Current Events > Larian wont release DLC for BG3 nor will they make BG4

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Smashingpmkns
03/21/24 3:17:19 PM
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https://www.ign.com/articles/larian-studios-wont-make-baldurs-gate-3-dlc-expansions-or-baldurs-gate-4

Bummer tbh but I'm along the ride for whatever they make next. Would be cool if they did some sci-fi

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Tyranthraxus
03/21/24 3:21:06 PM
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Something wotc Said recently made me think Larian is gonna work on an original D&D franchise game.

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Doe
03/21/24 3:22:05 PM
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Even though I know BG3 is already crammed with content and would be unwieldy to implement DLC expansion in, I still wanted it.

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Smashingpmkns
03/21/24 3:24:21 PM
#4:


Tyranthraxus posted...
Something wotc Said recently made me think Larian is gonna work on an original D&D franchise game.
They're moving away from D&D entirely apparently

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the_real_Naruto
03/21/24 3:25:09 PM
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I have a feeling the reason they aren't doing it is because this game was already a lot of work and to make a new one could backfire on them as everyone would expect greater things. They probably want to go back to making content for their own IPs

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IceCreamOnStero
03/21/24 3:25:35 PM
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That's a shame, I'd have loved an expansion.

If they're moving onto something else, I'd prefer it be something wholly new. I liked Divinity, but I'd like something brand new from Larian more.

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Tyranthraxus
03/21/24 3:26:27 PM
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IceCreamOnStero posted...
That's a shame, I'd have loved an expansion.

If they're moving onto something else, I'd prefer it be something wholly new. I liked Divinity, but I'd like something brand new from Larian more.

Dragon Commander 2

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Zikten
03/21/24 3:30:06 PM
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I hope they just mean it won't be focused around Baldurs Gate. That world has a ton of places not explored by games much or at all. BG takes place in the area based on western Europe. There are places based on China and Japan, Middle East, ancient Mexico....

A game set in any of those places would be cool
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voldothegr8
03/21/24 3:30:40 PM
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They WILL however continue dropping free content!

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s0nicfan
03/21/24 3:31:14 PM
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the_real_Naruto posted...
I have a feeling the reason they aren't doing it is because this game was already a lot of work and to make a new one could backfire on them as everyone would expect greater things. They probably want to go back to making content for their own IPs

This. Leaving on a high note with all the goodwill on the planet will pay better dividends in the long run then trying to cash in on this one specific success.

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refmon
03/21/24 3:31:48 PM
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Doe posted...
Even though I know BG3 is already crammed with content and would be unwieldy to implement DLC expansion in, I still wanted it.


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garan
03/21/24 3:34:21 PM
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Hasbro & WOTC have been driving D&D towards oblivion recently, so it shouldn't be any suprise that Larian is bowing out of that mess.
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Dakimakura
03/21/24 3:34:28 PM
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I doesn't have to be BG4, BG3 DLC, or even anything made by Larian. It just has to be any game made with the same care and quality.

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josifrees
03/21/24 3:49:10 PM
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Yay a stand-alone game not bloated to shit and back for profits

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Zikten
03/21/24 3:49:53 PM
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Knights of the Old Republic 3 would also be cool. Or a game set in White Wolf's World of Darkness setting. A PnP RPG rival of DnD
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ProfessorKukui
03/21/24 4:02:43 PM
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When's the DE tho

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hereforemnant
03/21/24 4:04:57 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
They WILL however continue dropping free content!
I doubt we're getting new quests or classes or things like that, just fixes & improvements across the major platforms.
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Bass
03/21/24 4:05:48 PM
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Zikten posted...
Knights of the Old Republic 3
Probably my second most wanted game, tbh. I was always super disappointed that it was cancelled. The MMO just isn't the same.

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Punished_Blinx
03/21/24 4:12:13 PM
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It's probably the licensing cost. There's a lot of money they have to share.

Bioware did the same thing two decades ago and transitioned to their own IP. If the fans are there for the studio they can make their own stuff.

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UnfairRepresent
03/21/24 4:17:24 PM
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Honestly I respect them for not cashing in on crap sequels

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luigi33
03/21/24 4:18:20 PM
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Imagining a Larian Star Wars game made me virtually bust a nut.

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DrizztLink
03/21/24 4:18:25 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

They're gonna pull an Owlcat/Paizo and make a Warhammer game.

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luigi33
03/21/24 4:20:06 PM
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Omfg a Larian based WH40K or Fantasy game...Jesus. omfg stop please ...

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Raiden2909
03/21/24 4:22:01 PM
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while disappointed we wont get and expansions or DLC for baldurs gate 3(Would have loved to get some more of the sub classes added over time)

i can understand where they are coming from and probably WotC probably helped make up their minds since with the crap they pull publicly.. i doubt they are much better behind the scenes
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Tanthalas
03/21/24 4:22:25 PM
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Zikten posted...
There are places based on China and Japan, Middle East, ancient Mexico....

A game set in any of those places would be cool
People say this, but there's a reason why they barely ever use those other areas for anything.

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luigi33
03/21/24 4:22:57 PM
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I think it's pretty clear Larian stands alone as the strongest RPG developer in the industry. They can go virtually anywhere they want now and people will follow in droves.

