[quote=ZubDub]Just because a game is titled as a sequel, does not mean it's forced to stay within the confines of the previous games.
Just because it's called Baldur's Gate 3, does not mean it has to play the exact same as Baldur's Gate 2 did. All games evolve over time, some choosing entirely different styles, despite being continuations.
Pokemon, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Super Mario; All games off the top of my head that have evolved over time, despite being sequels of each other (Zelda less so, because of its timeline issues), but they've all changed.
If your argument is that "Well, the 2 and 3 are what link them and make them sequels!", then does that discredit every other game without numbers in the title, claiming every other one is just a spin-off (Even if they're directly linked story-wise)?
It is named Baldur's Gate 3 because it is associated with the previous two. Baldur's Gate 3 is still within the same universe, will have some of the same characters (Confirmed but not spoiled, as per the Devs), and the storyline follows both the tabletop campaign, and the Bhaalspawn campaign (100 years later).
The naming doesn't force it to play like the previous titles.
My point with Dark Alliance was that everyone who claims "This isn't Baldur's Gate" always leave those titles out, and you did from the get-go. It was never a naming issue before, but now it is because of a number tacked on.
But again, despite player opinion saying it's "Not Baldur's Gate", it forever will officially be "Baldur's Gate", because Wizard of the Coast said it is, despite player ignorance being their own bliss.
Changed in such a way that they drastically changed mechanics to a point of an absence of likeness in any kind of gameplay? No. Games evolve, yes, but if a game is introduced as a sequel, then it is reasonable to expect it to behave as a sequel, and not completely break away from the previous installments to such an extent that it is unrecognizable to those playing it. The association with the previous two, at this point, is only that the game itself also occurs within the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, that's it. Your point with Dark Alliance was to engage in whataboutism, as the comparison was explicitly made between Baldur's Gate III, and Baldur's Gates I and II.
Your argument, thus far, is without cause, and you are being intentionally hostile, to what end? You dislike that other plays dislike that Baldur's Gate III is a Baldur's Gate game in name alone? Fine, you disagree with somebody. You and I will not see eye-to-eye, and that's fine.
