I think the reason people are screaming about Baldur’s Gate III is the simple fact it launched day 1, needing no huge patches, it was fully finished, and it is a good game with good story and good mechanics.
Half of the game wasn’t gutted and sold at a premium as DLC, QoL isn’t hidden behind a premium version, just straight out of the box, lets go.
If they release DLC for it, I’m in. DLC is fine. Half of the game masquerading as DLC so you pay effectively double for the full game is not good.
And that’s standard practice for the AAA Game Studios, so naturally, somebody breaks the code and goes back to releasing just a good damn game, everybody starts shrieking and trying to attack Larian Games because if more people start producing games with the same philosophy, AAA studios are going to lose their grip on the market and will have to come back down to earth again. That’s the issue with Baldur’s Gate III.
It has nothing to do with the mechanics, the content, the design. The drama all revolves around the fact a big name title launched at day 1 without needing DLC or Cash Shops or Loot Crates to function and the executives who need that to justify their existence are sharting themselves as a result.