Originally Posted by odesseiron81
Originally Posted by virion
Originally Posted by Topper
Not a fan of Bulls and bears that can climb ladders but its fantasy. Anything goes. Right? I still have hope. Some will love it, others will weep. For the latter, another dev will surface and fulfill their dreams.
20 years.

The planet will change it's polarization before that happens for BG2 old fans ^^


Hey, these people don't speak for all of us. It's usually the few people that complain the most that get the most attention. Look at like... Google reviews, or Yelp for a restaurant that YOU know is good. But there are some bad reviews. Meanwhile the place serves hundreds/thousands of patrons per week. You only see the people that had some gripe complain. All the people that loved it felt no need to say anything, because they enjoyed themselves. I think it's much of the same here.

BG2/ToB is in my top 3 of all time, I've been playing it on and off through 20 years. I for one am excited to see what Larian brings to the table at full release. We only have a very small piece of the very large puzzle right now. We're realistically still 2~ years away from release. I've seen improvements over each patch. The patch notes weren't even released and everyone is like *lol I'm out cause Larian isn't catering to exactly me*

I have zero problem checking on the forums once a week (or longer) and if there's news cool. If not, I say oh well and move on to what I was doing. This is a massive game in scope. We're not going to see weekly blog updates (even more so because it's not fan funded).

More than anything, it amuses me to see how rustled to see some people getting when the game is so far from release. A year from now it could be completely different. And 2 years from now...who knows what it'll be.

I like your rationale and optimism; I wish I could feel the same with regard to the latter. Full release is some way off but we have possibly 1/4 or 1/3 of the full game to playtest and if we can deduce anything from the recent Panel from Hell stream it is that they *seem* to be doubling down on their own interpretation and implementation. Certain mechanics which have drawn a fair amount of feedback or criticism are yet to be acknowledged so we don't have any idea whether they plan to amend the party control mechanics, for example.

BG1 & 2 are also in my top 5 (rather than 3) games and I so desperately want this to be on a par with the previous games but I can't escape the feeling Larian have a different way of doing things and one which doesn't resonate with me on a personal level. I can respect that many love BG3 but I do not feel it currently looks like it will do justice to the legacy it is built on, which again I accept is probably of little relevance to most of the players, many of whom have never played BG1 or 2.