Baldur's Gate 3 devs had to overcome "incredible pressure" when starting its "very ambitious" new RPG: "If we can't follow our gut," then "it's going to be a disaster"

A screenshot of a character with red hair in Baldur's Gate 3.
(Image credit: Larian Studios)

Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke admits the team felt "incredible pressure" to match the success of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 on its next RPG at one point, though thankfuﷺlly "we're past that phase now." 

Speaking to GamesRadar+ following his keynote at the Digital Dragons conference, Vincke touches on the weight of success and how they've already managed to move past it so that they may continue to work on new RPGs unencumbered. ♑;

"It certainly did in the beginning,🐽" Vincke says when asked if Baldur's Gate 3's success h🥀as put pressure on the team regarding new projects. "But I think we're past that phase now. There was this moment where we felt incredible pressure and then I said, 'Guys, just forget about all of it. Right? We're just going to make a game again. And we'll focus on that.' 

"And obviously, it's very ambitious. But if we can't follow our gut instinct because we're struggling to deal with external pressures or what people are going to expect, we're never going to make it; it's going to be a disaster. So we have to focus on making something that we want to play. And if itꦡ's that, then we'll be fine."

Prior to our interview, Vincke shared during a talk that, at one point, he said 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 could b𓆏e 🌠the "RPG of the decade" while presenting the studio's vision to IP holders Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Given the awards the game has won, the claim seems fair now, though Vincke still immediately regretted the comment back then as he was soon to find out just how much trouble Lar💛ian would run into trying to get the game made. 

"RPG of t෴he decade" or not, though, Larian isn't l﷽etting the success distract from what's next.

The director of Baldur's Gate 3 isn't giving advice to whoever makes Baldur's Gate 4, but he did say one thing: "They have to do their own thing."

Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGa❀mer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.

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