When Bioware made BG1, I remember some ppl from PnP criticized the game because of the RTWP.
Since I had so much fun and was a complete newbie to DnD, I did not agree then, but today I understand what they meant.
But it was also true that the game sold millions because of the right choices by Bioware to appeal to wider audiences and one might say that Larian is doing just the same.
However, I think there is a big difference between Bioware and Larian on the way they treat the source material.
Bioware, despite all the changes they brought, they respected the RAW as much as possible. They changed only things that were necessary for video games, or things that were too difficult to implement...
Larian however, I can't say the same thing. it feels like they are more like the writers for Witcher series on Netflix than Bioware, to my eyes, they are disrespecting the source material and change and impose their own ideas instead of trying to stay true with the source materials. In my opinion, the current DnD 5e rules are fine and balanced and fun, and all modifications brought by Larian are either unnecessary or even harmful to game balance mechanism.
This is sad. I am only hoping that mods will be able to "fix" all this. I wish BG3 becomes perfect, not just very good.
