Originally Posted by Wormerine
I agree with all you have written, but an opinion that Larian is creatively led studio is more of my own asseement. Frankly I am impressed they decided to move away from BG3 - it is consistant with all they have said and done before, but that they decided not to double down on BG3 is something I admire.

Nonetheless, BG3's success could easly trip Larian (as I think Witcher3 success lead to CDPR overreaching in years after), we will see where they will go from here. I liked the idea of them working on multiple smaller projects, but it seems they found something big again they want to do.

Fortunately, on account on being mixed on actual Larian made games, I am not a fanboy at this point smile. I just seem to like how Larian does business more than the games they make.

I certainly appreciate that they are, as you said, creatively led, but I also expected them to properly wrap up the game, which is the professional and fan appealing thing to do, and it's also something they did do in the past. I can understand not willing to make DLCs but leaving the core game in this state is worrisome. I agree with Henry that I'd prefer a more balanced approach, where they also focus on responsible actions and not just merry-go-round artistry, randomly discarding things and moving on to the next project. This approach might work well in other artistic fields, but they're also a business and if they sell you a game in early access, it's not wrong of you to assume you'll get a finished product eventually, particularly if the said studio already released a definitive edition before. This is not the case for me anymore, and regretfully, I'll have to abstain from purchasing their new game early, as I did with BG3. In the past I was even looking forward to it, thinking that I kind of missed out on not being more involved during the EA, but after seeing how certain things were changed and good scenes irrevocably removed for unknown reasons, things that worked well being rewritten last minute and morally grey characters not receiving a proper conclusion, I'm doubly discouraged from throwing my money at Larian again. I also remember all the promises/lies about the Upper City and 17K endings just before the release. The trust is gone.