Am I the only one who thought DOS 1 and 2 where just D&D games with out the rule set? Cause that is how I played them. They were more D&D than the D&D licenced games imho. That said, I agree with the original post, this does feel like DOS3, but that to me is 100% a win.
Baldurs gate 1 and 2 were good, and a top down rpg like the original games would be cool but it would be highly restrictive I feel. I am glad we are not going to be capped at level 10 now that I say that too, as levels 11-16 are some of my favourite (just being shy of level 17 wizards warping reality and shape shifting into dragons of which I wont object to either)
We have a great game in BG3, with a multitude of opportunity ahead. Its up to Larian now to make this all come together and up to us to provide feed back to help Larian do just that.