I watched those very long videos about BG1+2.
Now I am a bit more confident that BG3 will be good, because many issues now were discussed the same way back then and the games were great.
some examples:
- changes to the rules. Back then DnD fans said that something that is not turn based should not be called DnD.
- feature bloat. The devs wanted to implement tons of stuff. Much of it had to be removed or reduced after they already put lots of time/efford into it. For BG2 they even considered mounted combat at some point.
- Too much focus on romance. The Jaheira romance in BG2 spiraled out of control so they had to move writers who should write male romances to Jaheira. Thats why we have 3 girls and only 1 man for dating and they had to change Anomen (only male choice) to be more likable.
The list goes on. History repeats itself. Hopefully this means we get another great game.
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