Originally Posted by Blackheifer
[quote=AlrikFassbauer]
This. +1 It needs little stars around it and hearts and dancing mermaids. The subtext here is also about the issue of "fan entitlement". I won't get into it, I've upset enough people today....
Nah, it's a bunch of hollow generalizations and "truisms" that sound somewhat smart without having any strong basis in reality or being backed by any meaningful evidence.

The assumption is always been that it's important to pander to the casual audience, but in reality the only thing the "casual audience" cares about is having something that looks good.
On basically any other metric their opinion is pretty much irrelevant on the popularity of the game, mostly because they hardly have strong opinions to begin with. Give them whatever and they will stick with it for a while, then their attention will fleet somewhere else. And that's true regardless of how "hardcore" or "piss easy" the game will be, for the most part.


Party control in Baldur's Gate 3 is a complete mess that begs to be addressed. SAY NO TO THE TOILET CHAIN