Originally Posted by TheWhiteRabbit
I keep seeing people wanting it more this way or that, and this is just another example.

I think where it sits, right in the middle, is the correct course of action. Sure things can be improved, but I think pushing it more in either direction is gonna alienate too many people.
And just to be clear, IF! they HAD! to push it, the correct decision, the business decision, would be to push it toward Divinity, NOT toward a more D&D oriented game. DOS2 sold far far more copies than any recent D&D games.
So those of you fighting for more this direction or that (seems to be more complaining to push it further toward D&D TBH) just know that if they Did decide to do this, toward DOS2 is absolutely the direction they'd take.


First of all, the alpha numbers are already insane. Giving us a hint that the BG franchise name, combined with marketing towards "true to 5E experience", is strong. Many of the sales are probably due to Larians name, but considering that DnD has tens of millions more active players than any DoS title ever had, you can be sure those people are part of the reason.

I don't even see how fans of just DoS can feel alienated. This isn't DoS. You should not expect it to be. Larian wanted to make a D&D game from the most famous D&D game franchise. They should be expected to carry the torch for BG, not DoS this time. If CD Projekt Red released DoS3 and made it a third person action game, the DoS fans would be justified in complaining. You can't give a company a pass just because they did well in another franchise. Not when they choose to market the product as something specific. I am not sure how much good will from the DnD fanbase is worth, and speculating is useless.