I don't remember the specifics, but pretty sure there were some big red flags on BG3, sadly.
For one thing, I think they uglied their females, and...oh, I think I remember. I think they had some super woke blog posts about racism, diversity, and character creation. It was pretty bad, as I recall, and pissed a lot of people off.
It's difficult to tell for certain since a lot of those red flags might be related to Wizards of the Coast and D&D related news.
There's certainly some possibility of some mild layering of wokeness on the surface (like the gender stuff in the customization options and the marketing) but it remains to be seen if it's rotten to the core or not.
Considering it's "100 years later", the list of ways it can tie in is very limited. The only notable events are the deaths of the last two bhaalspawn (including the protag of bg1-2), and the rebirth of bhaal. And since that's just canon and doesn't tie into your choice at the end of bg2, there's no reason for it to not just be some other game set in forgotten realms.
It's Larian who made the incredible Divinity Original sin series. I have some faith that this is for fun and not because of {{{the message}}}
I don't remember the specifics, but pretty sure there were some big red flags on BG3, sadly.
For one thing, I think they uglied their females, and...oh, I think I remember. I think they had some super woke blog posts about racism, diversity, and character creation. It was pretty bad, as I recall, and pissed a lot of people off.
The devs got butthurt that the players overwhelming created white male characters.
It's difficult to tell for certain since a lot of those red flags might be related to Wizards of the Coast and D&D related news.
There's certainly some possibility of some mild layering of wokeness on the surface (like the gender stuff in the customization options and the marketing) but it remains to be seen if it's rotten to the core or not.
My beef is mostly that the Bhaalspawn saga is pretty conclusively over, so there's no good reason for this game to be called Baldur's Gate 3.
Agreed. The name is 100% pure piggybacking. Might as well call it Half Life 3.
Apparently it’s all supposed to tie into the Bhaalspawn stuff a few acts into the game.
Considering it's "100 years later", the list of ways it can tie in is very limited. The only notable events are the deaths of the last two bhaalspawn (including the protag of bg1-2), and the rebirth of bhaal. And since that's just canon and doesn't tie into your choice at the end of bg2, there's no reason for it to not just be some other game set in forgotten realms.
This is not an argument in the game's favor, quite the contrary in fact.