Baldur’s Gate 3, last year’s most critically acclaimed video game, has brought in about $90 million since its August release for parent company Hasbro Inc. through a licensing deal.
You don’t have to have played BG1 or 2 to be aware of the new game exclusively because it’s the third.
Again, literally all of the hype was about Baldur’s Gate. Larian was barely mentioned, way down the line, when people eventually got around to “who’s making it anyways?”. It wasn’t even close to the primary driver.
It also came with massive built in world building and mechanics that are better than DOS2. They effectively didn’t even have to design the gameplay. They just had to do the story telling.
You don’t have to have played BG1 or 2 to be aware of the new game exclusively because it’s the third.
Again, literally all of the hype was about Baldur’s Gate. Larian was barely mentioned, way down the line, when people eventually got around to “who’s making it anyways?”. It wasn’t even close to the primary driver.
It also came with massive built in world building and mechanics that are better than DOS2. They effectively didn’t even have to design the gameplay. They just had to do the story telling.
As I recall it, much more hype came from a squirrel witnessing sex with a bear.