The point I’m trying to make in saying it isn’t post launch support is that I feel as if the game was released to the public in a state that I hesitate to call a proper launch for a AAA game. It might have had a 1.0 sticker on it, but it sure did feel like it was still in a pre-release state and Larian decided to use the public as their final stage of QA testing while they took a few extra months after the game’s release to actually complete the development of the project and market this work as “new content updates”. I feel like it would be hypocritical of the community to praise larian for speaking out against greed in the industry that has brought about microtransactions and the decline in the quality of todays games, but then not criticize them for outright releasing an incomplete product to earn as much publicity as possible before the imminent release of a major title from a known company that would compete with them (Starfield). The expected Larian approach given their track record would be “sorry guys the game just isn’t ready yet and we need to further delay it to give you the best experience we can”.
I’m curious as to what you would say your general opinion of BG3 is if you could sum it up. It seems like you and a couple other people in the thread feel generally ambivalent about this game and despite recognizing the same flaws as me, would much rather Larian just starts from scratch and learns from their mistakes to make something you’ll like better on their next release. Is that accurate? I think most of us who are continuing to be vocal and trying to get Larian’s attention are among the biggest fans of this game specifically. I for one appreciate the awesome work Larian put into this game, but I wouldn’t say I follow them as a studio because I’ve never had a fondness for anything else I’ve played from them. I fell in love with BG3 because I was already such a huge dnd fan and was excited to have a well-made game using 5e rules and set in the forgotten realms.
I'm also speaking as someone who loves the game. I've finished like 13+ playthroughs and it's one of my favorite games of all time despite it's flaws. I wouldn't bother criticizing it if I didn't love it so much.
