nothing new here on the preferances: rpg, pc, 50$-100$ for the package, 2 big expansions wins vs dlc, gameplay over graphics etc.... the mistery is why people / studios forget this: beamdog's baldur's 2 redone will sell more thant tiranny BECAUSE IT'S MORE GAME THERE.
by the way witcher 3 dlc is fine - in a game with 50 sets of armour a new for free is cool, in ubi games having 10 pieces, with 50 sold as dlc is not, it's called cut content
torment's failure was not about the too much text - fargo complains, it was the lack of game, zeit's bloom wasn't enough...and they also abandoned real time with pause system + it was way to linear- felt like a shooter
good point my italian cousin: a big dlc/expansion moves the story forward, people don't generally mind the wait for it, but they do being forced to replay the whole story to see ... bastard's wound. yes the "casual" rpg fan has a good memory.
so stick to baldur's gate model, update graphics were feasible, don't kill yourselves over voice acting, it's about world, story and characters and you'll be fine.
poe as goty is excellent, if poe 2 is bigger i'll be happy
tiranny was good it just needed a kickstarter - pity you haven't tried, it felt like an expansion to a game
poe 3 gets a kingdom? just came from patfinder!