I just see how many people argue their dissatisfaction with the fact that " BG3 is not like BG2 " or something similar. But it's normal that it's not exactly the same.
Forgive me, but the person above is literally picking on menu and interface, expecting it to be the same as 20 years ago. And this is very strange for me...
I think you (and many other people who present this argument) overinterpret those criticisms by quite a lot. It's not that BG fans want Larian to copy-paste BG2, Infinity Engine included, and call it a day. It's not that they don't want ANYTHING modern in BG3. But if almost every element of the game looks NOT like BG, you're going to get "it does not look like BG" complaints. "It doesn't remind me of BG" is not the same as "I don't like that the game isn't a carbon copy of BG2". There's a lot of space between "exactly the same" and "not similar at all".
Again, it's not a call of copy-pasting, it's a call for introducing elements that bring familiarity and are reminiscent of the old games. Like I said before, you can be both modern and keep the series identity. It's not quite the same, but there's a bunch of modern revivals/remakes that do a great job of staying true to the respective series and being clearly made very recently.
Originally Posted by Nyloth
Another fun fact, DAO is very different from Dragon Age 2, but it's still the same series of games. And then DAi very different from Dragon Age 2. Everything except lore. Each game in the series can be completely different, but this is normal.
I actually consider DA to be a good example of how a series changed its subgenre and went downhill.
And I'd say changing style mid-series is very hit-or-miss. Some series do well with it - like Divinity - and it's "normal" for them. They're just the type of franchise to feature very different entries. Then you have series that have "early instalment weirdness" and the first game doesn't really know what it is - like The Witcher (gameplay-wise, anyway). But some (I would say most) series are better left as they are, and if not, a spin-off can be created. Like Dark Alliance for BG. And that's fine. For a main BG entry it's just jarring that it's so different... And I'd say DA:I is more similar to DA:O than BG3 is to BG1&2.
