Originally Posted by Jharryl
DOS party handling;
DOS combat;
DOS surface interactions.

What else is there to an RPG but the environment, party, party movement and combat? The only thing DnD here, is the setting.

I thoroughly loved BG/BG II. I disliked DOS/DOS II. Bought this expecting BG, got DOS. Refunded via STEAM. You apparently were not convinced of the market viabilitry of DOS III, so you hijacked BG to get your DOS III game out. Shame on you.



As I tell everyone who are disappointed, I get it, you loved the idea of games with the name Baldur's Gate. To you Baldur's Gate is a specific gamestyle.
I get all that.
And then I say: The only problem is the name. Call it Waterdeep and no one would complain.

Heck you say there's no DnD here? Do you even play 5e? I do, every week, and BG5 is 5e the videogame.
If this game wasn't called Baldur's Gate, then I think no one would be complaining, and most people would praise it for what an amazing translation of DnDs rules this is. Frankly the best in my opinion.

Sure you can hate the mechanics of how Larian solves party management, but that's a preference. At it's core this game is more DnD than Baldur's Gate 1 and 2.

PS: DnD isn't a setting. The Sword Coast / Faerun is the most commonly used setting from many of the official ones, but even saying "only the setting is DnD" is wrong. The core rules don't actually introduce the settings much.