Baldur's Gate 3 developers are so transparent that gamers are amazed at the level of honesty

Baldur's Gate 3 has been making the headlines ever since it came out. The game was so well-made that it had a massive footfall within a few hours after launch, so much so that it shattered GTA 5's concurrent player record. Even the developer was surprised at the sheer number of people who were playing the game on a regular basis.

Larian Studios has been releasing hotfixes to patch out certain bugs in the title ever since it went live. The developer recently released Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 4, which had to be rolled back following a few issues that it created with the save files. However, it quickly redeployed another fix within 24 hours, leaving players stunned by the immediate response.

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Baldur's Gate 3 developers are setting the standards for transparency

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After the issue was spotted with the hotfix, Larian Studios took to Steam to address the issue and spoke about what had happened. Here's what the developer had to say:

"Hotfix 4 went through a rigorous QA pipeline and was confirmed as a candidate for release yesterday. However, we triggered a rebuild of the version relatively last minute to change the version number. The version that was cooked was unfortunately plagued by compiler corruption, which was causing certain exceptions that normally wouldn’t cause crashes to - you guessed it - cause crashes.

"Since compiler issues like that are extremely rare, we weren’t prepared for it. We should’ve been. We messed up."

It's rare for video game developers to admit their mistakes and fix issues so promptly. Larian Studios' transparency amazed fans of Baldur's Gate 3, who took to Reddit to share their opinions.

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Some pointed out that players should have a little bit of faith in Larian Studios. When Baldur's Gate 3 started crashing, there were players who were raging on the subreddit in response to the incident. Considering that the developer's response was so prompt, a few Redditors were of the opinion that these individuals should have been calmer.

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Others felt that this reaction was justified. According to them, most AAA developers barely communicate with their player base, or even if they do, they implement changes that are detrimental to the gameplay rather than making their titles more player-friendly.

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One individual, however, pointed out that Baldur's Gate 3 was a best-case scenario where everything worked in favor of the developer.

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There were also many mentions of Blizzard Entertainment, the developer behind Diablo 4. The company has been involved in a lot of controversies ever since the Season of the Malignant patch went out.

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Although Blizzard Entertainment has been fixing the issues bit by bit, it's taking time, and players are having a hard time enjoying the game.

Although it's not accurate to compare the two studios because they have different patterns, players cannot help but expect the same level of transparency and communication that Larian Studios has shown its fans.