Larian Studios ...Please buy into Fallout franchise ...

[Heavy Metal Nuts]

Wish Larian Studios makers of baldur's gate 3 would Buy Fallout Franchise ....
They have ability to make Fallout 1 and 2 remakes using there Engine and baldur's gate 3 as the engine ....


This would be PERFECT ....

That what franchise could do with .....so proper story telling and narrative and characters and go back to traditional RPG Fallout 1 and 2 was ....a proper CRPG before others even did it with it world map..... Larian Studios would nail it perfect ... baldur's gate 3 is perfect formula for Fallout to come back too

who is with me on that idea .....

[Яeplicant]

What makes you think they want to work on other IPs? Especially after saying that they're going back to doing their own thing?

[Razorblade]

You realize Fallout is owned by Microsoft now, right? Larian couldn't afford to buy the right to lick their feet, let alone buy one of their most successful game franchises.

[DrZann]

I like Fallout but would prefer a new original setting. I'm sick of the constant churn of franchises producing more of the same content over and over again.

[Detective Costeau]

Yeah. I've enjoyed most of the Fallout games but I think the IP has pretty much run its course as far as making more games goes.
If you try to make things go on forever just because they're popular or profitable you end up with the Disney era of Star Wars.

It would be interesting to see what a Larian original post-apocalyptic game, but I'd be surprised if that's actually what they're working on.

[[TG] zac]

I mean it would be an improvement over anything we can expect from Bethesda at this point.

Sadly given microsoft owns it and bethesda I doubt anyone has the kind of money they would demand.

And given the way larian was disgusted by how greedy WOTC was (so much so they terminated the contract to get away from them) I doubt they would want to work with mocrosoft anyway.

[Jarsonne]

I didn't knew some com gave the feeling D&D is over for Larian, no matter the causes. But yes it's clear now.

But it means Larian will hardly chain with another IP, myself I would have expect Shadowrun, more possible than Microsoft owned Fallout. But clearly it won't be any.

I don't know why there's players liking the Divinity IP, for me it's a weak one, lack of originality, is limited, feels sometimes more horror oriented and it's not appealing me.

But I suppose it's dead, their next game will be Divinity IP, too bad.

EDIT:
For the rules I find D&D is a burden on many points, typical is stealth attack not based on any positioning. Also if it has some facing optional rules, it seems very limited and improper for TB combats. But the weakest point is if build a party has some depth and choices because it's multiple characters, build of one character is very limited and lacking of more choices, it feels dated design for video game RPG.

[Lotus86]

Or revive Gorky 17.

[Chroniver]

Originally posted by Jarsonne:

I don't know why there's players liking the Divinity IP, for me it's a weak one, lack of originality, is limited, feels sometimes more horror oriented and it's not appealing me.

But I suppose it's dead, their next game will be Divinity IP, too bad.

Their next game is also not Divinity.

They're probably trying something pretty new.

[ShadowDark3]

I'm pretty over remasters and remakes. Nostalgia is nice but the originals still exist.

[Jarsonne]

Originally posted by Chroniver:

Originally posted by Jarsonne:

I don't know why there's players liking the Divinity IP, for me it's a weak one, lack of originality, is limited, feels sometimes more horror oriented and it's not appealing me.

But I suppose it's dead, their next game will be Divinity IP, too bad.

Their next game is also not Divinity.

They're probably trying something pretty new.

I have read comment saying that the interview quoting it won't be any D&D says also it's not DOS3, but myself I failed hear it in the interview, perhaps a problem with English and no subtitles.

A new IP looks bizarre:
- Sci fi is a heavier challenge and not 100% as popular than Fantasy.
- Post apocalypse is very limited and probably already too overused.
- Zombies is still having a serious fame of greedy topic.
- Viking achieved get a fame of greedy topic and is probably overused even if not yet in video games.
- History meaning not Fantasy is looking weird.
- Horror looks like a huge step elsewhere, hardly possible.
- Another existing IP than D&D looks weird for a dev supposed to have problem with last IP they just used.
- Another Fantasy own IP looks weird.

EDIT:
Prehistoric? Not bad, but then Prehistory Fantasy.

[potato]

they can't just "buy into it"

it's owned by microsoft now

[DontMisunderstand]

There's a big difference between a video game studio licensing an IP from an owner that doesn't make video games, and a video game studio licensing an IP from another video game studio. That simply won't happen.

[Jarsonne]

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

There's a big difference between a video game studio licensing an IP from an owner that doesn't make video games, and a video game studio licensing an IP from another video game studio. That simply won't happen.

It's more because it's owned by Microsoft, there's been cases of game IP sold in history.

But with Microsoft behind, it's clearly impossible, they even own Wasteland IP too.

That said there's no need of any Fallout IP to make a post apocalypse IP, except Post apocalypse feels overused already. The point for RPG is ruins allow better designs hence post apocalypse is a great setup base for RPG.

If we go there, a zombies post apocalypse IP could be fun but zombies has been overused.

EDIT:
In fact, what's missing in post apocalypse is post pollution climate disaster, it's even weird no game yet picked the topic, even if I have seen it as secondary aspect in a 4X.

[VDRSK]

Theoretically I would love a Larian Fallout. However I have no expectations for that to ever happen outside of Microsoft buying Larian because Swen is retiring, at which point I would no longer consider it "Larian" like I no longer consider Bioware "Bioware"

[dulany67]

Originally posted by VDRSK:

Theoretically I would love a Larian Fallout. However I have no expectations for that to ever happen outside of Microsoft buying Larian because Swen is retiring, at which point I would no longer consider it "Larian" like I no longer consider Bioware "Bioware"

God help me, I'm still hopeful for the new dragon age.

I know, I know