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Larian Studios - Swen Vincke and Adam Smith Interview

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    [​IMG]Gamepressure interviewed Swen Vincke and Adam Smith:

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    'We Started From Zero and We Could Go Back to Zero.' Interview With Baldur's Gate 3 Devs - Swen Vincke and Adam Smith

    Some people are much more than great devs. They are a joy to talk to. This is the case with Swen Vincke and Adam Smith - people from Larian, responsible for Baldur's Gate 3. We spoke about BG3 itself, RPG, industry, and the tough past. To say the least.

    One huge conference about games (Digital Dragons, to be specific). One small, but air-conditioned white room bathed in sun. And four grown men chatting about games, industry, fantasy, and the future. About the good, the sad, and the horny. About Larian and its massive RPGs.

    Two of those people are developers of the titan called Baldur's Gate 3 - you may have heard that title somewhere - Swen Vincke (Larian's man-in-charge) and Adam Smith (Writing Director). Both were questioned by Hubert Sosnowski and Adam Zechenter. See below what happened, when it all clashed together.

    Hubert Sosnowski: What would be the funniest joke in the world if its author was Larian and not Monty Python?

    Swen Vincke: Okay, it's a fun question. Mummy wakes up in his tomb, looks around, and sees that all his stuff is gone. He says: "What the heck happened?" And then finds traces that somebody redistributed his wealth. Mummy says: this can't be. And then goes on a rampage... My joke isn't going anywhere... Well, my head of narrative is American, and the moment we'd wake up he just said the British took it all. [Laughs]

    HS: Okay, gentlemen. According to the Monty Python rules, you've just basically killed all the people in the room. Since we're in the realm of fantasy, I need to know. Would you resist or serve the mind flyers?

    Adam Smith: I would resist. I like the independence of thought, so I find the whole collective of the mind flyers incredibly creepy. I don't like anyone telling me what to do, really, which annoys Swen sometimes. I obey only certain people. But our lead writer, Chrystal, has always been a big fan. She believes that the mind flyers are good for us, and they will take away all of our pain and sorrow, and they will control us, and then that's fine because then we don't have to think. That's better. She's a big fan.

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