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AlveinFencer
03/21/24 4:23:04 PM
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Honestly, all I was hoping for were more feats (maybe the racial ones). Still, better to go out on a high note, even if the last couple patches have made my game wonky as shit.

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Alucard188
03/21/24 4:23:43 PM
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That's perfectly fine, and well within what they've done in the past. They made an impressive game, lauded almost universally by fans. They should leave it at that. We don't need an endless parade of sequels.

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Villain_S_Fiend
03/21/24 4:23:44 PM
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I'm happy for them, that they're not putting themselves in a hole that would almost certainly cause more stress than dealing with temporarily disappointed fans. It'll be neat to see what they decide to do next.

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specialkid8
03/21/24 4:24:30 PM
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Perfectly fine with this. I don't know if I'll ever even finish the base game. That thing is massive. And as cool as the setting is, DnD doesn't exactly break the mold on fantasy settings. After this and Divinity I'd rather they take their skills and do something wholly new. Do something spacey, or dystopian/cyberpunk. Or Dinosaurs. I would slap my grandma for a Turok-esque Larian RPG.

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RchHomieQuanChi
03/21/24 4:28:37 PM
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BG3 was an amazing experience, and I'm eagerly awaiting Larian's next RPG no matter what it is.

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RchHomieQuanChi
03/21/24 4:29:32 PM
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specialkid8 posted...
Perfectly fine with this. I don't know if I'll ever even finish the base game. That thing is massive. And as cool as the setting is, DnD doesn't exactly break the mold on fantasy settings. After this and Divinity I'd rather they take their skills and do something wholly new. Do something spacey, or dystopian/cyberpunk. Or Dinosaurs. I would slap my grandma for a Turok-esque Larian RPG.

Could you imagine if Larian got to do their own spin on the Cyberpunk tabletop game?

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luigi33
03/21/24 4:30:59 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Could you imagine if Larian got to do their own spin on the Cyberpunk tabletop game?
Larian x Shadowrun....

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Tyranthraxus
03/21/24 4:41:38 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Could you imagine if Larian got to do their own spin on the Cyberpunk tabletop game?
If they were gonna do another licensed property I'd rather they base it on the Android board game from FFG.

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Baron_Ox
03/21/24 6:32:00 PM
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I'm fine with them not making BG4, like I would be fine with FS not making ER2, since those feel like "once in a generation" kind of games, but I'm disappointed about no DLC/expansion.

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Irony
03/21/24 6:32:31 PM
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Lame
It's the only game from them I really enjoy and I'm predicting that's going to be the case forever

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Srk700
03/21/24 6:47:16 PM
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No DLC is disappointing, especially with (ending spoilers) Whithers teasing the possibility of it in the epilogue and Karlach's heart issue not being resolved (granted there would be problems implementing it since she could die or never join the party in the 1st place, but it still would have been nice to get a resolution to it through DLC)

Still, both Divinity OS 2 and BG3 are among my favorite games of all time, so I'll be looking forward to whatever Larian puts out next.
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josiskrazy
03/22/24 3:48:11 PM
#40:


garan posted...
Hasbro & WOTC have been driving D&D towards oblivion recently, so it shouldn't be any suprise that Larian is bowing out of that mess.


Most of the people at WoTC who helped them with BG3 were laid off by Hasbro.

I'm sure that plays a major factor into why they decided to move on from DnD.

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OmegaShinkai
03/22/24 3:56:50 PM
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josiskrazy posted...
Most of the people at WoTC who helped them with BG3 were laid off by Hasbro.

I'm sure that plays a major factor into why they decided to move on from DnD.
I wonder if issues with Hasbro were part of the obvious issues the game had with development later on. Having followed the game and its datamines from early access there were pretty obvious huge rewrites sometime after 2021 and some of then seemed to happen pretty late, devs were talking about the Upper City and how amazing it was to explore just a few months before it came out and then at release that was almost completely cut out and a bunch of parts of the story had to be adjusted to compensate.

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BadKarma_JT
03/22/24 4:00:39 PM
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The D&D IP is just generic vanilla fantasy, a lot of opportunity to make something better.

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Xenogears15
03/22/24 4:11:56 PM
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I remember the head of Larian saying that they were working on a sci-fi game next, so you may get your wish.

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BewmHedshot
03/22/24 4:44:50 PM
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Hopefully the modding support they're working on will enable the community to create DLC-sized mods. Obviously there won't be professional voice acting which is a big loss but I foresee a great future for BG3 even without official expansions.
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Smashingpmkns
03/22/24 8:10:52 PM
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A Sci fi RPG the scale and quality of Baldur's Gate 3 or even DOS2 would have me shitting my pants

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Baron_Ox
03/22/24 8:17:02 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
A Sci fi RPG the scale and quality of Baldur's Gate 3 or even DOS2

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Frolex
03/22/24 8:45:18 PM
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Too bad. Honestly i kind of expected this given the narrative structure of the game makes it difficult to fit in an expansion during or after the story, but it is sad that this is likely the last we'll see of the BG3 character cast, and possibly the last we'll see of any BG characters or story lines, at least for a long while.

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