You obviously don't remember the "DoS3" thing but you know what ? If you say so, let's say you're right
My point is that the vast majority of people clearly like what they're seeing and experiencing. It's not even debatable.
It's okay to have an opinion that disagrees with the majority, but I don't think it's helpful to suggest that "a lot" of players have a problem with this game because it doesn't "feel like BG." That's just not true. The numbers don't support that argument, not at all.
And it's also a bit ridiculous. I mean, it doesn't "feel" like BG? What does that even mean? The original post was talking about how elves were the most unique race. Well, guess what? Now tieflings and dragonborn exist in Forgotten Realms. They didn't before, so the whole DnD has kinda changed, you know?
Not to mention, games don't look the way they used to. That "change" is pretty darn apparent also, because now things are visually stunning. Back when people were playing BG, they would've been blown away to see even ten minutes of play of BG3, and they would've been praising the future.
It doesn't "feel" like BG. C'mon, gimme a break. Of course there are differences, and to hyperfocus on those differences means ignoring all the similarities.
It's like, Elturel went to hell. Is that too epic for you? Well, was it too epic when the city of Phlan got teleported because of a plot by Bane?
People want to complain about how exciting the first act is. Okay. I guess. Whatever. I mean, I like it. And while I appreciate the concern trolling over whether the second and third act will be able to live up to the pacing of the first act... I guess I'll just wait and see before casting my vote on that one.
Meanwhile, I don't care what level someone thinks a character should be before they're allowed to interact with a Mind Flayer or a Cambion. That seems like arbitrary nonsense to me, like someone's mind got stuck thinking inside a box. Like only 5th level characters qualify for an express ticket to the underdark. Gosh. How do all the 1rst level drow and gnomes and duergar exist there?
Not to mention that the game doesn't even expect you to fight Mind Flayers and Cambions yet. They've just been introduced, and they've been shown fighting one another. If *you* fought them, that was *your* choice, not the games.
Consider, if you will, two things:
1. What if... the Nautiloid were a ship on the ocean? And the Mind Flayers were human slavers. And the ship was under attack by Sahuaguin. And you had to escape, which led to the ship crashing ashore somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Would it still be too much? Too epic? If not... is it really just the aesthetic that makes it all too much?
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2. What if... there had never been a DoS 1 or 2? Then BG3 just appeared as it is now. What I'm getting at is that saying the game is DoS 3 isn't actually an argument. It doesn't mean anything. There's no steak there, only sizzle, only rhetoric. It's not saying what's wrong with the game in any constructive way because it's appealing to an authority (an authority that no one ever agreed with, I might add) that apparently says BG3 can't look like DoS.
