Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 dev defends Bethesda amid Starfield criticism for lack of \u201cpassion\u201d Larian Studios \/ BethesdaBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 and Starfield are both undeniable GOTY contenders and fair comparison between the two is unavoidable. Despite this, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s dev team won\u2019t stand for unfair criticism of Bethesda\u2019s employees. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has been an unqualified success becoming the second biggest PC launch of 2023. It\u2019s also claimed the title of one of the most concurrently played games of all time on Steam. Despite a lukewarm reception out the gate, Starfield has also had a huge launch breaking records for Bethesda and Xbox. While soon enjoying success of its own, Starfield has certainly been the more divisive of the two games. While neither title is above reproach, devs want critiques above the belt. Larian Studios\u2019 Director of Publishing Michael Douse called out former WoW developer Mark Kerns for his low blows against Starfield\u2019s creative team. Kerns published side-by-side images of review scores for Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 and Starfield in an effort to draw comparisons on Twitter. Kerns asserted that the disparity between scores was a result of \u201cthe difference that passion makes\u201d. Douse was having absolutely none of it and quickly put Kerns in his place calling the statement a \u201cdisingenuous oversimplification\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s not true, or right, [to] suggest that the average developer at Bethesda lacks passion,\u201d Douse went on. Ever the magnanimous individual, Douse also attempted to shut down any dogpiling of Kerns in the replies. \u201cI think he and I have similar views on AAA but it\u2019s a leadership problem that shouldn\u2019t be associated with the development teams who pour their hearts into their projects,\u201d he clarified. When other users encouraged him to \u201cown that clown\u201d, Douse kept a lid on that too, reiterating there\u2019s \u201cno need for that either\u201d. Onlookers like YouTuber Mischief have called Douse\u2019s defense of the hardworking Bethesda team \u201cbased\u201d. Larian\u2019s team has garnered a lot of goodwill following the launch of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. Fans of the game have praised their transparency and philosophies on development. Bethesda\u2019s development team has also shown they\u2019re willing to listen to Starfield players and what they want for the game. Fans of Starfield have rallied around Douse to defend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 dev defends Bethesda amid Starfield criticism for lack of \u201cpassion\u201d Larian Studios \/ BethesdaBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 and Starfield are both undeniable GOTY contenders and fair comparison between the two is unavoidable. Despite this, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s dev team won\u2019t stand for unfair criticism of Bethesda\u2019s employees. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has been an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}