#larian isn't going to make any baldur's gate sequels even if they could and the dos games aren't | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

deadrocks · 3 days ago

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Torn because I want to commiserate a bit about the end of Dragon Age as a series, but I don't want to hit any "if you criticized Veilguard or didn't buy it, this is *your* fault" -style posts. Maybe there aren't any, but I'm not feeling inclined to go find out.

#especially since I suspect this was coming regardless of sales or criticism #based on the long development time/2023 layoffs/no DLC planned #i remember reading about a smaller round of layoffs too back in early december -- a bioware artist who lost her job on dragon age day #but i can't find the post i'd read about it so i can't verify anything #if memory serves the artist in question posted about it on bluesky but then deleted her posts #and since i don't remember her name i can't look any of this up #well...regardless. i keep thinking about how sheryl chee's comments about the fans now owning dragon age were nice #but don't do anything for me #i greatly enjoy fan art and meta and analysis #but what draws me to rpgs is the part where i roleplay in a video game #unless there have been significant changes to the site that i missed i can't do that on ao3 y'know?#for about six of the ten years between inquisition and veilguard the most i'd thought about DA was while playing BG3 early access #and it felt somewhat like playing dao again #but in the end while i both love and am critical of bg3 in a way that's similar to how i feel about dragon age my investment isn't the same #and it can't be because it's not a world created and owned by the studio that made the game #larian isn't going to make any baldur's gate sequels even if they could and the dos games aren't #and i was just reading owlcat's ama answers where they also said they don't plan on doing sequels to their games #because that would mean canonizing certain endings and taking away player choice #idk! i'm just feeling bummed in the moment #i love games other than rpgs but it isn't the same kind of experience

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