Settings & Story in BGIII

[wise grimwald]

I would quite like to have a plot based on restoring the flying machine in IWD to working order. Missing parts could be scattered about and you have to locate them. Then once it has been put together, you could have quests to other places. You could have it breaking down in some inaccessible place, a bit like Dr. Who, but set only in the realms. Once introduced, the possibilities for plots are endless.
Like others, I would also prefer the BG1 format of being able to go anywhere and not to have to follow the prescribed script linearly as per other games.

[BGRocks]

I like the idea of continuing the story from ToB, where you try and prove yourself as a god or something. It could take place in either some higher plane, Faerun, or both, being able to travel from one to the other. Also, something would happen to weaken you, so you're not a high level character the whole game, but have to build it. It would also be nice to bring back some of the charaters from the first two games as party members, or just for cameos. BG had some great characters, so it'd be a shame if we never saw any of them.

[Elessar-NWN]

You could theoretically play as Bhaal. There is no solid description of him/her, and even if he was male, he could be forced to take on a female form.

The main plot could be about the Sword of Mask and the Time of Troubles, and a way of sowing the Bhaalspawn seeds.

So you begin after the Tablets of Fate are stolen, somewhere in the Wilderness. You find that the other Gods have de-ascended, and you have to kill them. Ypou begin gathering factions to you (a stronghold) whilst searchign for the Sword of Mask. Cyric finds it first, kills you, and the rest, as they say, is history .

[dakedoom]

i for one would be interested in seeing Rashemen, Zhentil Keep and maybe even Waterdeep (10x the size of Baldur's Gate you know)

as for setting the premise to pre-BG1, i agree wholeheartedly. it's pretty much the only way of safely making another Bhaalspawn. and one with a more exciting background (i don't mind the one in BG.. but in NWN 2 you start as a friggin' swamp farmer. it's just pitiful). also many of the quests would have well to do with the saga. for example being one of Gorions Harper companions and confronting Firkraag.
and since it's the Time of Troubles it wouldn't hurt to meet a deity or two (and not the more predictable ones like Cyric, Tyr and Helm).


and to those who think it should continue from ToB, don't you think this will get too far-fetched? the characters' aftermaths are written and the closure fulfilled. and future stories can't assume that you actually made a decision concerning the Throne. if you united with the Bhaal essence then it's gg and go, since you're now an intermediate god. and if you didn't.. well then future would have nothing to do with him anymore.. or with anything for that matter.. since you subdued all the supposedly greatest threats in all the realms. nobody will ever stand against you again, not even Elminster or Khelben

[UnderscoreGeist]

I think that it should simply begin in Waterdeep. Though i would like to see many of the places mentioned: Shadowdale, Calimport, Baldurs Gate, etc. I dont think that Thay was mentioned. I would like to see a thriving Thay, and possibly a strong link in the main plot?

[Qeed]

In baldur's gate (both I and II) the citizens talk about the world on the other side of the sea that just has be found - (suggesting that some sort of Columbus character found "america"). I think it would be fun that BGIII would be about Imoens child (you) and his/her friend (the character you was in BII's child) and have something to do with this new world - perhaps some sort of evilness begins to storm out of this "america" (ops that feels political :P) You must stop this evil...

This way you still have the Bhaal gene inside you but you dont have to have played the earlier games to understand it all. Plus you dont have your old character - it would feel kinda booring if one person lives through so many big adventures in the same lifetime - better if there is some fresh blood in the story

[Jarryn]

Hmph, just decided to throw one more wave of negativity out there, even though there isnt any need any longer.

Personally Im stuck between not believing Baldurs Gate III will ever appear, or simply not caring.

Not believing because its a rumour that has appeared before, and a rather strange one considering not many other game series' get such a final send off as in ToB, and the time between the “end” and this “revival”.

Not caring because it will more than likely be a Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance, in that there is absolutely nothing to link it to the PC game other than the name, font and setting. Therefore it doesn’t deserve to be linked to the PC series. Of course, that is a minor point from me, considering Im someone who looks at the picture this way: If it isnt a continuation of the "Bhaalspawn" [charname], than I dont care anyway.

Its a rabid fanboy opinion, but as far as Im concerned, the thing that made Baldurs Gate special was that the story was your *own*. I pour my heart and soul into roleplaying my bhaalspawn character throughout both games and expansions. Of course, considering the finality of ToB its only natural to consider a new story. Yet that is exactly why I dont much care, as the old one is, outside of a miraculous revival, completely done and dusted. Therefore any crappy prequel or unrelated sequel in name only does nothing to entice me in the slightest.

So, I believe it -most likely- will never come to fruition, or in the unlikely event it does, will not be a continuation of, or perhaps even a worthwhile homage to the experience that makes the Baldurs Gate series my all time, hands down, favourite game(s) of all time.

So to answer the question, if the story isnt after the events of ToB (despite seeing how almost impossible such a story would be, considering it *ENDED* there) and in Faerun of course, I don’t care.