Jools
Eater of Apples
Well, D:OS2 has a bigger budget, better people on staff, more writers on staff, probably isn't going to have the story completely changed half-way though, probably won't have such shit RNG loot, etc. I'd probably stop dreading because it has a lot more going for it than the 1st time around.
They certainly have more people on the team, but that doesn't mean anything unless they are talented, intelligent and creative. They do have Avellone to hold the reins (if they have any modicum of self-awareness that's what they are going to let him do) and that makes me hopeful. Hope is a cruel mistress though, so we'll see :p
For the sake of all that is holy and sacred, I really hope not. I hope the limited budget allocated to having him on-board will only allow him to write one or two characters and a questline or two, all of which I'll be free to ignore.
Hell, I'm a storyfag and I prefer Larian's cheesy and amateurish attempts at humorous writing than the pseudo-deep and pseudo-meaningful, wannabe-eschatological tryhard pompous drivel that Avellone has been delivering recently. Sorry guys, I am full aware of the legions of fanboys we got on this very board, but Avellone has lost his shine, and anyway, he had at best been a "decent game writer", which is still a fairly sub-par kind of writer, when compared to "actual" writers.