I know he has worked on some popular games, but also know that WotC/Hasbro have been going a bit overboard on being controlling and feel lucky that we got BG3.
Baldur's Gate IP overlords Wizards of the Coast reveal a new Dungeons & Dragons single-player action adventure
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spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 days ago
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
To be fair, he navigated Disney / Lucasfilm’s grip on the Star Wars franchise pretty adeptly.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s good to hear, hopefully that continues.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Notably not being described as an RPG but an action adventure game.
Still, interesting given the studio founder is Stig, who directed both the Star Wars Jedi games and some of the God of War games.
It’ll be interesting to see his level of spectacle brought to a DnD universe.
shani66@ani.social 2 days ago
Who really cares, tho? BG3 was good in spite of dnd, not because of it, and frankly i don’t think most developers can make anything good out of that trainwreck of a game.
Pnut@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I don’t think wizards of the coast is run by DND fans.
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Reads like it is going to be a generic slash 'em up game, but set in the DnD universe? What the fuck does dnd even bring to the table here besides advertising money? Sounds like it’s going to be a generic ass fantasy game filled to the brim with the micro-transactions that get Chris Cocks hard in the morning. I am unlikely to give it a second notice upon release.
CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I expect this to be a core of something a genuine fan started to create but then has everything that makes it special scooped out via digital melonballer and replaced with shitty microtransactions. Be happy to be surprised but WOTC clearly doesn’t give a fuck about the game they just got dazzled by the success of BG3 and now think they are the ones responsible for it