Eh, the guys who own the D&D franchise and write the books heavily oversaw the making of this game, and are *still* heavily involved. *They* chose this company, this platform, and this style of game. *They* saw DOS:2 and decided that this style of game would be the best to represent the BG franchise for a 3rd game.

Soooo... Maybe it's not Larian's fault that the game is the way it is?