My expectations are curbed to be realistic, so I don't fear the release.
I do worry about the Larian's design philosophy though. Excessive item focus that leads to an ever increasing excessive item management mini-game, and excessive meta-gaming/internet search to uncover the bestest combos. Add to this excessive "mockbat" (overly complex mock combat/homebrew), the likely over-emphasis on the first act due to long early access development leading to a sense of anti-climax - and you have a recipe for casual gamers to discard the game mid-way. Like I did DOS2. Twice.
