Swen Vincke said Baldur's Gate 3 should draw a new audience into the kind of gameplay they did not know they liked 1
The critical side argues BG3's expansive identity options made the RPG a culture-war object beyond its story 1. The defending side argues player freedom and empathy are the product, not a political tract 1. Vincke said his hope was drawing a new audience that does not know they like this kind of gameplay 1. WhatSphere rates advocacy 22 of 100, mixed 2. Whether expansive character creation is inclusivity product or player agency is a values dispute 1.
- 1Creator statementVincke: draw new audience into this kind of gameplay.Game World Observer Sep 2023 source ↗
- 2Content balanceAdvocacy 22 mixed.WhatSphere score_version 1
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Age: 41 — leans younger
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Audience Representation
Faithfulness
Advocacy
Source Material
| Title | Author | Type | Year | Purchase link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldur's Gate series (Larian Studios / BioWare franchise) | BioWare / Larian Studios | franchise_canon | 1998 | |
| Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition / Forgotten Realms | Wizards of the Coast | franchise_canon | 2014 |
Synopsis
Gather your party and return to the Forgotten Realms in a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power. An ancient evil has returned, and you must forge unlikely alliances to survive.
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Lineage and popularity
Open Library
Open Library
Faithfulness 82. Copied from title_sphere_scores for display beside source lineage. Joins do not write this value.
What Changed from the Source
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Source faithfulness: 82/100
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Advocacy Over Time in Fantasy
The average advocacy score of Fantasy titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | 0 | 2 |
| 1978 | 3 | 2 |
| 1982 | 0 | 2 |
| 1984 | 1 | 6 |
| 1985 | 3 | 2 |
| 1986 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | 1 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 5 |
| 1989 | 4 | 2 |
| 1990 | 0 | 5 |
| 1991 | 1 | 4 |
| 1992 | 4 | 4 |
| 1993 | 2 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 | 5 |
| 1995 | 2 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 10 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | 24 | 6 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6 |
| 2018 | 10 | 3 |
| 2019 | 19 | 12 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8 |
| 2022 | 22 | 15 |
| 2023 | 30 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 16 |
| 2026 | 11 | 10 |
| This title (2023) | 37 | 1 |
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