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Imma drag it back to offtopic territory, but I had the same feeling after my first playthrough.
(And well, this topic probably needs a dedicated thread and so I'll try to keep it short (Although, I think I failed))

Nothing really feels consistent between the acts; Narratively, it's a bit of a mess where each Act feels like a different game. Difficulty and reactivity also drops off after Act 1 (Which, at this point, has been said to death on these forums).
And so, to me, it doesn't nail anything specific throughout and just kinda feels like a cRPG theme park with abit of dating sims thrown in.

Incidently, it's the lack of "artistic vision" that made me look into cut content or EA datamines for anything that might've hinted at their original plans. Unfortunately, didn't find much.


I kinda see this too and it doesn't fill me with much faith, especially when they rely on community feedback instead of internal QA for stuff like Legendary Actions/Honor Difficulty or plot inconsistencies.

The concept is good, I guess, the community gets exactly what they want from a game, but something about it feels off and I can't figure out why.
For small indies it works well to combine your vision with the communities, but for an experienced developer like Larian, they shouldn't need it.

So I hope they don't do EA for their next game, because doing so would set a bad standard for the industry that might be picked up by other AAA (or is it AAAA now?) companies.


I mean, I guess, but every game strives to be fun and I'd like to think that games should be more than just be fun (Even if "Fun" is a rather nebulous term).


For those that were here during EA, is this not status quo for Larian?
Afaik, it is and the worst part is that people seem to be fine with it and Larian sees no need to change given they won Community Support.