I have much respect for the OP’s knowledge of Forgotten Realms lore. That said, for me, the more glaring reason (among many others, frankly) this game is not the proper BG sequel many of us long time, older gamers hoped for is overall design—we were hoping for heroic adventure, player freedom, an expansive and diverse number of potential companions in order to help tell the story in a way of the player’s choosing, etc., etc., etc. Rather, IMHO, this is a just another DOS game with a thin D&D/BG/Forgotten Realms wrapper. BG3 appears to potentially be an average to reasonably good DOS game (once Larian fixes most of the bugs), but it seems clear at this juncture that BG3 is a Baldur’s Gate title in name only.
Regards,
Hem
P.S. Gary Gygax has to be rolling over in his grave, and I doubt Ed Greenwood is pleased—even if he won’t say so.
