Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Seriously, What Did They Expect?

It's think many olds fans of BG's romanticize their cherish games and spit on anything who're not the same.
BG was some sort of precursor of the genre, we're agree on that BUT, that said...

For having playing them again a few month ago ( and actually playing DoS ) , i really think that many peoples dont realise we're in 2020. "Good olds BG" will be just some indie games if they were released now. Nostalgia just blinds the people. We were much less critical at the time and was amazed far more easily.

We can't ask to games devs to publish game with such old and archaic standard by now just to please an old , uncompromising and dying fandom.

And even without that, never forget that opinion of wich is better, "this game or the other" are purely subjective.
I was NEVER a hardcore BG fan, and i found that a lot of old and new games are better in term of storytelling and character's writing. Even before this damn pre-alpha video i was a little disappointed that Divinity : Fallen Heroes being delayed for BG 3. Because, for me, even if some guys here will probably try to say i'have "shitty tastes" or some other value judgment for that, i prefer and by far the Divinity Saga than the BG one. But anyway, i was finally OK to let Larian prove me that i can love an BG game they made ( since i was just "ok" with the old ones and love DOS2 for exemple ) before seeing how BG Fandom react.

Now, i regret that Larian took the agreement.They should have let that IP die.

It's not an "evidence" or a "fact" that Baldur's gate IP is "superior" to Divinity. It depends of you and only you.
Dont forget that "POE" ( 1 and 2 ) , who are more a "baldur's gate"-like ( and made by obsidian, an another great name of RPG ) are less rated than DOS 2 on metacritic ( press AND users ).
So, it's not an "fact" that people prefer "good old BGs"-like game to "DOS"-like game. BG fanbase yes, of course, but they 're not, and by far "all the gamers".

Each studio have their expertise and know better to do one thing or one another.
From my perspective, peoples who wait a pure old "BG games" of larian was in disillusion since the beginning and the first annoucement of the game. For me it was perfectly clear that Larian was going to do a game like theses ones they're good to do.

Even WotC let larian doing BG3 BECAUSE of the amazing work on DOS2.
Larian was selectionned by WotC because DOS2 ...

So , why people who dislike DOS are surprised now? It was higly predictable that this game will be a "cousin" of the game who allowed it to even exist.
Who finally was a little too dreamy?
And if they must blame someone for this game, blame WotC, not Larian. Swen said it in one video, this is WotC who contact them to do a D&D game after the succes of DOS 2, and after a denial when it was larian who asked for it after DOS 1.

Larian just doing what they’re good at and was probably "hired" for by WotC.

We're 20 years later. BG 1 and 2 , it's the past even if it's hard for some fans to admit it.
I really hope that it will be a GM / Toolset , the last thing i'm waiting to know if i purchase the game or not. And if i buy this game it's because it's a larian game, not because it's "BG".

Larian name, for me, in 2020 mean more that "Baldur's gate".