Just old people being old here next thread please
I'm not certain how "young" you are, but a good story is very much part of a good game. If you want mindless hack and slash, that is on you, and you can go find that in Halo, or whatever the FPS of the second is. To make an unconstructive comment like this solely for the point of being "insulting" (if you can call it that. To quote Sharwin and every girl you ever dated "Is that the best you can do?")...please do go to the next thread, you insignificant, pathetic little boy, because the adults are talking here and we don't need to hear your whining, whimpering, temper-tantrum backside here. You will be ignored from this point forward.
That said, I'm basically walking into this game from nothing. I didn't play either of the first two BG games, and the last D&D game I played was NWN2 (a few decades ago). The descriptions I read about this game said it's set 100 years after the events of BG2, so if you are into those story lines and arcs, I think you should expect those to be, at best, fading way into the background and, at worse, completely eliminated. For example, and maybe it's just that I don't know FG very well, but I thought Shar was the "evil" one and "Selune" was the good one...now, I have no clue which is which. That is to be expected 100 years later. Consider what has changed with regards to how humans see things over the past 100 years:
1- We went from most major societies having a firm belief in some type of God to about half of "civilized" society is "spiritual". and probably about 15% fully atheist.
2- Alternate sexuality was discussed in very hushed tones, if at all, to this game actually integrating it in.
3- Computers didn't exist 100 years ago. Just the theory of computing, but an actual computer did not. Now, look how we're talking.
That's just for starters. I would expect the same of a game set 100 years after the previous title. When I read that, the thought that came to mind was "Larian is doing a complete reset" of the storyline. Granted, it's not a complete reset, but I think OP should realize that the "soul" sought is different than the one this game is presenting. Come at BG3 from that point of view: 100 years later and things are definitely going to be different.
