at full release this game will set a very high bar …
This is merely your personal opinion. Don't try to present it as some universal truth.
It is my opinion yes but given the amount of positive reviews/commentary that exist over the past two years I think mine is not a lone opinion. Larian are still working on it too hopefully patch nine will rework some or at least one of the communities wish list requests - if that happens then it’s all on.
Yes, the "Larian is still working on the game" line is what has constantly been thrown at critics like me to try and shut down our criticism, claiming that we cannot criticize the game now because we haven't yet seen the "full" game. So I am eagerly waiting for the "full" game to be released, so that I can then launch into my criticism full-blast which the game will surely deserve. And I am 100% certain at that time people will move the goalposts and come up with new justifications for why I am still not allowed to criticize the game.
"it's not out yet, you can't judge it"
"it's just released, you haven't played a lot on the newest build"
"you've gotten 50 hours out of it, why play something that much if you don't like it?"
There's always a reason why people will ignore criticism of something they like. I almost wish people would simply say "I really like it, and I don't like hearing criticism about it, so please stop". At least then that would be honest. (the reverse is often true as well to be fair)
