Larian better hope the game's in a good state to release in the first half of 2023. The latter half of the year already seems like a potential bloodbath between FFXVI and FFF7R2, and the potential for Dragon's Dogma 2 and Dragon Age 4 to be releasing in that time period too. Sure, BG3 is a cRPG, but just about every cRPG enthusiast has already bought into the EA long ago, and BG3 is trying to get the attention of the wider gaming community. But the average RPG enthusiast that either hasn't yet bought into the EA and may be waiting for full launch for impressions, or doesn't yet know about it, is likely to skip over BG3 entirely compared to every other game I mentioned if BG3 releases too close to them.
