Actually Argonaut, Alodar's response is quite accurate, and your comment is rather obnoxious and arrogant. You asked how does BG3 compare to BG2 and he noted, quite correctly, that nobody has played BG3. Had you asked how does the current early access version of BG3 similar to, and different from BG2, you would perhaps be posing a viable question. You cannot compare an unfinished, essentially beta test version of a product to a product that was not only finished and polished, but modified out the wazoo for years with enough options to satisfy any palate.
I didn't ask anything. I gave feedback. You are welcome to go back to my feedback and explain to me how full release will change the problems I raised. You are welcome to do so to any of the criticism levied against it and thereby prove your point. What is unwelcome is proclaiming your viewpoint from a high standing and expecting us to all solemnly nod while you tell how we think and how wrong we are. We can think for ourselves thanks.
There is a difference between seeking comparative data, and opinion. Data is System A operated in this fashion, system B operated in that fashion. Opinion is which someone preferred. Critique is a combination of both of those, plus an offering of alternatives that might resolve any disparity or disjunction between Data and Preferences.
This is very nice word salad. You are welcome to challenge my, or anyone elses, criticism and prove it. Have you not read peoples posts and see caveats such as "so far" or "currently" or "maybe it will be improved in the future"?
It also appears that whenever someone offers an opinion that differs from yours, you want them to justify their opinion. That suggests you merely seek affirmation of your position, rather than someone's personal critique.
Or, and this is just a crazy idea, I want to hear what they have to say. Of course I will challenge an opinion that I do not agree with and I have gone out of my way to be as cordial and inviting as possible while explaining my thoughts and reasoning as clearly as possible as well as explaining why I am asking for the reasoning behind certain opinions. This is the nature of a discussion. I can't stop you from making accusations and flinging insults but I hope you'll be understanding when I say I'm not going to enable or participate.
You have two choices in BG2, side with the Shadow Thieves or side with the Vampires.
The fact that if you side with the vampires, you still get betrayed by Bodhi proves that it is the 'evil' choice out of the two.
Shadow Thieves are not an evil organisation. In Fact Imoen is a thief and Neutral Good. Robin Hood would 'steal from the rich to give to the poor' as an example of a Chaotic Good act of thievery.
That is not to say that the Shadow Thieves are a 'good' organization either, however all that they are is that they are not a 'Lawful' organization, and would likely attract interest from non lawful good, neutral and evil aligned characters.
You have more choice than that, and this has already been brought up with evidence. I can choose to side with the genies. I can choose to let the Raksasha go and tell them that I let her go. I can choose to leave the power hungry druid leader of the cove. I can choose to let her defeat Cernd. I can choose to let Irenicus win. In instances where choices are not provided to me there is concrete reasoning for it offered forthwith both internally and externally. I cannot join the murderer from the bridge district because he is a skinwalker and sees me as a flesh puppet. I cannot join Irenicus because he has to kill me to obtain his goal which will also end with my death. People have also admitted that BG2 is not perfect in this regard but offers a greater degree of choice and agency than anyone is giving it credit to and argues greater choice overall since you can choose to be the main antagonist of the game. All of these comments where made in respect to people proposing that BG2 does not offer you freedom, not that DivOS2 offers less or more. Even in the example you are given Bodhi has a very concrete reason for betraying you and I'm not sure why you see this as a negative as you where given the choice but the characters involve react realistically by their own motivations rather than by what your character wants.
The shadow thieves are not robin hoods either and practise theft, extortion, murder and political espionage for their own benefit and well being. When you walk into Linvails office, or even your initial liason, it is furnished luxuriously and Aran Linvail is shown to be double crossing and self serving repeatedly. They are even classified as TN/LE in the game files.
