Hi, first time poster here.
I'm a huge fan of the PC Baldur's Gate games. Loved the gameplay and it introduced me to the Forgotten Realms setting. But after PT, IWD and IWD2 were released I was disappointed that the genre seemed to disappear.
I played the beta of Sword Coast Legends, but the game really disappointed me. I had heard of PoE before, but between the disappointment of SCL and my weak laptop, I didn't even try it. Still, I kept hearing good things about the game.
Then last summer the game was released for the PS4 and I bought it to try it out. Long story short: I loved the game. It wasn't exactly like BG, but it was close enough and the differences made it stand out. Can't say that everything in the game was perfect (companion storylines seemed less developed than I hoped for), but it has kept me lurking on these forums looking forward to the sequel.
Though the UI was functional for the PS4 version, I have to say that I really hate how so many companies use radial menus. They have never felt right to me. Moreover, I could never figure out a way to select groups of my PCs. I could only select all at once, or one at a time, which made combat very cumbersome at times.
I know that Obsidian is not responsible for the console ports, and I have no idea if they will even have any contact with the company doing the port, but there are two things that would greatly improve the console versions:
1. Dramatically decrease the loading times.
I have no idea how bad loading times were on the PC version, but they were a plague in the PS4 version. At later points in the game it really killed my enjoyment. Resting at Brighthollow involved going through 4 long loading screens to get to my room and back outside. I don't really see a reason for loading times to be so ridiculously bad.
2. Offer the PC UI as an option on the console versions.
Obviously, Red Cerberus has to focus on making a good controller UI, but it would be great if they kept the PC UI in the game as an option. Some of us do have a mouse and keyboard to use with their PS4, and I really think that a mouse is the best way to control characters in a game like this.