I see a lot in this thread people essentially asking, "if there is something wrong with this game, why is it still fun/why are we still playing it?" etc.
That's because despite the problems, BG3 is still a fun game. The poor writing is subjective, the fact remains it is an entertaining fantasy RPG. Despite acusations that I see things through rose tinted glasses, I enjoy many newer rpgs like this. Pillars of Eternity 1&2, DOS 1&2, Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous are all great, fun games.
Exactly. This is not a debate about whether BG3 in its current form is fun to play for many people, because of course it is. Just like hundreds of other games on Steam, GOG, and EGS being enjoyed by millions of gamers. The issue is whether the game feels like a Baldur's Gate game, set in the Forgotten Realms, and using D&D 5e mechanics? The issue of the game being "fun" to play has nothing to do with this and is an entirely separate issue. And I think it is very telling that generally, the people who are very favorable towards BG3 are those who don't really care that much about the game's ancestry and roots as a Baldur's Gate/FR game, because things like the game supposedly being part of the Baldur's Gate videogame franchise or a game set in the Forgotten Realms setting with all it's rich lore collected over decades are not at all relevant to them. So, your excellent OP is going to resonate only with those of us who care about this game actually being a **Baldur's Gate** game, and not just another RPG made by Larian that happens to be called BG3.
