Or at least an IWD sequel in spirit: A game in the same engine as BG3, taking place in Forgotten Realms, but with a more linear main story and you create your entire party. Not that I dont enjoy having companion stories but I do also enjoy a simple dungeon crawler RPG.
Solasta is of course a good but less shiny alternative. I’m probably going back there when I tire of BG3.
First and foremost I want to see mods and expansions to BG3.
Ideally, we would have someone start developing a mod version of Icewind Dale, then maybe Larian could hire them on to make an official full game.
I’d like to see another Planescape game or like something set on Krynn or Athas or in Wildspace. A Ravenloft game could be cool.
There’s soooo much room to explore in the D&D universe, it’s okay to go more than a few hundred miles from the Sword Coast. Not that I don’t love the region.
Honestly, Pillars of Eternity is probably that IWD spiritual sequel you’re looking for, then there’s Pillars 2 and also Tyranny is pretty great. All of which are made by some of the original devs of IWD. As for an updated sequel graphically, man idk, BG3 has raised the bar so high, and that’s a good thing but it’s gonna be a long time before that happens.
Tyranny is an amazing game. Too bad Obsidian Entertainment got sold to Microsoft.
Pillars 2 was great as well, it’s a shame it wasn’t as successful as Pillars 1.
Pillars 2 devolves into a really crappy boat simulator very quickly and it really turned me off of it. It’s a shame because pillars 2 gameplay is so much better than pillars 1.
Here is my three picks I would love to see (in order):
- Spelljammer
- Planescape
- Icewind Dale
IWD was my jam back when I was a wee lad. I would buy IWD3 so fast, my wallet would burst into flame with the wind resistance from pulling it out so fast.
