Originally Posted by kanisatha
The problem the Larian/D:OS fans are having is that they have drunk the gaming media Kool-Aid that D:OS2 was the greatest RPG ever and EVERYONE loved that game. Therefore, a game that looks and feels and plays like D:OS2 should equally be loved by EVERYONE and it makes sense for Larian to make this game just like D:OS2. Well, here's how things are for me:
I am a diehard fan of D&D, including very much liking 5e
I am a diehard fan of the Forgotten Realms setting
I am a diehard fan of tabletop roleplay gaming
I am a diehard fan of the original BG games and all the IE games
I am a diehard fan of the RPG genre in videogames and almost exclusively play only RPGs
BUT
I hate the D:OS games

Yeah. I know. Shocking, right? Not everybody who is a D&D/RPG fan is a D:OS fan. As much as there are quite a number of D:OS fans, there are also a lot of us gamers who love RPGs but hate D:OS. So when we criticize this game for looking and feeling and playing like D:OS, it is not a nostalgia trip for an old game. It is simply saying "I didn't like the D:OS games, and so I don't want this game that supposedly has nothing to do with the D:OS games to be anything like the D:OS games." Why is this in any way controversial?

NOT making the game anything like the D:OS games won't alienate the D:OS fanbase because this game is supposed to be NOT D:OS.
Making the game like the D:OS games WILL alienate the fanbase that did not like the D:OS games.

One last point. If it is just the case that every person who bought D:OS2 also buys this game, then as a AAA production this game will be a failure. Yes, there will be some people who are not D:OS2 fans who will buy the game because it is D&D, while there will also be some D:OS2 fans who will not buy the game because it is D&D and not D:OS. But ultimately, Larian needs to be able to appeal to those RPG fans who for one reason or another did NOT buy D:OS2 if they are to expand on D:OS2 sales. That's people like me. So why go out of your way to stick a finger in my eye?


Yes, it really doesnt make sense to market a game like BG3 when they are actually selling DOS3. People that play these kind of games are really specific about what they like, so its sad that Larian blew this big oportunity.