I would prefer ending slides but that was never the norm outside Obsidian's RPG.
I agree with the consensus, I think everyone would fine-ish with non-happy ending but at least they be given closure for each major choices they made especially with companion.
I hope Larian continues to improve the ending, be it ending slides, better implementation of short narrative ending etc.
Ending slides were also the norm for BG2: Throne of Bhaal and later Bioware titles like the Dragon Age games. They aren't really that unusual for crpgs, for good reason. The Pathfinder crpgs use them too.
