Why can't it be not a pure 5e game and still be another cool Larian game but also epic journey like BG.
The journey is not the mechanics, the journey is the story and trials and tribulations to overcome and feel accomplished at the end.
This statement just shows an internal bias to find reason to not like bg3.
You just forget that everything is a whole.
The mecanics and the gameplay are the journey AND the story.
(Figured I should continue conversation here instead of editing my post after you replied to it for coherency sake as it is out of sequence)
The reason this game is called Baulder's Gate is the lore and location.
D&D player handbooks don't write the books and game stories, they create an interface for the players to interact with a world.
BG1&2 were not even 5e, so because this game isn't 5e is the invalidating feature to make it and BG game then inherently 1&2 were not BG games with that logic.
You could argue that the writing style is different and by that you feel a variance in story telling that makes it unfamiliar to you and offsetting. Like a different author picking up a book after the original stopped a series.
It could be some of the best writing ever, but because it is different that often puts fans off. Like changing an actor mid way in a movie or tv series, or as I said adapting a new writer to tell a story.
That does not make the story better or worse, but the allegiance and bonds that the previous fans had is not the same so they feel betrayed, which I think is what is impacting so many of you. Nostalgia and unfamiliarity in storytelling.
If you guys can get past that, then you may enjoy this, but no one is making you and that is your prerogative and own opinion. Just hope people understand that these are down to subjective opinions and not hardline rules that clearly make something good or bad. Because those are your standards, not a universal standard.
