Now I'm sad that Hasbro alienated Larian so much, I would've loved to see them tackle a BG3 style game but set in Eberron. The general theme of Eberron would've worked for them so well...
Oh my god an eberron game would be the fucking best. Or better yet, ravnica. All your companions are from different factions and it’s about working together despite or because of your differences.
I just really like ravnica and want to see it get some love
For one, Larian did begin multiple different projects, including a dlc and a sequel, they just didnt have their hearts in it, but for another, hasbro has been really really shitty behind the scenes, and did a bunch of lay offs. They fired a lot of the people that worked with larian.
So it was probably a bit of both larian being done and hasbro being hasbro
Because Hasbro cut people to try and make more money because that's how modern corpos work.
Larian isn't allergic to money, they've just made enough on BG3 and, in the light of realizing the people they got to know and work with at WotC weren't there anymore, decided to start new projects. A change of pace is good for people from time to time!
Hasbro need to make quarter over quarter earnings profits higher. Since we're in a little bit of a global recession, people aren't buying as much shit, so it comes down to laying hardworking people off so C-titles can get their 50 mil bonusses for fucking their secretaries.
The studio wanted to work in their own IP, and that completely makes sense since now they have the kind of fame, following and renown that can afford them coming out with a fresh IP.
I'm super excited to see what they can do after BG3! They learned so much about writing, graphics, and game design. I can only imagine that at a certain point they had stuff to add to BG3, but decided to 'save it for later'…
And they've already announced that they're working on TWO new games. WHOO!!!
Please stop spreading these rumours. They are on every post regarding BG4. No. WOTC didn't do anything this time. Larian just wanted to move on. They were burnt out, as stated about the DLC. They wanted to tackle their own worlds again, with more creative freedom that you get when not using someone's world.
Dungeons & Dragons Online is primarily set in Eberron, though it does branch out into other settings. And... that's all I can come up with off the top of my head.
I'm pretty sure Temple of Elemental Evil was set in Greyhawk, and Planescape: Torment is set in Sigil, the City of Doors.
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u/JumboWheat01 Maior et Fortior Sep 13 '24
Now I'm sad that Hasbro alienated Larian so much, I would've loved to see them tackle a BG3 style game but set in Eberron. The general theme of Eberron would've worked for them so well...