There was the same fan-concerns about Gothic IV, when Piranha Bytes lost their rights for the series, and they went to JoWooD. But in the end, Arcania: Gothic 4 turn out to be great, maybe even the best game in the whole Gothic series. Or, for example, similar situation with Vampire: The Masquerade series, when Paradox Interactive bought iintellectual rights for the game after they purchased White Wolf company. Although Paradox hired for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 many people from the Troika Games, creators of original game, in any way fans looking forward for the game release.
Maybe Larian and Swen Vincke will hire producer of original Baldur's Gate game - Ray Muzyka, at least in the role of consultant. Which would make most of the game series fans happy.
Larian still has a chance to turn things around - just changing certain visuals, setting a darker tone, darker colors, and making the game look a bit more serious/gothic/medieval/dirty...it could be improved a lot.
All the sunny beaches/cute rabbits and crazy jumping/gimmick stuff needs to be replaced with something more adult, realistic - then this game might have a chance.
I'm also quite worried that Larian will not be able to execute the story in focused way.
What's unrealistic about rabbits FFS
Nothing wrong with rabbits, just saying BG is not a game that you play to enjoy cute rabbits.
