BaldursGate3 was originally revealed as a Google Stadia game. Could the mega-hit PC game have saved the cloud streaming service?
Baldur’s Gate 3 took the gaming world by storm after leaving early access on August 3, making it one of the most successful PC game launches in recent memory. It’s also coming to PlayStation 5 soon, but Baldur’s Gate 3’s wild success has me thinking about another platform the game was originally going to come to: Google Stadia.
Stadia could have made Baldur’s Gate 3 better Baldur’s Gate 3 has gripped me in a way few games do. I played over 20 hours of the title in a weekend, marathoning it in a fashion I don’t usually do for a game I’m not reviewing. I’ve enjoyed its excellent writing and the freedom of choice that’s allowed me to circumvent entire set pieces by killing a boss like Minthara early or letting Nere suffocate in a cave.
Then there’s the promised Stadia-exclusive Baldur’s Gate 3 features that never saw the light of day. Crowd Choice would have added a fun multiplayer wrinkle for streamers who let their audience influence their character’s choices and dice roles. Stream Connect would have allowed players to see what their friends were doing on their screens in multiplayer.
Throughout its life span, Stadia lacked a hit that felt closely associated with the platform. Baldur’s Gate 3 definitely would have been that game, so Google was wise to back it early on and start marketing it alongside the platform. Sadly, other aspects of Google’s management of Stadia weren’t up to par. Now that Stadia has been shut down for over half a year, it’s easy to look back at everything that went wrong.
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