Important takeaways
- Baldur's Gate 3 modder recreates BG2 locations like Waukeen's Promenade.
- The potential to recreate BG2 in BG3 exists with community support.
A Baldur's Gate 3 modders recently shared a video showing their current work on recreating Baldur's Gate 2's Waukeen's Promenade in Larian Studios' game. Ever since Larian released their official modding tools, it Baldur's Gate 3 The modding scene has shown increasingly ambitious projects, and this is an example of how impressive they can be.
Released in 2023 after being in early access for three years, Baldur's Gate 3 quickly became a big hit. Not only did it BG3 sell over 10 million copies and win many awards, but it's often cited as the best RPG of 2023, and it's gotten even wilder with mods.
Now, a Baldur's Gate 3 modder named Lotrich has shared an interesting project: their recreation of one of the opening areas Baldur's Gate 2Wauken's Boardwalk. Baldur's Gate 2 begins in a dungeon, but as soon as the player escapes from the base of the villain Irenicus, the world opens up in the city of Athkatla, with Wauken's boardwalk. In a short video, Lotrich showed off his work in progress recreating Wauken's boardwalk with the Moonglasses Editor, and it looks incredibly detailed, despite being a work in progress, showing areas like the local shops and the tent where Aerie can be recruited.
Baldur's Gate 3 Modder remakes BG2's Waukeen's Promenade
Unfortunately, players still can't play in this old-school area, as Lotrich hasn't released the mod yet, and the area doesn't appear to have any actual missions. Overall, this recreation of Wauken's Promenade seems more like a showcase of the modder's ability than anything else. However, BG2 has already been recreated in other games such as Neverwinter Nights 2 before, so it is possible that someone will manage to do the same for Baldur's Gate 3 now that the official modding tools have been released.
Another interesting one BG3 Project was a mod that added real-time battles Baldur's Gate 3. Already released as a work in progress, the mod ditches the classic turn-based combat and completely reworks the experience of fighting in BG3but it still lacks party control AI.
right now, Baldur's Gate 3 has many excellent mods, which can either be used to change aspects of the game or introduce new content such as more races and subclasses. Hopefully the community will continue to post interesting mods in the future, maybe even come up with a new unofficial campaign for the popular RPG.
