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The director of Baldur’s Gate 3 received a call from his mother when he was accused of plagiarizing another video game

Imagine having a meeting where everything seems to have come out of true luxury and when you get to your seat you discover that you are on the verge of being fired because of that meeting. Well, that’s a bit what happened to Swen Vincke, the director of Baldur’s Gate 3, when, after showing his game for the first time (which we now all know has been a bestseller and one of the most important titles in recent years), he received so much hate on the Internet that even his mother ended up calling him to demand answers.

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What a mess you’ve made, little chicken

And the audience from home decided that the game was a plagiarism of Divinity: Original Sin 2 because, basically, it was made with the same engine. After all, both were games by Larian, but beyond the graphics engine, as we all know, the games couldn’t be more different from each other. That didn’t stop gamers from drawing their first hasty conclusions.

“We felt really positive when we finished our presentation. Additionally, it was being streamed. We left the room and I received a call from my mother, who said ‘What have you done?’. And I replied ‘What do you mean?’, and she said ‘People are very angry with you.’“ Fortunately, shortly after the game was released, the clouds cleared, no one ever accused him of plagiarism again, and luckily, Vincke’s mother didn’t have to be scared again. Unless she played the game and didn’t want to see certain things, of course.

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1.2 million deaths and only a 10% success rate: Baldur’s Gate 3 is officially one of the most difficult games in history

Only 141,600 players managed to reach the end, and 1,223,305 died on the battlefield. That is, only a little more than 10% managed to get ahead

Last year, a new difficulty appeared for ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’: The Honor Mode, which basically introduced a permanent death mechanic (once you die, the game is over), tougher bosses, a single save file, and with a beautiful reward if you managed to reach the end—a unique set of dice to use in future play-throughs in other modes. Ooooh! It’s definitely worth the effort and tears!

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There is no honor in the battle

In Larian, they have now provided specific data on the results of the Honor Mode, and they are not flattering for those who have tried it: only 141,600 players managed to reach the end, and 1,223,305 perished on the battlefield. That is, just a little over 10% managed to succeed. Of those who died, it must be said that 76% deleted their game in an honorable manner, while the other 24% decided not to lose their progress and continue in another mode. Tsk.

It’s not the only data that Larian has provided, one year after the release of Baldur’s Gate 3; they have revealed that 1.9 million players ended up turning into cheese balls, that the preferred class is Paladin (and the most hated, Cleric), and that the majority—about 13.5 million people—choose to be elves. Certainly, much more than halflings: only 2 million characters have this characteristic.

And the most interesting thing: there have been a total of 75 million kisses, mostly with Shadowheart closely followed, of course, by Astarion. As for sex itself, 658,000 games ended up sharing a bed with Halsin . . . and 30% of them in the form of a bear. We are not judging anyone. Oh, yes, a topic that reconciles us a little with humanity—there have been more caresses to the dog, Scratch, than kisses between characters: a total of 120 million times. He’s a good boy. It’s a good game.

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Why Baldur’s Gate 3 was afraid of Starfield… even though time has proven them right

“If you’re at sea and a larger ship passes by, the norm is for you to move aside to let it pass: they were the larger ship.”

Imagine you are a studio like Larian that has spent years and years developing ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’. Everything points to success, you are convinced of your product, you set a release date… And then Bethesda announces that their other AAA game of the season, ‘Starfield’, will be released very close to yours. What do you do? Well, obviously, you do what they did: clear the way for the bigger company to succeed as they please. And although it may seem ironic, there is none at all.

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Dungeons and space

Swen Vincke, the CEO of Larian, has now explained that last summer he changed the dates so that the two RPGs wouldn’t have to compete against each other and both could be enjoyed peacefully. “I have a lot of respect for Bethesda”, he explained to Gamesindustry. No matter what happened afterwards: the strategy makes perfect sense.

“If you’re at sea and a larger ship passes by, the norm is for you to move aside so it can pass: they were the larger ship”. But that didn’t mean they lowered their weapons and surrendered immediately, far from it. They immediately changed their marketing to do something unprecedented: to differentiate themselves as much as possible from ‘Starfield’, delving into narrative, different characters and immersion.

‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ could never compete in terms of size or scale of its world, so they had to focus on the gameplay experience. Smaller, more intimate, well… different. Today, we already know how this battle ended: Larian has announced that this third installment has already sold 10 million units, while ‘Starfield’, without official data, seems to have fallen a little behind.

Because sometimes, the biggest ships also have to let motorboats pass. You never know where they can go.

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The creators of ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ are fed up with us. And rightfully so

And that the audience jumps on you with violent reactions and death threats (gamer style, of course, who are we kidding). The result, probably, will be enough to infuriate anyone.

Imagine, for a moment, that you have released one of the games that have marked not only the month or the year, but the gaming decade. Now also imagine that you promise support for mods on consoles and PC… And that the public turns against you with violent reactions and death threats (in a gamer style, of course, who are we kidding). The result, probably, would be enough to enrage anyone.

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Gate says

In a message released on Twitter, Michael Douse, director of Larian (and therefore, the person in charge of Baldur’s Gate 3), has made it quite clear what he thinks about fans who are very passionate about their own thing: “We will talk in depth about how our support for mods will look in the future. We have been working on it since the launch. As always, we will discuss it in our own way with our community. Threats and toxicity against our developers and community teams will only harm the conversation. Please, stop“.

Anyway, he adds, 99.0% of the community is the best, and it is the only reason why there are still community teams and consultations. “It is inevitable that, when you have a city, a few black sheep start a fire“. In other words, the game will have mod support. They understand why the wait is frustrating, but they have to let it happen gradually. And in the world of some gamers, anything that is not “right now” is automatically a mistake. Anyway.

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