I think it's kinda weird how obsessed the gaming press is with Larian. I get it, they made one of the best games that released last year, but that's not enough to make an article out of everything they say. It has been months of these articles being on my lemmy feed and they have yet to say something interesting.
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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The thing is: they didn't just make one of the best games released last year, they made one of the best games released in a decade. I, like many people, had given up hope on ever getting a game with this kind of size and quality. It's normal that people look towards the authors of creative works with such an impact.
Nobody was talking about Larian when they released DOS2, and the only big thing BG3 has that DOS2 doesn't is the animated dialogue (and DnD setting).
To be fair, just that system was a lot of work for the devs and it does wonders for the game; but DOS2 is a freaking amazing game too, it just didn't have the publicity.
They are indeed great games! But these things are big differences. I've started DOS2, but haven't played much so far since it didn't pull me in, probably due to "worse" introductions to the characters.
Yep dos 1 and 2 are crazy underrated, which is why I'm happy Bg3 got so much praise, even if my hipster side hurts a bit lol.
If people actually wanted a lot of coverage about the individuals behind those generation defining games, I feel like I would have gotten a lot more of "Miyazaki said..." or "Breath of the Wild dev wrote...". The Larian coverage seems more like a lot of cheap and easy articles churn out by those sites because they can throw in keywords about the currently popular thing and because even the intern can write them since they happen to speak English.
Do they make as many public statements as Larian does?
I couldn't tell you exactly as I don't speak japanese, but I believe Hidetaka Miyazaki does quite lot of interviews. Surely there's something in there you could make an article on, otherwise people would probably stop interviewing him. But of course, you're right, Larian could also be especially vocal for some reason.
Like these ones?
https://fandomwire.com/elden-rings-hidetaka-miyazaki-surprise-confession/
https://fandomwire.com/unlikely-inspiration-elden-ring-hidetaka-miyazaki/
If you can point to statements made by him that don't really get covered I'll agree, but I don't know what these would be.
On the other hand articles get made about some EA CEO asshole, some Activision CEO Asshole or some other big gaming coorp CEO asshole...
Ngl, i much prefer to read about people that actually deserve respect instead of some greedy CEO that never touched a gamepad in their life but pretends to understand what gamers want.
So, if i can chose between Larian commenting on Palworld, or Activision Blizzard commenting on Palword, i chose Larian every time.
Maybe we should see what Corey Taylor thinks
IMO opinion they made one of the best games ever released.
Agreed.
They’re completely different styles of games and BG3 has been out for months already, so okay.
It was just a short reply about the top played games on Steam (by playtime), but of course it has to be expanded to a whole, useless article, along with a clickbait headline.
BG3 will have good staying power, probably.
I havent played it yet because I know its going to be a time sink and I'm too busy at the moment.
Isn't call of duty kicking everyone's ass by selling Nicky Minaj skins or something. Apples and oranges
I wonder if that will outlive the publicity of that situation.
Gasp! BG3 wasn't the last game ever made? The games industry is still making more?
Preposterous.
Without significant updates, that won’t be true in three months, though. I loved my 70 hours in PalWorld but I don’t get much out of continued play or even new games.
BG3 gives me a lot of options and subsequent things to find out if I play again.
On the other hand same things were said about PUBG, and that game's popularity will never be truly explained. It defies logic.
I think the battle royale portion covers that. The multiplayer aspect provides the variety. PubG got in at a good time too.
Yawn, what an unnecessary article.
Welcome to gaming journalism.