Jeff Gardiner, veteran RPG developer, said he’s “thrilled, not threatened” by the success of other RPGs like Baldur’s Gate 3.
Eurogamer spoke to the ex-Bethesda producer at Gamescom and discussed the current state of RPGs: why they’re so popular and how the success of Larian’s latest game was raising expectations of the genre.
“I am thrilled, not threatened by great RPGs,” said Gardiner, when asked about Baldur’s Gate 3. “I love playing them. I would never be upset by this. I think it brings more people into the fanbase of RPGs. As an RPG creator and player I really believe in RPGs – I always have since I started playing them when I was a kid until now… I will celebrate their success, I’ll be their biggest fans forever. I am absolutely thrilled by it.”
