I'll play the EA whatever is the UI but I really think this could be another "link" (or at least not totally another break with the feelings of the older games)
I'm glad to hear you'll be playing the EA. I'm guessing 99% of the people who play the EA will be those who are already gushing about the game and at most have only minor issues with the game. So it's the feedback Larian receives from the other 1% that will truly help improve the game.
I'd consider myself to be that 1%, but I don't think I'm unreasonable. I'm coming at it as a BG fan, not a fan of DOS and have a few things that I'm curious and concerned about. I figured that as a very longtime fan of the original games I'd have some critiques but I don't think I'm impossible to please either. The type of player that hates absolutely everything about what they've seen probably won't be that involved.