Hasbro exec says Baldur's Gate 3 "proved for us that people really wanted great D&D games," supports Larian's plan to "take the time we need" - eviltoast

We just want good complete micro transactionless games

Edit: that are also well optimized

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    8 months ago

    Considering there were rumored to be several games in the pipeline that all got scrapped at the beginning of last year, I think you’re right. Dark Alliance didn’t do great so I’m sure the execs freaked out.

    Hopefully you’re right about the message they received.

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      8 months ago

      I am shocked to hear that an unfinished game didn’t do great

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        8 months ago

        What are you talking about? Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance was a whole ass game. It got kind of shitty reviews (currently sitting at 50% on Steam, 4/10 on IGN, 53% on metacritic). Published June 21, 2021.

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          8 months ago

          Releasing a game with obvious bugs is releasing an unfinished game in my books

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            8 months ago

            I get that you believe that and it’s a cute hill to die on, but that does not change the fact that a D&D video game did poorly and subsequently Hasbro shit canned a bunch of stuff. Larian got a pass because their shit was already in early access.