BG3 would be a better game if it was based in Waterdeep

[Brian_the_Brute]

Yes, "Baldur's Gate" is in the title, but Waterdeep is a superior location and would have made for a better game. The city is larger and is more like the missing upper city in Baldur's Gate.
Waterdeep also has the undermountain below it, which is a huge open world dungeon with almost unlimited potential and extends to the Drow underdark and other racial enclaves containing dwarves, kenku, beholders, mad wizard lab, etc.... BG3 even name drops Waterdeep several times as if acknowledging that city is the crown jewel of this Fay-run.

[Toaster Maximus]

The Undermountian is more suitable for a dungeon crawl style game or even its own setting with only the tavern has the only spot in waterdeep, it really is that massive of a dunegon

And Waterdep is not the most important city in the sword cost anymore, the spell plague did a number on waterdeep in which it is still recovering, and for story driven games baulder's gate is more suited

Sorry for errors and typos

[✙205🍉🐆→]

It's good for a social online rpg game, but for my solo playthrough I need a story where I start fighting mutant rats with pyrokinesis and telepathy.

[General Titmouse]

It might not have sold as well, at least initially, if not for all the hype behind it being a sequel to the beloved BG games. That said, i would have much preferred it to be in Waterdeep and its own thing, disconnected from the BG series.

[Metallicus]

I would have preferred Planescape or pretty much anything, but the Forgotten Realms,

[Doctor Zalgo]

I'd prefer Dark Sun, but WotC have already said they're not going to revisit Darksun.

Presumably the anti-capitalism, pro-conservation themes don't align with their core values.

[AsianGirlLover]

You may get to explore Waterdeep if Larian moves onto IceWind Dale

[seeker1]

Well. Let me just note, some people are reading WAAAAAY too much into this ("Icewind Dale 3 confirmed!") but Sven did tweet a while back that the studio was going and recording the sounds of ice out in the wild.

[Яeplicant]

Originally posted by seeker1:

Well. Let me just note, some people are reading WAAAAAY too much into this ("Icewind Dale 3 confirmed!") but Sven did tweet a while back that the studio was going and recording the sounds of ice out in the wild.

Very much so. People seem to forget that Divinity also had icy landscapes.

[Daniel]

Originally posted by seeker1:

Well. Let me just note, some people are reading WAAAAAY too much into this ("Icewind Dale 3 confirmed!") but Sven did tweet a while back that the studio was going and recording the sounds of ice out in the wild.

Icewind Dale is a combat and gameplay focused game, not much room for their 2024 ‘creativity’.

[Maraxus]

A small self-contained Icewind Dale DLC story would be cool ngl... from there Neverwinter is a step away... and then Waterdeep...

[DrZann]

I think BG3 would be a better game if it was based in Greyhawk

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[seeker1]

IF they were doing an Icewind Dale 3, it does not HAVE to replicate the dungeon-hack-n-slash, roll-your-own nature of the first two games. It could use the setting and still use a similar formula to BG3, like having more interactive companions and a richer, branching storyline.

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Originally posted by DrZann:

I think BG3 would be a better game if it was based in Greyhawk

The thread may now be closed.

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[DrZann]

Originally posted by ✙205🍉🐆→:

Originally posted by DrZann:

I think BG3 would be a better game if it was based in Greyhawk

The thread may now be closed.

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No gods in Dark Sun which makes the Bhaal Spawn a moot point. But Dark Sun would be amazing only if it included artwork from Brom.

I agree we need more LGBT and BDSM in games, though.

[seeker1]

Originally posted by DrZann:

I think BG3 would be a better game if it was based in Greyhawk

The thread may now be closed.

Greyhawk lives on, in a way, though, in the name of D & D's spells, many of which are in turn named after Greyhawk's iconic wizards.

Bigby's Hand - named after the Greyhawk wizard Bigby
Otto's Irresistible Dance - named after another Greyhawk wizard
Mordenkainen's Sword - an iconic Greyhawk character
Tenser's Floating Disc - Tenser was played by Gygax's son Ernie
Melf's Acid Arrow - Melf was a character played by Gygax's son Luke

One of the gods of Greyhawk was named St. Cuthbert ... sorta weird, there was a REAL historical St. Cuthbert who was the patron saint of Northumbria, lived in the 7th century CE.

But also WotC DOES continue to release Greyhawk based game materials. Technically, though, nothing in there is original material; they are at best "remasters" of classic Greyhawk modules.

Tales from the Yawning Portal - released 2017
Ghosts of Saltmarsh - released 2019

Rob Kuntz, independent of TSR or WotC, but instead through Black Blade, released some Castle Greyhawk dungeon levels in 2010.