New Baldur's Gate On The (Very Distant) Horizon

[LesIsMore]

You know what this needs to be? A Fallout 3-style reinvention of the concept, with sprawling open-world gameplay, 4E rules and a completely new setting/story that still involves some charactes of the previous editions (i.e. Harold = Minsc) to still add the nostalgia element of previous games.

As a devoted Fallout player in my younger days I was very very skeptical about what Fallout 3 would do to the franchise, and it proceeded to drag me in with mutated arms and not let go. If it could be done right, a Baldur's Gate reboot would be met with the most open of arms.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I'd love to try out an actual Baldur's Gate game, and this may be my best chance.

 

[Shotgunbunny]

Oh god, not this again....It seems that every 3 years some gamedevs thinks it's a good idea to start a BG3, but frankly they shouldn't.
BG2 is my favorite game of all time, so why wouldn't I want a new one, you ask?
Simply because the story is DONE. The expansion to BG2 said, with big letters "The Final Chapter".

Any attempt to recreate BG is going to fail, because BG wasn't awesome because it tried to reproduce something, it was awesome because until this day there hasn't been an experience quite like it.
I remember the first "preview" for "BG3", it basically went like this: "Yeah, so we're gonna make a game that's called Baldur's Gate, but it's not gonna have anything to do with the game Baldur's Gate, it's just gonna play out in the same city....not at the same time neither....we're thinking like 500 years before.....yeah.......oh, BUT MINSC WILL BE THERE!!!"

FYI: Minsc is probably the most memorable character (loved or hated) from the BG series.

So it seems that the only thing Baldur's Gate is about is....The city....and Minsc....yeah, sure.
Honestly folks, if you want a game like BG, I think you need to keep an eye out for Bioware's new project, Dragon Age.

 

[loudQUIETloud]

I have high expectations on this as I've loved all the Forgotten Realms games. A Fallout 3 style game would not work with Baldur's Gate I believe they tried something of the sort in those terrible spin-off games for the Xbox and PS2 and it didn't work out.

 

[Fightgarr]

Wait is Bioware making this or Atari?

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Another NWN! Wait...

Wait is Bioware making this or Atari?

Oh god they're all going to suck, Bioware isn't making them.

 

[Corpse XxX]

I've only played Baldurs Gate on the ps2, just loved that game.. So if its anything like that i will most definitly have a closer look at it..

 

[Andy Chalk]

I'd love to try out an actual Baldur's Gate game, and this may be my best chance.

So why not try the actual Baldur's Gate game? Should be easy enough to dig it up in one of those "classic collection" packs, or in a jewelcase release. And if you're an RPG fan, they are so worth it.

 

[Undead Dragon King]

Atari's making this? Oh Christ...

They're going to turn the best CRPG series into a horrible fusion of Baldur's Gate and Final Fantasy, brooding characters and all!

I'm going to consider this new Baldur's Gate in the same way that I consider Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The single silver lining of this is that your characters' stories are finished after Throne of Baal.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I'd love to try out an actual Baldur's Gate game, and this may be my best chance.

So why not try the actual Baldur's Gate game? Should be easy enough to dig it up in one of those "classic collection" packs, or in a jewelcase release. And if you're an RPG fan, they are so worth it.

Because my computer has Windows Vista, and I'm only a power user on it, so I cannot install anything.

 

[LesIsMore]

Atari's making this? Oh Christ...

They're going to turn the best CRPG series into a horrible fusion of Baldur's Gate and Final Fantasy, brooding characters and all!

I'm going to consider this new Baldur's Gate in the same way that I consider Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

And the award for "Fireballing the fridge" goes to...

 

[GothmogII]

Actually...considering that BG2 itself took place mainly in Amn, I suppose as long as like that they keep a cursory connection to the original plot it should be fine to set it anywhere in Faerûn they like. I'm hoping for a jaunt to Thay personally :3

 

[Knight Templar]

Go for the eyes boo! go for the eyes!

Evil meet my sword, SWORD MEET EVIIILL!

Actually...considering that BG2 itself took place mainly in Amn, I suppose as long as like that they keep a cursory connection to the original plot it should be fine to set it anywhere in Faerûn they like. I'm hoping for a jaunt to Thay personally :3

Red Wizard fan?

 

[GothmogII]

Actually...considering that BG2 itself took place mainly in Amn, I suppose as long as like that they keep a cursory connection to the original plot it should be fine to set it anywhere in Faerûn they like. I'm hoping for a jaunt to Thay personally :3

Red Wizard fan?

Hell yeah! Ahh Edwin /wistful sigh.

 

[bgcomic]

I don't know if a remake in another game engine would be such a good idea since in my mind the old one was perfect in all the ways. As for a continue on the Baldur's Gate storyline there is nothing to continue on since the saga has reached its finale already.

But there is still many mods that can be downloaded so one can actually enjoy new happenings for the old game.

There are other ways to remake the saga, I am for myself making a comic based on the game, but I am adding and improvising the content because it would be boring to just make a walkthrough comic.

links to the comic:

http://baldursgatecomic.blogspot.com/

http://se.youtube.com/user/bgcomic

 

[iain62a]

If they don't cock it up like they did NWN2, ie going for better 3D graphics instead of the original game's interface everyone loves, this could be very sweet. But in a small way, I'm saddened. Baldur's Gate was good, so was Icewind Dale. I would love another one of those style of game, and I would love it to still be a Forgotten Realms title, but how about a new one. Maybe something focused on Thay, Mulhorand, Chult, the Moonsea, or Cormyr. There's plenty of other places, other stories, in the Realms. Bhaal is dead, lets move on to something new.

Actually...considering that BG2 itself took place mainly in Amn, I suppose as long as like that they keep a cursory connection to the original plot it should be fine to set it anywhere in Faerûn they like. I'm hoping for a jaunt to Thay personally :3

Thay would be nice, but I'm hoping for Aglarond myself.