This is me being pedantic, but here goes: best work ever meaning this is as good as it gets, it’s all down hill from here?
I know they mean best work yet but c’mon man, say what you mean.
The studio would like to remind everyone that a group of Pedants is called a “Phlegm”.
Okay Larian, let’s maybe not get ahead of yourselves here. Your games have been decent to good so far, but you cannot predict the future like that and expect it to actually happen. A lot can happen in the like 7 years it will probably take you to develop your next game.
Slightly more context:
" “I don’t know if we’re going to pull it off,” he wrote, “but looking at our narrative, visual and gameplay plans, I think what we’re working on now will be our best work ever.” "
As a creative person myself, I think anyone that thinks the thing they are making is “their best one ever,” I think they either have a massive ego bubble waiting to pop, or theyre planning on stopping their creative projects soon.
They reached a huge audience with bg3, seems like a mistake to act like they’re a too good to follow up on it. No one except hardcore rpg fans ever cared about Larian’s IPs
I’ve met more many people who have played divinity original sin 2 than the latest call of duty. If someone makes a good game, people play it.
Confirmation bias. A better judge would be actual player counts from Steam.
I believe the problem is that WOTC was incredibly hard to work with. They should have a lot more freedom with their own IP.
That’s a huge shame. I found their IPs to be terribly boring and unimaginative compared to bg3. They aren’t that good at world building on their own imo.
Divinity 2 was amazing, although I got really bored when it came to Act 3
“We’re making something new but it’s boring and will suck.” said no one ever.
“We’re making something new and don’t have high hopes for it. Just don’t even bother”
A quote from Vincke at the end of the post only stokes the excitement further. “I don’t know if we’re going to pull it off,” he wrote
This is so refreshing. A studio with big Ws that still goes balls out and takes risks. You love to see it. Take notes, gaming studios. This is how you make fun games.
People didn’t really like it when CD Projekt Red did that with Cyberpunk, and this is a pretty close mirror image of that…
