It feels more like Divinity to me, not Baldur's Gate, mainly because of the origin characters. The PC character feels so bland, especially compared to the companions.
We choose a background for our characters (noble, urchin, sailor, etc.) which pretty much amounts to nothing... (at least so far....) And I believe some people have mentioned Larian wasn't including background dialogue because it was too complicated which makes me worried that even in act 2 and 3 our PCs will still be boring.
Not to mention if you choose to play as an origin character all the other origin characters are available as companions but not your custom PC(for obvious reasons) which means the character you create is not integral to the story. Which means their presence in the game is pointless because everything would still work out if they weren't there. (Dragon Age Origins did a great job with this with their 'play as the darkspawn' dlc which showed how badly things would have gone had your warden not been there.)
I know one of my biggest concerns is going to Baldur's Gate and (if playing a Baldurian) having no knowledge of the city and/or nobody there knows your character. That would pretty much force us to headcanon that our PC must've been a recluse living under a rock in Baldurs Gate. Maybe I have nothing to worry about. Maybe Larian will surprise me. I certainly hope so.
Let me just make some things clear though:
1. I do like the the origin characters.. I just wish they were companions only so that more work could be put into the custom pc (Bioware, again, did a great job with this in dragon age origins).
2. To any people who may say 'you just want your character to be a special snowflake': not necessarily. I just want them to feel more like a real character with a past.
3. And in regards to the custom PC's background being left alone for the player to headcanon: I just personally find it immersion-breaking when your character's backstory is not important while all your companions' backstories are. If it doesn't bother you, then you're lucky! Lol
I know it is early access act 1, which is why I am bringing it up. I honestly don't think they will ditch the origins, but maybe some more work can be put into custom PCs so they aren't bland nobodies. (Though if you like playing as a bland nobody that's fine XP)
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
(If a post like this has been done already I apologize. I have seen similar ones on Reddit, but none here to my recollection. )
