Posted February 09, 2020
squid830: Hang on, Larian are part of the same group of companies?! Do you say this because Larian has employed some developers from one of the others, or because they are linked via corporate ownership?
It would probably explain why I thought Larian's stuff overhyped, so it's not like I was planning on buying anythings so far anyway, but still interesting to know these things.
capricorn1971ad: when i pull this up Larian is listed as well at the bottom, is he on your end as well? It would probably explain why I thought Larian's stuff overhyped, so it's not like I was planning on buying anythings so far anyway, but still interesting to know these things.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS791US791&sxsrf=ACYBGNQeEbrpormj_1yXDmGG7aawwxJR-A%3A1581099615169&ei=X6o9Xr_vCY-u0PEPyICU0AY&q=beamdog+developers&oq=beamdog+developers&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39.6912.13441..13942...1.2..2.288.2847.24j4j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....10..0i71j0i10j0i20i263j35i362i39j0i10i67j0i67j0j0i131j0i22i30.Sn-kWqKuTTc&ved=0ahUKEwj_mqqHh8DnAhUPFzQIHUgABWoQ4dUDCAs&uact=5
notice the search term was "Beamdog Developers".
I just noticed he is a semi recent addition actually, but he is indeed part of it now.
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/75682/was-larian-the-right-choice
might have to delete your cookies to access it if you have been treated the way they treat critical customers.
I haven't found anything special about anything he has done myself anyways, and I do own pillars of eternity.
now that he is part of beamdog he goes on my permanent ignore list as well.
Birds of a feather.. Flock together.
Also that forum link makes it pretty clear that they're not the same company at least - otherwise why would a Beamdog thread be suggesting that Beamdog would be a better choice over Larian? If anything it just reinforces how arrogant Beamdog truly are, where they think that they are more deserving of continuing the BG franchise compared to Larian.
I may not be a Larian fan (some of their design decisions aren't things I agree with), but they have achieved considerable acclaim for the original works they have produced, vs. Beamdog who have received the opposite of acclaim for the works they have modified combined with a dodgy marketing/pricing strategy and an amazingly arrogant level of disdain and disrespect for the customer.
So, while Larian and BD may both have employed one or more devs who worked on BD - at least such that a search engine algorithm has determined that Larian and BD are "related searches" - I don't think it goes any deeper than that. So I wouldn't be tarring Larian with the BD brush just yet...