This seems to come up a lot in the most viewed threads on this forum - and I entirely agree.
I loved BG1 and 2, and I love DnD 5e. I have tried to play both Divinity 1 and 2, and no matter how many hours I put in to those, I keep being disappointed with them. So I was worried when Larian were the ones to be developing BG3, but I figured they were developing BG3 based on DnD 5e, not just Divinity 3.
But this feels a lot more similar to Divinity than to either Baldurs Gate in tone/atmosphere. And it feels a lot more Divinity than DnD5e when it comes to game mechanics. I get that they'll want to reuse some of their own stuff, but there are many choices here where they could have chosen to be more true to BG and to DnD5e.
- Color scheme/visual feel - you could make a more modern version of the BG "look", rather than what still feels quite Divinity.
- Party management - the weird chaining thing drives me insane, why can't I just get party management like BG1 and 2? (And Pillars of Eternity, Pathfinder Kingmaker, etc.)
- Items/abilities - what's with all the weird extra abilities added to items? There are plenty of cool and diverse magic items in 5e, and that can be made following 5e rules (as demonstrated by many homebrewers). There is no need to make Divinity Items here, you could be true to the DnD5e system instead..
- Class abilities - For most things, I'm pretty sure you could stick to the actual class abilities and progression, rather than add unbalancing complexity by insisting on doing Divinity Stuff before even really giving the DnD5e way a chance..
- Combat mechanics (why can everyone disengage and shove as bonus actions?)
- Rests - why is it only possible to do 1 short rest? And why can you just freely do as many long rests as you like, even while in very dangerous locations, with seemingly no effect on time passing or anything?
This thread by "Sirius Wolf" covers much of what I have also been thinking in my 20 or so hours in EA so far:
http://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=686488#Post686488Anyway - I hope Larian will take it seriously that they promised a BG game based on DnD5e, instead of making what is mostly a Divinity Game adapted partially. I sense that they've pulled quite a lot of people in who wanted BG3 in DnD5e, and I think they will lose a lot of us if they end up making a game that feels in tone and mechanics more Divinity.
