Kanisatha, would you have liked what they a doing with BG3, or at least given it a chance if it was called, say, Forgotten Realms instead?
Well first of all, I'm still keeping my mind open to eventually liking this game. So that path is not closed off my any means at this point. But to your question, yes I would've been a whole lot less critical of various game design choices that I disagree with if this were a completely new IP. Still D&D 5e, still set in the FR, but not part of any already-existing game franchise. It's why even though SCL was not a particularly well-made game, I still ended up at least okay with, and bought it and played it, because it was its own game and not a part of some other franchise that I loved.
