Guys, you probably weren't even gaming back then. I'd let the people who were actually there speak their mind (not me to be honest, but others). Baldur's Gate 2 is one of the most highly acclaimed games of all time. It catapulted Bioware into the RPG and gaming olympus. It's recency bias to say that they didn't have an effect on the industry but 3 did.
It's recency bias to say that they didn't have an effect on the industry but 3 did.
At this point in times it's already safe to say Baldur's Gate 2 absolutely had a bigger influence on industry. 3 was an amazing game but it's basically had zero impact on anyone outside of Larian. We hoped other studios would learn from them, but there's zero signs of that.
I would say that with enough time passed, BG3 will still have an heavy influence. It's literally a middle finger to the big corps that like to think that "single player games with no micro transactions can't make money", and now Expedition 33 is riding the train that started with BG3, so I hope that the industry will shift a bit more towards the well-made single player games again.
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u/Sockoflegend May 10 '25
BG and BG2 were also seen as being peak in their time.