Baldur's Gate 3 has now been out of early access for a very successful two years, but the road to excellence wasn't paved without any setbacks – or misinformed executives, as one Larian Studios developer recalls.
In response to a viral clip of Mafia: The Old Country – which is making rounds online thanks to criticism of the game's apparent lack of "swimming physics" – Larian Studios publishing director Michael "Cromwelp" Douse explains that Baldur's Gate 3 faced similar backlash in its early stages of development from an "exec or whatever" who was shown the RPG. As Douse writes in his post, it didn't matter that there was "a wealth of mechanics" present.
