I feel sorry for Baldur's Gate fanboys. I really do.
Here you have been wanting a "true successor" to Baldur's Gate, and when someone releases a game with the same name, it's not what you wanted.
Not only that it's made by someone who made a game that's not Baldur's Gate, and this new Baldur's Gate "feels" like that other game, and not like the Baldur's Gate you grew up with.
I'm not trying to be rude. I get you guys feelings. But thing is Baldur's Gate isn't video games, it's part of a setting in Dungeons and Dragons' Forgotten Realms. It shows up in many books and adventure modules. And no one is complaining that 5e isn't Baldur's Gate?
Baldur's Gate the video games are old and frankly outdated. While the games, and similar games, does have a small following, it's a niece following. DnD 5e is a LOT more popular. And DoS2 has sold more than most BG clones has too last I checked. So it makes sense that Wizards of the Coast wanted to make a DnD game based on 5e, and chose a developer that makes popular cRPGs that is close to the table top game.
And that's how you should judge Baldur's Gate 3: As a DnD5e game, not compare it to a 20 year old game. (At least not to the minute detail as some of you are doing). This is like Fallout 3, same setting, same concept, but brought into the future.
The problem really is only in the Title, but only for those who played those titles 20 year ago. (I did too, but I was never a huge fan, so don't have the same nostalgia glasses). Forget the title, judge the game by what it is trying to be: Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. (Which it's failing to live up to as well I might add)
That is exactly what BG 3 *is* being judged, in part. Have you even looked at the forum and seen how many complaints/feedback are regarding the fact that BG 3 isn't a D&D 5e based game, even though that is exactly what it was marketed to be? Literally no one has asked for BG 3 to adopt the BG 1&2 ruleset. This forum is filled with an overwhelming amount of judgement on BG 3 as a DnD5e game, where it is failing miserably. Generally speaking, people only bring up BG 1&2 as a comparison to *HOW WELL* those games were able to adopt their ruleset (a significantly less friendly ruleset for a computer to run mind you compared to 5e). If BG 1&2 could be faithful adaptations of their rulesets, it stands to reason that BG 3 should be a faithful adaptation of the 5e ruleset.
One look at the forums (from an objective and subjective standpoint) shows that is not the case.
