I have to wonder how the story will seem to the majority of players who only play through the story once. Most people here have played through every scene multiple times, have read a ton about what is going on, watched other videos, playthroughs, datamined everything, etc. But what of those who experience the story for the first time as their only time?
I've had a playthrough where I didn't activate really any of the story cutscenes and the whole time it felt like I was just randomly getting involved in some unrelated conflict, just because. No dreamer, no devil coming to camp, I didn't recruit SH so the box wasn't a thing, etc. If that had been my only time playing through that section I can't imagine how terrible the story would seem.
I really hope they get better at telling the story and making it a bit more obvious what the connections are, because right now, it feels like a coop themepark for most people, and a deep engaging rpg for very, VERY few. Hell, maybe that's what Larian is going for.
