So, Larian is really just using the "Baldur's Gate" name as a husk to fill with a D&D D:OS2 clone, exclusively for the purpose of sales (that's what the "it's a big risk" remark refers to). It's a cash-grab.
Your leap of logic astounds me... because they know they're good at TB and will do that and not RTwP they're cash-grabbing and somehow betraying Baldur's Gate brand? What?!
Not sure you understand what a leap of logic is... because you didn't quote one.
Yes, sacrificing integrity and honesty for the purpose of making money is a cash-grab. Yes, making a game that has not even a 1% association in any of its components or designs to the series it is labelled under, but labelling it as a part of that series exclusively for the purpose of exploiting the series' fans and making money from the marketing hype of that series name is literally betraying the series and is literally a cash-grab.
Is there any other very basic understanding that you wish to have confirmed?
Yes please, explain to me how RTwP is such a big part of the story and lore
You're following-up one completely-failed non-argument with another.
Would you also like me to explain to you how RTwP is a big part of the artwork, or how the game options menu is a big part of the narrative, or how which shoes Swen is wearing today is a big part of the fact that Larian's upcoming D&D RPG isn't in any way a Baldur's Gate series game?
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that it is the sole quality by which you claim something is or is not a BG game. They have experience with TB combat and would like to do that instead, to make sure fans are not disappointed by a half-assed combat system - I think that's a good thing
You say that because you don't care about the Baldur's Gate series and you just want more D:OS2. So, you're being selfish and not considerate of what Baldur's Gate is and what those who love the series expect from a game with that title. Whether or not Larian have experience with TB doesn't explain why they would call a non Baldur's Gate series game "Baldur's Gate 3". They could make their D&D RPG under any name they wish.
And further, I didn't say that RTwP is the defining trait of Baldur's Gate - I specifically stated that Larian's D&D RPG has literally no association with the Baldur's Gate series in any of its components - not its story, not its gameplay, not its narrative, not its characters, not its style and tone, and not is visual look. It is not even a sequel to anything in the Baldur's Gate series but is a sequel to Descent Into Avernus.
So, why in the world are you pigeonholing a false argument of 'making a TB games doesn't make a studio a sell-out and the game a cash-grab'? What makes a studio a sell-out is calling their game something that it isn't for the sake of exploiting fans of the series name while only cloning past works out of fear of trying to do anything different. And what makes a move a cash-grab is doing it exclusively for money while being entirely disregarding of what responsibilities come with the action.
To be clear, Larian has sold-out and is doing a cash-grab move by calling their non Baldur's Gate game part of the Baldur's Gate series. And Larian's selling-out and betrayal of the Baldur's Gate series and its fans is in no way limited to the type of combat system the game has, but extends to every other presented aspect of Larian's D&D RPG.
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Oh, of course, how could I forget, RTwP is the only way this can be a BG game. Yes please, do give more "very basic understanding" that is obviously missed by a whole truckload of people. I'm looking forward to hearing this.
No, it's missed primarily by just you. You have constructed an absurd strawman argument that obviously was made either having not read what I wrote, or out of a raging fanboyism that utterly blocked everything I wrote out from your mind so that you could only react to a figment of your imagination.
My entire post has gone over your head. And this shows that there is no objectivity and integrity behind Larian's sell-out and cash-grab move and that it is only defended by fanboys of D:OS2 who don't even care about Baldur's Gate and don't even know what the series is. Larian also clearly don't care about Baldur's Gate beyond the ability for its name to boost sales of their non Baldur's Gate D&D D:OS2 clone.
Interesting. Apart from ignoring the fact that I did in fact play both BG 1&2, you've went on to claim I'm a fanboy that wants nothing more than a D:OS 2 copy. Ignoring these interesting "facts", please tell me how you know the story has nothing to do with the narrative and/or characters in those 2 games. Oh you don't? OK.
Style and tone wise, BG 1 and 2 were very diverse games (not in between each other but in between each area you were in), meaning you made that entire claim based on approximately 1 hours worth of gameplay in the prologue where your main objective is to get the tadpole out of your head before you die (yes, very light-hearted that).
The ONLY 2 things that are true from your entire rant you've just thrown at me is that the gameplay is different (TB vs RTwP) and it's visual look (thank god for that, I for one don't like counting pixels). If you didn't believe so much in the RTwP style you wouldn't have gone through the trouble of providing irrelevant sales statistics of RTwP vs TB games (in which you're basically showing RTwP is better for sales, which undermines your point of them being cash-grabbers even more)
But please, feel free to cut up my entire super long three-paragraph post some more and counter any points you think you should by personally attacking me and/or anyone else that disagrees with your logic, I'm sure that'll do wonders to vindicate your point of view.
