• halvo317@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    No. Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and Baldur’s Gate 3 all draw influence from Skyrim. I think open world games are better because of Skyrim.

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      8 months ago

      Dragon Age: Inquisition and Witcher 3 both began development in the same year Skyrim released. I don’t know if I can really say they were influenced by Skyrim because of the timing, but I haven’t played either.

      Baldur’s Gate 3 drawing influence from Skyrim I will have to vehemently disagree with. That assertion just makes no sense at all.

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        8 months ago

        Are you saying none of the developers played Skyrim? Even if you’re designing to not be Skyrim, you’re still influenced by it.

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          8 months ago

          Are you saying none of the Skyrim’s developers played Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2? Did you?

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            8 months ago

            Did RPG game developers play an RPG before developing an RPG? Yes. That’s how influences work. I didn’t play BG1 or BG2 because I was a child.

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              8 months ago

              Did RPG game developers play an RPG before developing an RPG? Yes.

              So, what the point of your comment about Skyrim then ?

              I didn’t play BG1 or BG2 because I was a child.

              Maybe you should begin with that before saying Skyrim had any influence on BG3, don’t you think?

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                My point was that Skyrim didn’t ruin RPGs because there still exists demand for RPGs and quality content. Without seminal games like Skyrim, you don’t get proper investment in games like BG3.

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                  Without seminal games like Skyrim, you don’t get proper investment in games like BG3.

                  What are you even trying to say? BG3 wouldn’t exist without Skyrim? did you ever play Diablo 1 or 2? World Of Warcraft during Burning Crusade or Wrath Of The Lich King?

                  Skyrim didn’t bring anything new. Skyrim is just a drop in the ocean, with no impact on Baldur’s Gate 3, as there were tons of greater and more impactful games before that.

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                    8 months ago

                    In the form it is today? No. You don’t get $100M to develop the game if you don’t have previous titles selling 60M copies.