From my reddit post -- which is being karma bombed as usual.
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Sigh.
I stay with this game because: romances, graphics, storyline
And I'm holding out hope that a "DnD mode" will be implemented.
But WOTC made a mistake in giving this to a studio that doesn't like the DnD ruleset. I'm going to email them and tell them that.
"DnD rules don't translate to videogames" except Solasta proved you wrong.
"This isn't a criticism of DnD . . . but the fighter is a tutorial class" Facepalm.
"People came from DOS and wanted . . ." DOS2 was fine. Nowhere near as fun as BG2.
Call me crazy but I came for BG three because I liked BG two. Weird that I would want a sequel to be a sequel, right? I just don't care about DOS2. Those games are Salmon and Chocolate sauce -- both taste great but if you combine them you get something awful.
Enough with the Solasta comparisons
Not to belittle Solasta, as it is a fine game, for what it is, but:
Solasta also has, what..6 classes and 4 races?
Feats that are 100% home rule? Same with sub classes?
A very basic plot and simple side quests?
Minimal cut scenes, minimal need to integrate graphics into the plot?
And Solasta has any number of Combat related issues that miss the mark as well - it is by no means perfect.
Sven stated that they are listening to feedback, that they are making major systemic changes, that the current EA is miles away from what will be a final version, that they are still working out the plot.
He also stated the next update will be largely systemic changes rather than content additions. He stated they are not making announcements as they are focusing on design and implementation, that some things work and some don't and they are not committing until they get something working. And as even he acknowledges the game won't be out until next year at the earliest, it is FAR from anything resembling a final version in any respect.
These boards are often like a game of Post Office - Person 1 whispers the message to Person 2, who tells Person 3 and so on down the chain - by the time it reaches Person 50 the message has changed in it's entirety. It's like Emily Litella saying "What's all this I hear about National Racehorses" when the conversation was about Natural Resources. It hardly encourages Larian to give out information before they are prepared to.
