I wish this was made in the style of Pillars of Eternity II but even more refined. Pillars II was so impressive, imagine what a company who actually understands and respects Baldur's Gate would have achieved.
Well, Obsidian would have been an excellent choice and afaik they were willing to develop BG3 10-12 years ago. However I think POE is not a good model for a BG3 game. I am a POE hardcore fan and I know where it comes from. A very small budget game made thanks to the fans, for the fans. POE(1) is a true jewel in the gaming industry but it is clearly not appealing to the masses. For that, imho, you need 1) a more epic ambiance, not so refined, not so finely honed 2) a less intellectual narrative 3) and it greatly pains me to say it, a not so elitist combat system.
Pay attention to Obsidian's plans, let them develop Avowed which may well combine the best of many genres. OP rejoice! Its lore comes from POE.
Less intellectual narrative? Refinement is bad? Baldur's Gate III should appeal to the masses? DoS doesn't appeal to the masses. If anything it's more clunky and arcane than PoE. The average console kid will take one look at the inventory management, laugh it off and play the dumbed-down "skyrim" instead which IMO is extremely overrated like all the other TES games except Daggerfall but I digress...
I'm tired of talking about CD Projekt but they stand out as a company that achieved massive success without selling out to companies like EA. And even though TW3 was compromised by an easy console-ized combat system, the storytelling was very adult and its the only RPG with a story that I like -- the Hearts of Stone expansion with Olgierd's story was especially poignant. Many other RPGs including even Pillars the dialogue and voice-acting is so hokey, characters that I simply don't like and I always just turn the voices off. If you want to see a "less intellectual narrative", look at how the Netflix series butchered The Witcher. Is that what you think is required to be successful? I beg to differ.
I stand by my point that when they made PoE2 they created a fantastic engine for BG-type games that would have served a BG3 better than Larian's fruity "cast teleport on your enemy for the lulz" whimsical design.
Always give games a chance even if they get some low scores and nerdraging reviews, clearly we all have different tastes. And NEVER support dumbing-down and pandering just to appeal to the masses, this is the single worst thing happening with gaming right now, everyone knows this and they're clinging desperately to the hope the Cyberpunk will come along and save us... we'll see how it does...
