Larian is a cool company. I'm not trying to accuse of them of doing anything shady.
There is certainly a mercenary element to the way they are handling this attempt at a Baldur's Gate game; that's fine when they're doing their own thing, but sucky when we're talking about something that predates them...something arguably seminal.
^ Jump to 3:30.
Originally Posted by Swen Vincke
... so, the chance to do that, and to bring what basically is our RPG identity to Baldur's Gate as a franchise was an opportunity too good to resist. And so, what it will do for us... uh, what we think it will do for us is it's going to show a larger segment of people, because I think Baldur's Gate 3 will reach more people than Divinity will have done... it will show a larger segment of the population what our RPGs feel like and hopefully bring them to play our other games also.
I am really not interested in a new(er) studio trying to push their identity through a beloved established series. Sadly, this only confirms my initial suspicions of BG3. The game could still be decent on its own merits, sure, but it won't be Baldur's Gate.
