And things that I was aware of in BG2 (enemy AI being dumb and dragons not reacting to hostile AoE attacks, or traps being OP) arent things that made BG1&2 good. Those are enjoyable games in spite of their issues. A bit like Deus Ex's shooting and stealth are really not very good, but game is still a classic due to other factors.
I think it is also a mistake to ignore a different focus of a BG3 - as a game it is drawing far more attention to it's mechanics and sacrifices a lot of "immersions", quality of storytelling and world building for the sake of gameplay. It's gameplay not really being good is a bigger problem, then in BG1&2 where world and story were at the forefront. Like yeah, KOTOR's combat is garbage, but it's means to an end, rather then the main feature of the game.
I think this is my main worry about the way this is going in terms of unhinged narrative and unwillingness to invest in 'immersion' (D/N, NPC routines, distance being wrong, plotholes, tadpoleus ex machina plot, etc) and where I fear a CP2077 scenario is much more probable then releasing it unfinished and full of bugs.
On Topic: If anyone at Larian still reads this forum, maybe some of the issues in the megathreads could be addressed (and closed) in this next PFH ? If not live, perhaps in the patch notes ?
