Do you want Baldur’s Gate 3? Do you additionally like Vampire Survivors? Properly, Larian’s CEO has introduced up the concept of a crossover between the 2, by way of a ballot that I believe is a bit disgraceful so far as polls go.
Yup, now that the studio’s stopped poor BG3 Darkish Urge gamers from being unceremoniously dumped by Minthara at any time when they determine to, you understand, cease being fairly so evil, it looks like it’s full steam forward on what’s subsequent, which might be a enjoyable collab. Or, you understand, possibly Swen Vincke simply wished to cheekily inform us he’s hanging out with some cool folks.
Okay, so what’s occurred is that this. Vincke posted a twitter ballot asking “Ought to Baldur’s Gate 3 and Vampire Survivors collaborate?”, and adopted it up shortly afterwards with a pleasant image of him and Geo Morgan, Poncle’s lead partnership supervisor, simply chilling and giving a pleasant thumbs up. Up to now, so very ‘it is a factor, I suppose, and possibly it’ll truly result in one thing’, proper?
I’d like to attract your consideration again to the ballot Vincke posted. No, not the query posed, that bit’s refreshingly simple, particularly in terms of sport builders probably teasing issues by way of the tweeter. It’s the 2 choices Vincke provided as responses.
“Sure” and “F**ok Sure”. The previous has amassed simply over 50% of the 12,400-ish votes that’ve been poured in to date, whereas the latter sits at just below 50%. The issue, and the rationale I believe we’ve ended up with one thing so near a stalemate, is that they’re each mainly saying the identical factor, however in barely completely different phrases.
The place is the choice to say ‘no, I don’t desire a collab between Baldur’s Gate 3 and Vampire Survivors, thanks very a lot’ or ‘possibly, it will depend upon a lot of components, together with – however not restricted to – the shape mentioned collaboration may take’? They aren’t there, as a result of Vincke’s thrown the principles that govern what a ballot is and the way it ought to work out of the window.
The result’s a alternative between two issues that’re mainly the identical factor, however carrying barely completely different hats. This isn’t democracy, it’s the phantasm of alternative. It’s UK politics within the yr 2024, and it makes me unhappy.
Look, all I’m saying is that no matter whether or not Baldur’s Gate 3 and Vampire Survivors truly find yourself collaborating, we’ve all misplaced one thing right here, and we could by no means get it again.
Should you’re , Poncle has already collabed with Amongst Us as a part of some Vampire Survivors DLC, and that one didn’t destroy everybody’s conception of what a ballot ought to appear like.