Exactly my thought. Whats that undying obsession to be word for word like the books?! Have you guys even played BG2?.? I recently played again BG2. Read throuh D&Dadv.2e . Half of all the spells dont match, discriptions are different ect ect.... But somehow playing BG2 was an incredible experience, as I remembered it.. It FELT d&d.The ATMOSPHERE is spot on. BG3 doesnt have to be letter by letter a 5e game to be great.
Yes we complained about it at the time and where given a clear cut and thorough explanation as to why the changes where made and a lot of it involved technical limitations and feedback from testing. There where some glaring oversights in some parts but so much was improved by their changes that it was an even trade and eventually people decided that it was the better of two lesser choices. These technicalities are no longer an issue and yet they are choosing to outright ignore the feedback and issue by issuing a blanket statement with no explanation or validation as to why they made these choices. Most people just want a real answer.
Furthermore, the older games where not turn based and thus did not have to consider the devil in the details that is known as the action economy. 5e was built around the concept of the action economy and has already been play tested thoroughly by a pool of candidates much wider and much more diverse than the player base of Larian studios by the publisher holding the licensing rights and bankrolling the project. While this does not necessarily mean it is better consider that many kinks have been worked out while many detractors(how strong dex is as a stat for example) have been addressed by neither. In fact, it hasn't even been acknowledged. Do you not think that it is worth an explanation for why they chose to go this way as it is counterintuitive and seems to only demand more work with less consideration in lieau of the fact that we are considering spending money on it?
Last edited by Argonaut; 18/10/2007:28 PM.
I am here to discuss a video game. Please do not try to rope me into anything other than that. Thank you.