Paul Farquhar
Legend
For the same reason Terry Pratchett didn't write a Games of Thrones novel. People do what they do well. If they try to imitate someone else's style they do it badly.Will I get this game down the line? Probably, if it ever get a full release, just because I love this video game genre.
But I really don't get Larian. As we've seen in other games, 5e is a straightforward system with mechanics that can translate well to video game format. So with the BG franchise bagged, why on earth have they made it into DOS2 with a D&D skin? Just build from scratch on the simple 5e mechanics with lots and lots of char choices, and spend the resources on a really long and involved story that can carry the BG heritage.
If it ever get a full release. I still bet my money on that we get a half-ready game with lots of compromises, which will be completed by promised free expansions, that will come out bad, or too late, or not at all. But we'll see, maybe it will be ok in the end.
And Larian have a better track record for releasing on schedule with low bugs than Bioware ever did.