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Baldur’s Gate 3<\/a> director Swen Vincke has just hosted a bombshell Baldur’s Gate 3 talk at GDC 2023, peeling back the curtain at the development process of the GDCA game of the year winner<\/a>. One of the secrets he spilt was that at one point during early development, the team wanted there to be multiple dungeons masters narrating the game… Including Matt Mercer.\n<\/p>\n

This revelation came during an anecdote about the early ambition of the game, including the desire to make cinematics a major part of the Baldur’s Gate 3 experience.\n<\/p>\n

“You’ll notice that Divininty: Original Sin 2 had this narrator – this dungeon master. We said you know what, we should make that the thing for Baldur’s Gate 3 also”. Sven stated in front of a live GDC crowd. He’d go on to showcase a very early cinematic of Minsc<\/a>, with a narrator providing the running commentary on his actions, even going as far as adding an ‘he barks’ following Minsc’s line.\n<\/p>\n

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Baldur’s Gate 3 director Swen Vincke has just hosted a bombshell Baldur’s Gate 3 talk at GDC 2023, peeling back the curtain at the development process of the GDCA game of the year winner. One of the secrets he spilt was that at one point during early development, the team wanted there to be multiple dungeons masters narrating the game… Including Matt Mercer. This revelation came during an anecdote about the early ambition of the game, including the desire to make cinematics a major part of the Baldur’s Gate 3 experience. “You’ll notice that Divininty: Original Sin 2 had this narrator – this dungeon master. We said you know what, we should make that the thing for Baldur’s Gate 3 also”. Sven stated in front…<\/p>\n

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