When I close my eyes and think of DOS2...
I don't see the beautiful environments,
I don't see the awesome special effects,
I don't see the well crafted animations...
I see the inventory and vendor screens. They are PERMANENTLY ETCHED INTO MY BRAIN because I had to stare at them for hours and hours and hours.
DOS2 forced you to upgrade every item on every companion every level to remain competitive. I LOVED the game, but HATED the itemization.
I could care less how they do itemization in BGIII as long as they don't do it like DOS2.