'We owe them a huge debt': Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer hopes they did '90s BioWare proud

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'We owe them a huge debt': Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer hopes they did '90s BioWare proud
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Larian Studios' lead writer Adam Smith reflects on the long shadow of Baldur's Gate.

. But it's also part of an existing lineage as the third game in a BioWare series dear to many longtime PC gamers. Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer Adam Smith tells us today during the PC Gamer Chat Log podcast that Larian never lost sight of the long shadow it was stepping into.

Smith repeats an appraisal he often heard during Baldur's Gate 3's early access:"It's Divinity: Original Sin 3, not really Baldur's Gate 3." It's not a totally unfounded assessment. Larian's Divinity: Original Sin 2, also one of thein recent years, was a bit bright and silly, and everything was constantly on fire, and Baldur's Gate 3 does carry some of that Larian vibe.

"We were like, 'No, we love Baldur's Gate. We want to make Baldur's Gate 3.' And there was a reason for that, because so many of us did [grow] up with it."

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