Baldur\u2019s Gate 4 was already partially playable before Larian scrapped it Larian StudiosAccording to Swen Vincke, a partially \u201cplayable\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 4 that players \u201cwould have liked\u201d was in the works before it got scrapped. It has been exactly one year since Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 launched, yet the game is still going strong today. Not only did Larian\u2019s masterpiece manage to snatch multiple awards, but recent player count also shows that the game is still getting a lot of attention from players. Naturally, it didn\u2019t take long until fans started wishing for more content. But in March 2024, Larian clarified that they were stepping away from D&D and Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 entirely. But as it turns out, an interview with Swen Vincke from PCGamer revealed that a partially \u201cplayable\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 4 was in the works at one point. Following the success of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, the team started working on a follow-up or, initially, an expansion. \u201cWe\u2019ve got the engine, got everything in here, all we need to do is add extra levels or just make some new stories \u2013 how hard can it be?\u201d mentioned Swen Vincke. Not only that, but it\u2019s also been revealed that \u201cyou could already play stuff\u201d, and it\u2019s something that players \u201cwould have liked.\u201d According to Swen, the progress was quick as \u201cthe production machine was still warm.\u201d The idea of spending the \u201cnext three years\u201d for an expansion didn\u2019t seem appealing, but it\u2019s a different case for making Baldur\u2019s Gate 4. \u201cThat sounds like a really good idea \u2013 let\u2019s make BG4. All the stuff that we did for this thing, we can just move it in there, people are gonna love it. Go for it.\u201d However, in the end, the project was eventually scrapped after realizing the team would have to spend even more years \u201cdoing the same thing.\u201d Ultimately, this led the team to look at how they \u201ccan do stuff\u201d that they \u201cget excited about\u201d instead. So far, Larian has made it known that they\u2019re working on two \u201cvery ambitious new RPGs\u201d and for now, fans will just have to be patient as they cook the next big thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 4 was already partially playable before Larian scrapped it Larian StudiosAccording to Swen Vincke, a partially \u201cplayable\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 4 that players \u201cwould have liked\u201d was in the works before it got scrapped. It has been exactly one year since Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 launched, yet the game is still going strong today. Not […]<\/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-20945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20945","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=20945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}