I have already said it in another thread, but I have to stress it again: I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA where this delusional claim that Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 were part of some grimdark fantasy setting is even coming from. They absolutely weren't. Not in visual style, nor in narrative tone.
The Forgotten Realms have always been basically your run-on-the-mill Saturday Morning generic high fantasy setting. This is isn't even meant as a criticism as much as a matter of fact. And the two games were FILLED with bright and colorful graphics, silly humor, some endearing but amateurish writing and cartoony voice performances.
We definitely aren't talking Warhammer here. Hell, it didn't even come close to Planescape: Torment, either.
It's frankly annoying when people try to bend reality to fit their narrative just to have another excuse to bitch.
Well, if you read the new community update post you will see that even Larian has admitted that BG1 and 2 were much darker then many remember.
I just hope they now understand what they have been doing wrong via visuals.
