'll never be great.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I enjoyed the first game, but the elephant in the room is that they really needed a better narrative designer and people who can write dialogue. For all the improvements they're making, there's no indication that they are doing that. I think it will still be good, but if they don't invest in good writers it'll never be great.

I watched only a couple minutes of their demo, but the dialogue there was markedly better than in the first game. Small sample size and all that, but a positive sign nonetheless.

 

[Burnside]

I watched only a couple minutes of their demo, but the dialogue there was markedly better than in the first game. Small sample size and all that, but a positive sign nonetheless.

I played the whole demo, which is what they were showing there. The dialogue throughout is comparable to the first game, albeit elevated a bit by stronger voice acting.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It matters to the setting.

In that it would be better without them. I would rather have the cool original species from the demo than generic WotC stuff shoehorned into the setting.

They don’t need to add subraces back in. Snow Dwarf is a nationality, not a separate species, there is no need to them to be mechanically any different from any other dwarves.

And the game has always had the cosmetic options to make dark elves.

Goliaths would work fine in the setting - better than tieflings, who don't really fit with the lore of Solasta. But I can't see such a small developer considering them worth the resources to add. Maybe come expansion pack 3.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I played the whole demo, which is what they were showing there. The dialogue throughout is comparable to the first game, albeit elevated a bit by stronger voice acting.

Oh well... there goes that glimmer of hope. Still buying it though!