Good call for Larian cannceled expansions/DLC after WotC BS

[JokerThExcalibur]

Larian make a call for cancelled expansions and future of Baldur's Gate 4 due of WotC bs on AI and Hasbro layoff.

Even those I do want to see more Baldur's Gate 3 dlc with Larian, it is the right call ro cancelled both expansions and dlc after WotC ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Not a great sign for DnD 50th anniversary

[Яeplicant]

You can't cancel what wasn't planned in the first place.

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by Яeplicant:

You can't cancel what wasn't planned in the first place.

[larhtas]

Originally posted by Яeplicant:

You can't cancel what wasn't planned in the first place.

+1

[Mizu]

Yeah, I don't think they ever had 'DLC' planned. Any content they add is going to be free. But I can't blame them for not wanting to keep working with Hasbro after they laid off the liaison team that helped Larian make the game. After working together so long on making such a great game a lot of them were probably friends with some of larian's employees and maybe even Sven himself.

[Maraxus]

They changed their mind after release, then they changed their mind again.

https://www.ign.com/articles/larian-started-work-on-baldurs-gate-3-dlc-then-canceled-it-the-studio-was-elated

Which is okay! If the team weren't feeling it, perhaps it's right call.

Swen's also mentions this somewhere in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egQgPD1wd7A

[Jaeleth]

Originally posted by Mizu:

Yeah, I don't think they ever had 'DLC' planned. Any content they add is going to be free. But I can't blame them for not wanting to keep working with Hasbro after they laid off the liaison team that helped Larian make the game. After working together so long on making such a great game a lot of them were probably friends with some of larian's employees and maybe even Sven himself.

If that's an issue with Larian all they have to do is hire them, themselves...

[Woke Buster]

Hasbro and WotC are dead anyway. It's a classical "go woke - go broke" story. I think Sven is trying to be smart here by staying away from them, and probably avoiding the whole Sweet Baby Inc. backlash. I highly doubt they would be allowed to work on BG4 without direct collaboration with Sweet Baby Inc, which is a death sentence.

[Яeplicant]

Originally posted by User-315-708:

Hasbro and WotC are dead anyway. It's a classical "go woke - go broke" story. I think Sven is trying to be smart here by staying away from them, and probably avoiding the whole Sweet Baby Inc. backlash. I highly doubt they would be allowed to work on BG4 without direct collaboration with Sweet Baby Inc, which is a death sentence.

Nobody cares about SBI but those offended by them. Such as yourself, for example.

[guard65]

Originally posted by larhtas:

Originally posted by Яeplicant:

You can't cancel what wasn't planned in the first place.

+1

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[Mizu]

Originally posted by User-315-708:

Hasbro and WotC are dead anyway. It's a classical "go woke - go broke" story. I think Sven is trying to be smart here by staying away from them, and probably avoiding the whole Sweet Baby Inc. backlash. I highly doubt they would be allowed to work on BG4 without direct collaboration with Sweet Baby Inc, which is a death sentence.

Please point to how them 'going woke' has hurt them instead of it being a result of poor short sighted business decisions brought about by them attempting to appease share holders by doing things that pump up their numbers short term but hurt them in the long run like laying off employees en mass despite having a good year because the share holders decided 'good' wasn't good enough.

[Яeplicant]

Considering no-one posted it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egQgPD1wd7A

Moar interviews!

[StfuBeans]

Originally posted by guard65:

Originally posted by larhtas:

+1

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[mauro.sartori]

Never like the other Larian games ... D:OS1 and D:OS2 lore, combat system, story, npc and so on played few hours and never finished so goodbye Larian ... this was the only good game you have done in so many years.

[seeker1]

Everybody rants about these sweet babies. Who gives a crap about that? I don't.

Here's the problem in a nutshell with WotC. (Well, there's several, but this to me is the key one.) They are zealous and nutty over their IP.

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https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634

They are not learning the lessons of Game Workshop - when you get so zealous over IP you start going after your own fans, it bites you in the ass. The way they released the OGL is so classic for them. With a bunch of restrictions a mile long.

I think even Sven joked about how they were sending Pinkertons after their own fans (in this case, it had to do with Magic: The Gathering).
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/trading-card-game/news/magic-the-gathering-aftermath-youtube-prompts-pinkerton-investigation

Look: I get it, a corporation needs to protect their IP, BUT ... when you start doing it so aggressively you punish and hunt down your own fandom, this never ends well.

I also suspect Sven was not happy they fired the people at WotC he first worked with to arrange the IP license and set up the two companies' relationship. All this I'm sure was leaving a bitter taste in his mouth.

Look, as I love the D & D IP itself, I hope WotC gets their ♥♥♥♥ together. It's possible, but they need to start acting more sensibly. I don't get why they and Games Workshop aren't learning their lessons. (I'm mostly talking about GW's strange jihad against people who 3D print their own minatures, among other things.)

[Maraxus]

Easy to put the blame on WotC(not that they are without blame in other areas) but, if what Swen says is true, it's more likely that Larian devs were just tired of working on the same damn game for close to seven years and are simply ready to move on.