I absolutely share your concerns OP but I do not feel particularly betrayed, just a bit sad with things at present. We all have our own visions for how we would like the game to be and it would be impossible for Larian to please all parties. I do feel the legacy of BG has not really been honoured in any meaningful sense; the odd token mention of past occurrences in previous games from books or letters in BG3 does not really amount to anything tangible in my opinion. Larian have obviously had their vision for the game from the outset and rightly so, but it seems clear they want to implement their sense of 'fun' on the game which seems to deviate somewhat from other people's sense of what that entails and also deviates quite considerably from some of the core rules. These have been covered at length elsewhere.

I stand by the notion that BG3 should have relatively little to do with DOS; different IP's, different rules, different art direction, the list goes on. It feels a little like BG has been given the Marvel super hero film makeover; mass appeal; brash; high octane; everything is exceptional; that sort of particular humour which irks me...I don't know how to describe it but it's akin to the sort of one liners you get in the recent Star Wars films. I don't know, at times it just strikes me a bit juvenile? Hard to put into words.

I await the new patch with interest to see if it deals mostly with cosmetic fixes or addresses some of the more glaring issues raised in these forums.