But the problem is how the people critic the game.
Reading the posts in the forum, Beyond Divinity looks very awfull. If i was not a "fangirl" i will not buy it.
These posts are very bad for the future Larian games.
Beyond Divinity is going to have a very bad reputation.
The result will be less sales, less money and maybe no Divinity 2 and no secret project in the future.
To Barta:
Your English is fine. I think you draw some unfair conclusions in your post, though. Maybe it is because I live in America (where everyone is a critic, mostly because no one really works or makes anything any more, so all we have to do with our time is criticize other people and other things), I have learned to take criticism in stride and let it wash off my back like water on a duck. There is a saying, "Opinions are like ***holes. Everyone's got one." So it seems with every computer game ever released.
I think you need to keep in mind that of all the people that will buy and play BD. only a very small percentage will peruse, and even fewer will post in these forums. Many of these people have already decided whether they like the game or not, either based on what someone else has told them, or by playing a few minutes of the demo, regardless of whether it has already been stated that the demo is NOT really representative of the finished game, and many things have been changed between the two.
To counter what you have said, I think that most of the posts in this forum have been positive, with people saying they like this or that feature of the game. The few "negative" posts have dealt with minor bug issues that Larian has since quickly fixed, or with design differences on the order of "If I had designed the game this is what I would've put in it or what I would have done." And many of the negative posts are repeats of the same topic, over and over. Larian may take some of those suggestions for DD2, and they may make it a better game. I think it would be a mistake to try to implement every idea, though. In the worst case, it would change the whole character of the game, and disappoint those of us who play more for the DD universe rather than for simple issues of game mechanics.
I don't think that you have to be a "fanboy" or "fangirl" to buy and appreciate the game. Hopefully people are intelligent enough to play the actual game and form their own opinions. I think the reviews from the major game sites have been generally positive, and that will influence game sales much more than a few wonky posts here ever will. The web site for every game has naysayers on it. You just have to look beyond them to see what a great game this truly is. I think Larian's (or any game company's) reputation can't be "made" or "broken" by just one game title. Whether they make enough money to satisfy their investors, if they get enough positive feedback on BD, and if they can come up with enough good ideas for and the motivation to create a new game I think will be the determining factors whether Larian makes DD2 or any other game for that matter.
