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I think I speak for everyone when I say: >:O

I love Baldur's Gate. I hope this is true.

>:O indeed

Hope Bethesda gets it, that way their fine fans can enjoy another first person shooter!

@ Solivagant

GTFO

Obsidian have an unfortunate reputation for being commissioned to make sequels to classic Bioware games and making a hash of it. I'm thinking of Neverwinter Nights and KOTOR here. Brian's already pointed out the horrible ending of KOTOR2, which was only the worst of many glaring inadequacies in that game (which was, admittedly, allegedly rushed to publication at the behest of Lucasarts). KOTOR2 had a lot of potential but was unfinished, bodged together and it showed. There is still a restoration project ongoing to try to fix the game, since Obsidian and Lucasarts have shown no inclination to do so. In fact, the last patch released by Obsidian broke the game, and it had to be repaired by the community. I strongly recommend you visit http://www.team-gizka.org/ to see their work, which appears to be nearing completion.

Anyhoo, this is a very long way of saying that I don't trust Obsidian to make a decent job of it. Which is a shame.

OMG! Make it Obsidian, please! I didn't like KOTOR, as I found it to be a shallow and poorly written game, but Mask of the Betrayer was such a candy (even with that annoying spirit points) that it makes up for everything! A beautiful, atmospheric love story with mystery and compelling twists.

Baldur's Gate 3... I'm so happy, that I'll cry now.

As much as I like Obsidian lets be honest. Their games are good, but are NOT great. Kotor 1[Bioware] was better then Kotor II[Obsidian], Neverwinter nights I[Bioware] was noticeably better then Neverwinter nights II[Obsidian]. If anyone should be allowed to make BGIII it's Bioware. I want greatness, not good.

Actually, knowing Obsidian and Atari, it'll probably be more similar to Neverwinter Nights, which had really shitty camera system and mediocre story.

@Aertyr

What aspects of NWN1 were noticeably better then NWN2, exactly? Boring gameplay, idiotic characters, dull conversations, retarded storytelling, stupid role playing, unimaginative story and overall sensation of eternal boredom while slashing through myriads of brainless opponents were the only aspects of NWN1. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to sound inflammatory, but my disappointment in buying that shit is just to great to leave your comment without a reply. The game was such a turd that I couldn't get myself to finish fucking Port Last, and as years have passed it only gathers dust and serves as a reminder never to buy an original game before pirating it first.

Now, NWN2, on the other hand is not a great game, but it's enjoyable. Gameplay is solid and characters are fun. Especially Khelgar, Sand and Ammon Jerro, and the story structure is sound although it lacks more plot driven twists. All conversations have their purpose so we can all say that the editors did a fine job in not boring the player with endless, baseless and useless gabbing like NWN1 does.

As much as I love Bioware (well, at least I did, before they sold their collective soul to the devil) I must say that NWN1 is an epic fail. It's not even a game. It's a game engine for unemployed people to develop their own modules.

Besides, if you're looking for greatness, look no further. Planescape: Torment redefined the meaning of greatness long time ago. No other RPG, not even BG2 or Fallout series can deliver such an emotional punch and totally ruin player's ass. Planescape: Torment is the epitome of storytelling and creative explosion of artistic beauty on all levels.

The Baldur's Gate series are hands down, my FAVORITE games.
But if Bioware isn't doing it... then I have no hope.

@JoeTom
Team Gizka FTW. I've been waiting since about the start so glad it's just about done, hadn't checked for a couple of months so just watched the final trailer :)