{"id":1453125,"date":"2026-01-07T07:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s8jbuPweHAtPDRNJGEzTcn"},"modified":"2026-01-07T07:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:18:27","slug":"thats-pretty-cool-larian-boss-swen-vincke-responds-after-stranger-things-co-creator-credits-baldurs-gate-3-for-inspiring-the-shows-climactic-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thats-pretty-cool-larian-boss-swen-vincke-responds-after-stranger-things-co-creator-credits-baldurs-gate-3-for-inspiring-the-shows-climactic-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;That&#8217;s pretty cool&#8217;: Larian boss Swen Vincke responds after Stranger Things co-creator credits Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 for inspiring the show&#8217;s climactic battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A team of would-be heroes working together to take down a powerful bad guy that none of them could handle on their own is hardly a novel concept. One might think of the Super Friends, for instance, or the time Kiss battled an evil genius to save an amusement park. So it&#8217;s maybe a bit, well, odd that Stranger Things co-creator Matt Duffer credits the inspiration for the show&#8217;s finale to Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3. But it&#8217;s also pretty cool, right?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were thinking about D&#038;D, and I was playing Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 at the time, and we felt it was very important that the only way for them to defeat it was for the entire party to work together,&#8221; Duffer told <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/stranger-things-finale-is-eleven-alive-vecna-killed-rock-spinoff-1236621528\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a> about the final battle between Vecna, the Mind Flayer, and the gang. &#8220;Everyone had fully realized\u2014either through self-acceptance or they&#8217;ve resolved all their various issues\u2014moving into that final battle, they&#8217;re absolutely primed. They&#8217;re the ultimate team, and it&#8217;s the party working all together to defeat this thing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And they each have their own individual skills, right? And that&#8217;s where I go back to Dungeons &#038; Dragons, and something like Baldur&#8217;s Gate. Because that&#8217;s how you take down these monsters that seem otherwise unstoppable. Lots of videogame references were applied to that final battle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Using teams of folks with individual skills to whomp the bejeezus out of some soul-sucking unpleasantness is Gaming 101, really: With a little bit of luck and a can-do attitude, a fighter, a mage, and a cleric can solve pretty much any problem you want to throw at them. Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 is certainly the latest (and possibly greatest) example, but you could say the same about the original heroes of the Sword Coast, or the squad Khelben Blackstaff <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/why-you-should-play-eye-of-the-beholder-2-from-gogs-dd-collection\/\">sent to Temple Darkmoon<\/a>, or the gang who saved the city of Phlan in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/i-played-dozens-of-retro-games-this-year-and-these-are-the-ones-i-still-whole-heartedly-recommend-going-into-2026\/\">Pool of Radiance<\/a>, or\u2014well, you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>And while there is a temptation to be <em>too cool for school<\/em> about it, the truth is that those of us who are in the know about such things likely represent a relatively small portion of the overall Stranger Things audience\u2014and for those who are not, hearing about the Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 inspiration might come as more of an interesting surprise.<\/p>\n<p>And hey, spreading the word about one of the best videogames ever made is pretty cool, after all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LarAtLarian\/status\/2008573846526529945\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:80.63%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"y84nBnTrP2CxbRS3cnZW88\" name=\"swen\" alt=\"That's pretty cool\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/thats-pretty-cool-larian-boss-swen-vincke-responds-after-stranger-things-co-creator-credits-baldurs-gate-3-for-inspiring-the-shows-climactic-battle.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1548\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Swen Vincke (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inspiration works both ways, as it turns out: After Vincke posted about the Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 inspiration, Larian head of publishing Michael Douse <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cromwelp\/status\/2008575148501368920\" target=\"_blank\">responded<\/a>, &#8220;Damn now I really should watch Stranger Things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"6620b203-d69d-429d-9902-489ab00c59a7\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/thats-pretty-cool-larian-boss-swen-vincke-responds-after-stranger-things-co-creator-credits-baldurs-gate-3-for-inspiring-the-shows-climactic-battle.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"6620b203-d69d-429d-9902-489ab00c59a7\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/movies-tv\/thats-pretty-cool-larian-boss-swen-vincke-responds-after-stranger-things-co-creator-credits-baldurs-gate-3-for-inspiring-the-shows-climactic-battle\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of would-be heroes working together to take down a powerful bad guy that none of them could handle on their own is hardly a novel concept. One might think of the Super Friends, for instance, or the time Kiss battled an evil genius to save an amusement park. So it&#8217;s maybe a bit, well, odd that Stranger Things co-creator Matt Duffer credits the inspiration for the show&#8217;s finale to Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3. 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