As a somewhat new member of these forums, I was shocked to see the negative vibe that surrounds it. The majority acting as if Larian is a bunch of incompetent monkeys that don't know what they're doing... when in fact these wonderful people made Divinity Original Sin 2, a widely praised and incredibly loved game with over 125000 (95%) positive reviews on Steam. To me these forums are far too critical, nitpicky and harsh towards developers who have such pure passion for making RPG games and don't drown it in a cesspool of DLCs and other predatory monetization.
So for them it is best to keep silent and simply observe feedback. If they agree with feedback and wish to act on it, great. If not, that's okay too. Their vision, their game... which I without a doubt believe will be as great, if not even better than DOS2.
I think a lot of the 'negative' feedback is rather constructive criticism and at times very well observed, though granted there are a few posters here who are maybe too negative (I include myself in that). I hate to nitpick but 'the Box' debacle would suggest a certain level of incompetence on Larian's part.
Whilst I can understand the praise around DOS2, fundamentally this is a totally different and a legendary IP at that, with a totally different rule set. In my humble opinion, BG3 should have had nothing to do with DOS2 whatsoever, other than sharing the same developer. By mixing a bit of both you end up with something that is trying to be all things to all people.
I suppose my hypothetical question to you would be, how would you respond if a new developer made DOS:3 but did their own interpretation, removing some of the fundamental things that made it so loved and implementing their own ideas, so much so that it felt like a very different game? You are clearly a huge fan of DOS2 so I'm interested to hear what your likely response would be?
