Larian Studios, the team behind Baldur’s Gate 3, hosted an AMA yesterday with Creative Director Swen Vincke. Here’s what was revealed.
Topics from weapons, DLC, and difference between Baldur’s Gate 3 and the previous games were asked. Right now, there are no plans for DLC. As far as any weapons from the previous games coming back, Swen said they couldn’t comment right now, but did ask which weapons players would like to see return.
When asked about how Baldur’s Gate 3 is a sequel to the previous games, Swen answered,
“You can’t see this from anything we’ve shown so far because we don’t want to spoil it but we do touch upon the story of BG 1 & 2 in deeply meaningful ways and there are returning characters. The city plays a massive part and like in the originals, you’ll play an adventure in which the party is the heart and soul with protagonists who will be afflicted by the Gods against their will.
That said, you can’t separate Baldur’s Gate from Dungeons and Dragons. The goal of Bioware was to make a great Dungeons and Dragons game and that’s also our goal. We want to make a great Dungeons and Dragons game with lots of player agency, great depth, lots of iconic creatures, npcs and locations and which you can play in both single- and in multiplayer. We want to make a pretty dark game where you have to deal deal with lots of choice and consequence. We’re letting you do pretty terrible things (or god things). If I wouldn’t have died during the Pax Presentation I would’ve been able to show some of that so I think we’ll probably upload a video of what was supposed to be shown, and you’ll certainly see more the closer we get to Early Access.
I read that big PC Gamer article on the history of Baldur’s Gate and as I was reading through it, I was surprised by how much of what the original creators wanted to do with BG 1 & 2 matched what we are doing. The biggest difference in my opinion is the way combat is implemented and that we are using DnD 5e and they were 2e.”
Other questions including how many legendary characters from the first games would return were asked, with Swen answering between 0 and 100. Additionally, a question was asked about early access, with Swen confirming Early Access for both PC and Stadia.
And in case you missed it, be sure to check out our preview of Baldur’s Gate 3.
