That’s like Blizzard saying they should just as well be using Warcraft assets for their new Diablo game because it’s available.
It's not like that at all.
And apparently Larian agrees since they’re already recreating all the graphics to fit the more realistic look. It’s not just higher resolution textures, it’s completely new assets.
So why all the "less like a DOS2 game" stuff if it's completely new? The game looks great so far, but sure looks like it stems from DOS2 to me.
It was unfortunate that they showed off the area in the game that looks the most like DOS2 in the gameplay reveal. Looking at other released footage, it doesnt look as much like it at all
Which footage are you referring to?