In spite of what you might think, I did not post out of emotion and lack of reason or logic. I am just letting people know that I love the game. This thread was not meant to be a criticism of the game and to invite people to be all negative about Larian and the job they are doing.
The game is beautiful and fun to play. I enjoy it a lot. If they cleaned it up, finished it, added some classes and races, I'd be perfectly happy with the game as is without any changes for Day/Night. That was the point of my last comment.
That said, I question the reason/logic of those who are demanding some serious Day/Night Realtime features in this game. Again, let me point out that the FIRST ACT is already taxing on the hard drive space. You start adding features like a true Day/Night Realtime clock with weather affects and enemies attacking at specific times if you don't accomplish your goals in time, and the game is going to get even chunkier. So reasonably and logically speaking, I'm saying I'd rather have them add more classes and races than worry about a full Day/Night Cycle Realtime clock etc. I'd rather them finish the story than worry about these more minor details.
If it isn't too much work for them, then sure. 100% agree. Day/Night cycle with Realtime clock, make each Short Rest 1-3 hours, Long rest is 8-10, there is no end day, you just keep short/long resting your way through, have enemies attack the grove and such at specific days/times, have specific dialogues happen at specific days/times, have the tadpole start to take you over at specific days/times, have weather effects, random encounters, the whole works.
I was just trying to get people to be more realistic. BG1 and 2 were awesome, but their graphics pale in comparison to this game. The fact that you have scripted, voice-acted dialogue cutscenes for each and every dialogue, etc. All that is WAY better than BG1 and 2. That's the point I was trying to make.
It's like trying to repair a car from the 80s versus trying to repair a car from today. In the 80s, you didn't have all the computers like you do today laced throughout the entire thing. One minor repair is actually a lot more complicated today than it was then. Likewise, one minor change in BG3 is a lot more intensive than BG1 or 2 because those were made like 20 years ago.
I'm very impressed with everything Larian has done. Now, that said, IF they give us Day/Night Realtime with all those bells and whistles they'll turn this game into something so much more incredible than anything it is right now...but at what cost? Are we going to have a finished product that takes up a 500 gb of hard drive space? It's already at what...and it's not even finished!!!
