I'm not sure people who are talking here think this, or if it's just my impression.
But
I get a feeling many of you think Forgotten Realms is a setting unique to the Baldur's Gate series? You do know Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter etc.
Forgotten Realms is the biggest and one of the oldest DnD official campaign settings, which is why Baldur's Gate was set in that realm.
It's also a setting that's progressed a lot since BG1 and BG2 came out.
I get the original post was talking about what he liked from the original games and equate that to the Forgotten Realms, but it's more about "how a story is told" not "how stories should be told in the Forgotten Realms". To me that's more about personal preference than what "Forgotten Realms is all about"
Heck so far we are introduced to something going on between Shar and Selune. We have met Druids worshiping Silvanus, who has taken in refugees from Eltured the City that got pulled into Avernus. We are also being pulled into a plot where Mind Flayer tadpoles no longer work as expected.
Only argument I have heard, that I personally don't really agree with, is that we are experiencing too much "not for lvl 1 characters" things in the opening sequence. But honestly, this isn't too far from any other "you are trapped in a dungeon and need to escape" style opening. It's a story telling device setting up the plot.
As for the "deeper stuff", I think we have only scratched the surface. I really recommend joining the Absolute if you want more of a taste of things to come I think. To me this feels like Forgotten Realms.
Very nice rebuttal
I agree with you.
