I can say that personally, the game being called Baldur's Gate 3 has had a negative effect on my willingness to purchase it. I came in excited for a true successor to those games. I did not care if it did not continue the story of the previous games (that ended in Throne of Bhaal).
But from everything I've seen, this is not a Baldur's Gate game. So far it seems to recreate very little of what made those games what they were. What it appears to be is a very good D&D game. But that's not what the title promised me. Call it Baldur's Gate: Attack of the Brainsquids, but not "Baldur's Gate 3". If I knew nothing about this game, saw it for sale, and purchased it, I think I'd be very very disappointed.
Do we know why it's even called Baldur's Gate 3? Is it purely for name recognition? That I get, but why the "3"? Why not just "Baldur's Gate: Blah Blah Octopus Adventures"?
This type of post is so hillarious. If your hesitation about the game is baes on the lore you cannot make an infomed opinion on the sucess or faliure of Larian to write a proper BG3 title. If your hesitation is based on this game having different game mechnics, well... its a 20 year old title. Final Fantasy, Mario, Zelda, they all change mechanics over 20 years. Different decade, different DnD ruleset, different IP owner, different developer, sifferent game engine. It would be more weird if the game didnt change mechanics.
A game can improve old mecanics, adapt new rules or even change things without becoming a total different game.
Please, can u try to name something that is not specifically related to D&D and to the FR that feels ""like"" BG in BG3 ?
And please, don't hide behind the "WoTC decided" argument. That's a fact but it changes nothing to the feelings of many players. There are many ways to gather everyone but please, tell me why this kind of feeling is hillarious.
