Jeff Gardiner, veteran RPG developer, said he's 'thrilled, not threatened' by the success of other RPGs like Baldur's G…
Jeff Gardiner, veteran RPG developer, said he's"thrilled, not threatened" by the success of other RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3.
That team in question is Gardiner's new studio, Something Wicked Games, which comprises staff from Bethesda, Obsidian and BioWare. Gardiner himself worked on both the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series from 2005 until the creation of Something Wicked Games in 2022. Its debut game will be Wyrdsong, a new RPG with preternatural and occult themes.Gardiner believes that's"sort of a trap".
"It's definitely going to have the Bethesda vibe," he said, but as a third-person open world game set in mediaeval Portugal. But its occult elements will differentiate the game from Elder Scrolls, which was more Tolkien-esque fantasy."We're definitely targeting the Bethesda and Obsidian audience who love RPGs," he added.
Procedural generation is a topic that's been debated in the build up to Bethesda's Starfield, with regards to both randomised and handcrafted planets. It's something that will"absolutely" be used in Wyrdsong, though Gardiner admitted it will be employed carefully. "There's always a war at the end of making games: should we keep putting content in to flesh this out? Or should we stop and start fixing bugs? I feel, having shipped seven games, it is a very difficult decision, because you always want to add more, but you don't want to keep going until you can't fix it."
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