What developer(s) do you think should take up the BG4 mantle and would do so responsibly, taking the franchise to new heights?
An obvious choice (to me) is Obsidian but the immediate thought afterwards is: if they even want to make another isometric turn-based/RTwP fantasy RPG. Josh Sawyer is also an obvious choice but my standing concern still applies: he got burned out with Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire. Something tells me he’d rather make another Pillars game if he were to do that type of game. Then again a lot of old Black Isle blood at Obsidian could make the sequel interesting.
Another obvious choice: James Ohlen at Archetype Entertainment. He’s stuck with D&D for so long, continuing to publish tabletop DnD adventures after retiring from BioWare in 2018. Problem with this choice is he has another project to complete first: Exodus (which looks awesome too… )
Some of you may argue for Beamdog but I won’t because I think their proving grounds were “Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear” and they didn’t hit that out of the park.
Some of you may argue Owlcat as well but they just made it obvious they don’t want to make a AAA title so… no. Even if they did, I don’t think they’d meet the quality bar for the franchise. Their story writing, quest quality, and buggy code wouldn’t move it forward.
And finally, I don’t want the franchise to move in an action direction which eliminates many other companies.
Do you think I missed another company? Who? Why do you think they could do it?
An obvious choice (to me) is Obsidian but the immediate thought afterwards is: if they even want to make another isometric turn-based/RTwP fantasy RPG. Josh Sawyer is also an obvious choice but my standing concern still applies: he got burned out with Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire. Something tells me he’d rather make another Pillars game if he were to do that type of game. Then again a lot of old Black Isle blood at Obsidian could make the sequel interesting.
Another obvious choice: James Ohlen at Archetype Entertainment. He’s stuck with D&D for so long, continuing to publish tabletop DnD adventures after retiring from BioWare in 2018. Problem with this choice is he has another project to complete first: Exodus (which looks awesome too… )
Some of you may argue for Beamdog but I won’t because I think their proving grounds were “Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear” and they didn’t hit that out of the park.
Some of you may argue Owlcat as well but they just made it obvious they don’t want to make a AAA title so… no. Even if they did, I don’t think they’d meet the quality bar for the franchise. Their story writing, quest quality, and buggy code wouldn’t move it forward.
And finally, I don’t want the franchise to move in an action direction which eliminates many other companies.
Do you think I missed another company? Who? Why do you think they could do it?