Owlcat founder breaks down RPG budgets and Larian’s impact on genre: “We can’t invest $200 million to make BG3” | Game World Observer
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RPGs have always been one of the most difficult and risky genres in terms of production. Here is what Owlcat Games founder and CEO Oleg Shpilchevskiy has to say about the challenges posed by rising costs, as well as the success of Baldur’s Gate 3 and its impact on the industry.
  • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 months ago

    In terms of writing both Owlcat and Larian are both exceptional IMHO. They both have made games that are just massive in scope IMHO. Obviously Larians technical polish on BG3 is also world class, and I hope that some of those pieces can trickle down to more devs.