But people aren't upset over the fact that content was cut so much as they are upset that Larian did a terrible job of cleaning it up. Cut content isn't meant to leave gaping narrative and design holes that make the game feel unfinished and unpolished.
Like, conversations reference things that don't exist. Items marked as quest items aren't actually used for anything. Storylines are unsatisfying and abruptly ended.
Then to add insult to injury, things like the upper city and tadpoles actually having consequences were hyped just months before release which is misrepresentation and false advertising.
