Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Is Working Toward An RPG That "Dwarfs" It

Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Is Working Toward An RPG That “Dwarfs” It

Time Stamp: March 21, 2024 2:41 PM
Source Node: 2521645

Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios blew our collective mind with the sheer scale and depth in its role-playing masterpiece, but the studio has plans for a game so gargantuan, it may very well make Baldur’s Gate 3 look tiny.

Prior to development on Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian CEO Swen Vincke was already planning out the company’s future, and this included what he calls “the very big RPG that will dwarf them all.”

<div class="js-video-player-new av-video-player av-desktop-player av-video-on-demand is-vid-loading is-vid-noseek is-vid-show-controls " tabindex="0" data-id="169530280" data-promo-id="0" data-user-has-ads="1" data-video="{"id":6463702,"title":"Baldur%27s%20Gate%204%20Isn%27t%20Next%20For%20Larian%3B%20Something%20Bigger%20Is%20Coming","lengthSeconds":1456,"startTime":0,"autoplay":true,"share":{"linkUrl":"https://www.gamespot.com/videos/baldurs-gate-4-isnt-next-for-larian-something-bigger-is-coming/2300-6463702/","embedUrl":"https://www.gamespot.com/videos/embed/6463702/","embedHtml":{"640":"nnnnnnnnnn","480":"nnnnnnnnnn"}},"device":"other","isDevice":false,"isLiveStream":false,"videoType":"video-on-demand","countdownTime":0,"guid":"gs-2300-6463702","ageGateCookieName":"videoAgeGateBirthday","watchedCookieName":"watchedVideoIds","watchedCookieDays":1,"postPlayMax":100,"adCall":{"host":"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?","params":{"iu":"/5441/vaw-gamespot/desktop/gamespot.com","impl":"s","gdfp_req":1,"env":"vp","output":"xml_vmap1","unviewed_position_start":1,"url":"[referrer_url]","correlator":"[timestamp]","description_url":"[description_url]","cmsid":2566084,"vid":6463702,"pp":"vpaid_js"},"custParams":{"ptype":"news_article","cid":"gs-1100-6522051","game":"baldurs-gate-3","con":"pc,stadia,macintosh,playstation-5,xbox-series-x","publisher":"larian-studios,spike-chunsoft","embed":"autoplay","franchise":"baldurs-gate","category":"games","franchiseRoot":"dungeons-dragons","partner":"desktop/gamespot.com","vid":6463702},"soundBasedSize":{"normal":"640×480","muted":"640×483","none":"640×480"},"daiSsbUrl":"https://dai.google.com/ondemand/hls/content/2572465/vid/6463702/master.m3u8","daiMidRollHost":2500176},"uvpHi5Ima":"https://s0.2mdn.net/instream/html5/ima3.js","cuePoints":null,"uvpc":"","partner":"gamespot","adPartner":"desktop/gamespot.com","desktopAdPartner":"desktop%2Fgamespot.com","mobileAdPartner":"mobile_web%2Fgamespot.com_mobile","mapp":"gamespot","cms":"pi","seekablePlaybacks":["html5","uvpjs"],"tracking":[{"name":"SiteCatalyst","category":"qos","enabled":true,"params":[{"name":"charSet","value":"UTF-8"},{"name":"currencyCode","value":"USD"},{"name":"siteType","value":"responsive web"},{"name":"trackingServer","value":"saa.gamespot.com"},{"name":"visitorNamespace","value":"cbsinteractive"},{"name":"heartbeatTrackingServer","value":"newimagitasinc.hb.omtrdc.net"},{"name":"heartbeatVisitorMarketingCloudOrgId","value":"3C66570E5FE1A4AB0A495FFC@AdobeOrg"},{"name":"partnerID","value":"gamespot"},{"name":"siteCode","value":"gamespot"},{"name":"brand","value":"gamespot"},{"name":"account","value":"cbsigamespotsite"},{"name":"edition","value":"us"}]},{"name":"ComScore_ss","category":"qos","enabled":true,"params":[{"name":"c2","value":"31824268"},{"name":"publishersSecret","value":"2cb08ca4d095dd734a374dff8422c2e5"},{"name":"c3","value":""},{"name":"partnerID","value":"gamespot"},{"name":"c4","value":"gamespot"}]},{"name":"NielsenTracking","category":"tracking","enabled":true,"params":[{"name":"host","value":"https://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?"},{"name":"scCI","value":"us-200330"},{"name":"scC6","value":"vc,c01"}]},{"name":"MuxQOSPluginJS","category":"qos","enabled":true,"params":[{"name":"propertyKey","value":"b7d6e48b7461a61cb6e863a62"}]}],"trackingAccount":"cbsigamespotsite","trackingSiteCode":"gs","trackingPrimaryId":"cbsigamespotsite","videoAssetSource":"GameSpot","uvpjsHostname":"//www.gamespot.com","siteType":"responsive web","startMuted":false,"screenMediumThumb":"https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1574/15746725/4276875-spoton_s2ep008_larianbaldursgate3interview_20240320v4.jpg","videoStreams":{"adaptive_stream":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Xggmymti.m3u8"},"userId":0,"premium":false,"datePublished":1711045800,"videoAdPartner":"desktop%2Fgamespot.com","videoAdMobilePartner":"mobile_web%2Fgamespot.com_mobile"}” data-non-iframe-embed=”1″ data-jw-context-name=”gamespot” data-jw-media-id=”Xggmymti” data-jw-player-url=”https://cdn.jwplayer.com/libraries/VXc5h4Tf.js” data-jw-video-token data-has-youtube data-youtube-icon-path=”https://www.gamespot.com/a/bundles/phoenixsite/images/core/loose/icn-youtube-30×30.png” readability=”7.9130434782609″>

You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.

Click To Unmute

Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

Sign up or Sign in now!

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.

This video has an invalid file format.

Sorry, but you can’t access this content!

Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking ‘enter’, you agree to GameSpot’s

Terms of Use and
Privacy Policy

Now Playing: Baldur’s Gate 4 Isn’t Next For Larian; Something Bigger Is Coming

Speaking to GameSpot at GDC, Vincke explained that Larian’s next game also won’t actually be the aforementioned “very big RPG,” but will be another step toward realizing it.

“I think there is some tech that we don’t have yet,” Vincke said. “And I don’t know what the specs are on the next gen [of gaming systems] yet, but I hope that it’s going to bring us closer.”

A game so large it makes Baldur’s Gate 3 look like a halfling’s mid-morning snack sounds almost unfathomable, perhaps to the point that you’d need to take a lengthy work sabbatical in order to finish it. Just what Vincke and the rest of the Larian team have in store for such a game remains to be seen, but it’s clear that for what we consider a “very big RPG” in 2024, the studio is doing a pretty damn good job.

For more on Larian, read why the studio opted not to make Baldur’s Gate 4–or any Dungeons & Dragons game–as its next project.

Time Stamp:

More from Gamespot