Larian has said at times that they have a lot of love and passion for this game and for Baldur's Gate, and I believe them. I believe they're putting their all into this game, and I actually believe they have a love and possibly even respect for the original Baldur's Gate games. But I also think they could not give a damn about 5e or even D&D as a whole beyond the BG games. I think that's been apparent in all of their design choices pretty much. They're trying to respect the idea of the Baldur's Gate games, but they see the 5e system as not really being relevant to that. And maybe they're even right in that thinking, since the old games certainly bear no systemic similarity to 5e. I'm no fan of 5e so this ultimately doesn't matter that much to me, but I am still displeased on principle for the people who do care about the system.
