Overall, liked what I saw with the character creation and more information about reactivity and permutations. If it works as designed it''ll be amazing to see play out. I am super pumped.
I muted most of the presentation in big chunks. I didn't want to see or hear anything spoilery and I'm pretty sure some of those sequences went on a long while.
I really don't see peoples disappointment with what was shown. It's still only idk, .5% of the game? We have no idea how other permutations of other things can play out if you RP differently. I'm sure there will be an equally amount of cool stuff for those playing good.
Even with the companions. It sounds like you can shape them over the course of your adventure to maybe change their ways. WotC hardly focuses on alignment anymore, they toned it way down, to the point I think they also told Larian to diminish a bit, which is why I think they went this route.
Having a character go "hue hue I'm the evil party member and nothing you can say or do will affect how I feel" is the furthest thing from a real person and very one dimensional. Quite frankly, it's boring. Events happen to people. Individuals come into each others lives and can change them for the better...or worse. This was my takeaway from the presentation.
