So why my previous post was downvoted by the orvellian mafia ? Just because i said i don't like the art style of the curent Divinity games and i prefer the isometric view ?

Ew... Too bad that too many games embrace those categories as given by the divine. They worked for WoW in order to force total strangers to cooperate. Characters should be way more than that.

It is SO MUCH FUN to actually RP in RP games...

I think Larian Studio have more chance that Obsidian or Beamdog to not screw this up. Their games have at last good optimization and up to now Divinity was one of my favored series, so I put more trust in them, now we see there will be BG3. Finally something that deserve more attention :) .

BG3 from Larian? Take my money.

Same thoughts the setting / environment will be kinda same, problem is imho you cannot create the same atmosphere if you switch to a fallout 3 and up approach, RTS, RPG are better of imho again, with 2d.look .

If they dont used 3d FPP they might used a 3d 3P , showing the characters , but how do you show the party. in FPP? 3 or more people in 3d? . so maybe it will be a pillars approach 2.5 3d look but with all the better graphics ( 3d rendered small characters) and the options to zoom scroll 360 degrees turning rotating the game , like many RPG do now.
Anyway in my case it would still be sad cause i preder 2.5 d, without all the fancy extras i mentioned above.
The best part is, nobody forces us to buy the game :D i will keep searching for other games that look more like the classic BG1+2, Fallout 1+2 and tactics, i wont be buying ATOM cause eventhough they kinda copied Fallout, the engine is no for me, too many rotations, zooming, i dont mind scrolling but using +- to zoom in and be able to tilte the view so i can watch the sky is a no for me, im too stuck to good old games like jagged allaince and its classics.

Remember people, Larian is not all about Original Sin. The first game of the series, Divine Divinity, was an EXCELLENT isometric mix between Diablo and BG. This is indeed great news.

(The only thing I am not so sure is the Ruleset, 5e. I would stick to classic 3.5 with improvements if possible.)

BG3 will be like that game and only the settings will be changed to BG style, so it will be a complete change of 'engine'
i'll pass on that one , ill stick to 2.5d forever, if agame doesnt have that engine and uses similar like larian, its okay ill just pass the game.

Anyway maybe some new smaller developers show up who will create good old games, no fancy stuff and eyecandy.
engines.

Bioware is dead.
Long live Larian!

And who cares what naysayers have to say, they can't change the reality...

I doubt Larian will have any choice as to the rule set they use. Since 5e is the current rule set in use, I'm pretty sure WotC will mandate that it's the one used in the game.

If the moneygrabbing twats in shitedog aren't involved in any way, shape or form with this game, maybe it won't be shit. So that's good news I guess.

Sure as hell won't pre-order or buy until well after release, and I can read proper reviews of it.

I'll bet the deed to my family farm that it'll be an adaptation of 5th Edition D&D aka the line of products that WOTC currently wants you to buy and is presently helping keep Hasbro afloat. I'm not sure what people are expecting in this regard. As the great Yogurt said, "Moichendising!"

Prior to Microsoft eating Obsidian, I'd probably have preferred them to do it. From what I recall they had ideas about it. But after the MS news, I don't expect much good to come from them any more. Unfortunately.

But the main thing is that Shitedog aren't involved. I'd probably (marginally) prefer EA over those useless hacks tbh. And I hate EA.

Hopefully Larian can do a good job. The game shouldn't try to continue the BG1-BG2 story, as that was "complete" so to speak, and you can't really go back to that without heavy-handed retconning. So I hope and expect a new game to start with blank sheets.

Shame about having to use 5e, 2d would have been much better, but it is what it is -- let's just hope it turns out good.

Oh, and I hope it will either be released on Linux natively, or that it's reasonably easy to get it going with for instance DXVK + Wine. As a sensible person (give or take), I will of course stay very, very far away from anything Google will put out. These giga-corporations really need to be chopped up and start respecting privacy.

Yeah, they should make it ASCII art only, or just plain text, like in the 70s! But wait... why not just pen & paper? I hate this 20th century!

Exactly.