What do you think/ hope the new Beamdog game is going to be?
Buttercheese
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So there have been hints that there is already a new game in the works by Beamdog:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/693016/#Comment_693016
The question is just ... what game is it?
As stated in the above mentioned post, it's not going to be Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition.
What do you hope/ think it's goint to be? Discuss!
PS: Due to some wishes from the other folks here, the poll will be concentrated on which you actually believe is the most likely to be released. But please go on discussing either
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/693016/#Comment_693016
The question is just ... what game is it?
As stated in the above mentioned post, it's not going to be Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition.
What do you hope/ think it's goint to be? Discuss!
PS: Due to some wishes from the other folks here, the poll will be concentrated on which you actually believe is the most likely to be released. But please go on discussing either
- What do you think/ hope the new Beamdog game is going to be?40 votes
- Planescape Torment: Enhanced Edition30.00%
- Icewind Dale 2: Enhanced Edition20.00%
- Fallout: Enhanced Edition7.50%
- Baldur's Gate 317.50%
- An Enhanced Edition of something else (please comment)10.00%
- A completely new IP (please comment)15.00%
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I would predict they'd be more interested in a novel title. Though personally I'd prefer to see IWD2:EE come out.
But reading how the meeting went and that Wizards have future projects in mind, my hunch is it'll be some new RPG from Forgotten realms lore.
How will everything unravel, we'll see.
What I'd hope for is BG3, but I think IWD2ee is a little more likely. Having already done IWDee, I reckon Beamdog might be feeling that their task is unfinished until they also do IWD2ee.
After that... I'm personally hoping for PS:T EE. Although, I wouldn't mind to be suprised by an Arcanum: Enhanced Edition. Or even Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader Enhanced Edition for that matter. Heck, even an TESII:Daggerfall Enhanced Edition would pique my interest.
As a small business, you can't do everything at once. It's often a pretty good strategy for the first several years to establish a solid reputation for being good at a single narrow speciality, to make yourself stand out from all the other small companies in roughly the same field.
Expanding into wider activities is something the company will naturally want to do as they try to grow the business, but it's often wise to move fairly slowly and cautiously when going beyond what you've already proved you can do successfully.
Btw, Shandyr, you should vote. What if the devs are reading this thread and say: hey, let's make a game which will be the outcome of this poll.
I know NWN:EE will come someday...
... no?
Fine, I'll go with "think", since the hopes have been discussed in other threads plenty. I still want you to talk about both tho! And now let's drop the meta-discussion and actually get to the real one xD
I honestly can't decide if they are making IWD2:EE or PST:EE, but I'd prefer the latter.
I think they are only gonna hit up BG3 or a new IP once they finished the "series".
I also miss being able to zoom and the quick-looting.
However, enthusiastic managers (and enthusiastic customers!) often run well ahead of the readiness of the wider marketplace, and therefore end up making their move into a new field too soon. Plenty of small companies have gone bust by making that mistake.
My judgment is that it's still a little early for Beamdog to make this move which would set them in head-to-head competition with loads of other game developers. They had two dodgy buggy releases (BG1ee and BG2ee) before they got it right with the more well-tested release of IWDee, so they haven't yet finished establishing a solid reputation as the go-to guys when you're looking for a high-quality re-make. I reckon they need a smooth and successful release of SoD, and then a further couple of EEs of other games (and also with a smooth well-tested release), to be solidly established as "the experts" in the niche of re-working existing material.
Then yes, I reckon they'd be able to enter the original-games market already carrying a strong reputation from their previous work, which is a key edge in a tough market.
... I can dream ...
Otherwise I'd like to see icewind Dale 2: EE
It leads me to undestanding a new game won't be an EE.
In their 3rd job position they used an "upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms computer role playing games" phrase.
It further emphasizes a new game won't be PSTEE, because PST is not in the Forgotten Realms, it is from another AD&D fantasy campaign setting, the multiverse of Planescape.
This is why I'm thinking about something like "IWD3". A game, where their experience of creating good battles (the Black Pits, the EE content, the upcoming SoD with "strategic, not only tactical" battles) with several characters will come to life.
As for an expansion to BG2, they said it could be done if SoD was a success. Sod hasn't been released yet, so they can't start an expansion to BG2 now.
As for an EE, I really think they want to try something new, all their strategy of the company shows their intent of reaching a new level. Maybe PSTEE will be available as an option in the future (and after TToN is released, welcomed and recieved a year status).
As for what I think they'll do, that's almost impossible to answer without access to market research data, sales figures and budget constraints. Whatever they do it must be about growing the Beamdog brand, and that could well be the deciding factor as to whether they want to be known as THE company for enhancing existing games or a company that produces exciting new material in a proven format.
Baldurs Gate 3 isn't really needed. The story more or less is concluded with ToB, not much to do here + licensing issues?