You sound completely like an apologist. Troika was broke, and Toby Fox is one person. They did it, it can be done. Stop making excuses.
Not to mention, the combat is largely the same (which is fine, that's sorta the original's strongest point anyway), and Larian themselves acknowledged the common complaints about the plot in the first game. Clearly it's a priority for them. As it should be; great combat and great writing and story make for a great game. And right now, the plot can be gold, but the writing is bad enough that it doesn't matter. If I told the lord of the rings in stale second person it would lose its luster, too.
