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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 63450" data-attributes="member: 1">Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke has admitted the Baldur's Gate 3 team had "to crunch a bit" during development, meaning employees had to work overtime in order to finish the game on time.As reported by <a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/baldurs-gate-3-had-less-crunch-than-larians-previous-rpgs-but-its-director-says-you-will-always-have-a-little-bit-of-overtime/" target="_blank">Games Radar</a>, Vincke said at the Digital Dragons conference that the amount of crunch required for Baldur's Gate 3 was less than the studio's previous games, however, and he thinks some overtime is always required to complete a game."Certainly less on Baldur's Gate 3 than we did in the past," Vincke said when asked if Larian employees had to crunch to finish development. "It would be a lie to say that we didn't. We had things happen that we didn't foresee."It would be a lie to say that we didn't.Vincke insisted employees, including himself, "didn't overly crunch" but "did have to do a bit" to wrap up Baldur's Gate 3. Employees would almost always leave by 8pm and worked at weekends "very, very, very rarely", he added."I think, to be honest, you will always have a little bit when you're trying to finish something, especially when there's so much complexity that needs to be brought together," Vincke said.Crunch has proved a controversial topic within the video game industry, with developers such as CD Projekt Red, the studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher, being criticised for <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-studio-head-responds-to-mandatory-crunch-reports" target="_blank">forcing mandatory overtime</a> upon its employees. The backlash was seemingly heard loud and clear by those in charge though, as <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/phantom-liberty-director-insists-cd-projekt-has-moved-away-from-crunch" target="_blank">studio leaders insist CD Projekt Red has moved away from that style of working</a>.Baldur's Gate 3, a Dungeon & Dragons based role-playing game, proved a smash hit upon its release in 2023, earning <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-wins-game-of-the-year-from-new-york-video-game-critics-circle" target="_blank">myriad game of the year awards</a> alongside <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-review" target="_blank">a 10/10 review from IGN</a>."With crunchy, tactical RPG combat, a memorable story with complex characters, highly polished cinematic presentation, and a world that always rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur's Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs," we said.Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.<a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/larian-ceo-admits-baldurs-gate-3-team-had-to-do-a-bit-of-crunch" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

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