I'd rather BG4 be given to a company that, while not perfect nor tend to release non-buggy games from the offset, seem to actually draw from and respect cRPG roots enough to make some of the most old-school feeling modernized cRPGs I've played to date: Owlcat Studios.
My drink almost went outa my nose.
owlcat has got to be the most toxic, scammy developer there is. They have Superbad rep among russian-speaking community for extremely toxic backlashes against youtubers/bloggers who dare to criticise their “games” and point out countless bugs and failures. Their games are actually alpha versions on release and after years of patches they achieved “current” bg3-level of stability. Both kingmaker and wotr had 50% of items and 25% of rules/abilities/mechanics straight up not working as intended. Console versions of both are literally unplayable until now. Among Russian community there’s a joke that owlcat does not have bug testing team, only bug development team.
They’re hiring mostly talented voice actors and their music is nice, but that’s it. After years of patches, the actual pathfinder system is playable, but what about story, writing, needles tedious bugged flak like “kingdom management” etc? Only a hardcore dnd fan can stomach a playthrough of their pathfinder games.
owlcat needs to go.
Let’s just wait for their latest bugfest that is coming in december and compare to BG3 on release
