Who here has played Black and White? Awesome game, right!? I loved the feeling of being a God and messing around with the world.
The reason I love Baldur's Gate so much is because it lets me become a God. I never, ever, allowed Bhaal's essence to go to waste, even with my Inquisitor I believed I could punish those who commit murder and be a just God of Death. I hated that ToB ends just when my character finally achieves their destiny!
Now, my idea for Baldur's Gate 3. You have ascended to the position of God of Death and Lord of Murder. Imagine a combination sim-city engine for managing worshipers, performing godly deeds, and all the juicy manipulation of mortal affairs that makes being a God so much fun. Meanwhile, there is also a 1st/3rd person element where your avatar can create their own divine plane, interact with other dieties, and progress the plot of the game.
In the Forgotten Realms universe, Cyric murders Mystra and causes the Spellplague. It makes no sense why your character from Baldur's Gate, having assumed the portfolio of God of Murder, wouldn't have caught wind of this. Depending on your choice to be a just or wicked diety, you influence Cyric's plans and change the overall path of the game.
Ultimately you can choose to use your divine essence to assit or attempt to prevent the Spellplague. Naturally canon says you fail, but it still would make for a cool game.
TL;DR: Black and White, combined with God of War, with a massive Plane-building engine that would allow you to design your own world.
Thoughts?
The reason I love Baldur's Gate so much is because it lets me become a God. I never, ever, allowed Bhaal's essence to go to waste, even with my Inquisitor I believed I could punish those who commit murder and be a just God of Death. I hated that ToB ends just when my character finally achieves their destiny!
Now, my idea for Baldur's Gate 3. You have ascended to the position of God of Death and Lord of Murder. Imagine a combination sim-city engine for managing worshipers, performing godly deeds, and all the juicy manipulation of mortal affairs that makes being a God so much fun. Meanwhile, there is also a 1st/3rd person element where your avatar can create their own divine plane, interact with other dieties, and progress the plot of the game.
In the Forgotten Realms universe, Cyric murders Mystra and causes the Spellplague. It makes no sense why your character from Baldur's Gate, having assumed the portfolio of God of Murder, wouldn't have caught wind of this. Depending on your choice to be a just or wicked diety, you influence Cyric's plans and change the overall path of the game.
Ultimately you can choose to use your divine essence to assit or attempt to prevent the Spellplague. Naturally canon says you fail, but it still would make for a cool game.
TL;DR: Black and White, combined with God of War, with a massive Plane-building engine that would allow you to design your own world.
Thoughts?