In response to the first sentences of the original message.
Without an actual poll, I cannot conclude that "fans of BG are angry".
I can read a vocal bunch, many of which do not have arguments that are meaningful in my opinion.
I played BG2 and numerous old digital RPG, going back to the original ones like, for example, Pool of Radiance and The Bard's Tale on Commodore 64. And many modern ones like Pillars of Eternity 1-2 and Pathfinder: Kingmaker.
So as an old gamer (48), I do not feel represented by the whiners, haters and those who say it is like DoS which I find to be superficial nonsense. It is not an old-school BG either, but it is totally in the same universe, with the same lore, and I am totally supportive and excited for it. Likewise, the old gamers I know love D&D 5e and we are looking forward for video games like BG3 and Solasta for example.
When the game is released, the majority of us will need to actively up-vote the game on polling sites, as a minority will flood it with radical low votes initially. They do that for movies they hate: a few thousand guys vote 1, giving it a horrible score, and then 25K more people come along and give a fair vote.
EDIT: as noted wisely by others, what I meant is we will need to actively give it our fair vote to cancel those who radically vote unfairly (you know, those who vote 1 on 10 to bomb).
Yes ! Older gamers (51 here) know where its at & we dont all moan & complain because its not a replica of BG1 & 2 - give it a rest its 20 years old !! enjoy it for what it was & look forward to a modern day classic.
Except for that this is all completely a straw man because nobody is moaning for a replica of the original BG games or for this game to be the same as games made twenty years ago. Some people here don't want to acknowledge the very real, meaningful, and legitimate criticisms that have been leveled at this game, so they conveniently hide behind the completely false claim that the critics just want a replica of the old games.
