I purchased both original and then EE editions of both bg1 and bg2.
i must say having played them thru i found no hint of any hidden sjw agenda.
the only annoying thing was i didnt receive a big enough discount for buying EE of both despite prior ownership of originals.
i very much enjoyed the new resolutions and interface although the cut-scenes are a bit stinky compared to the older versions and if u compared the two directly u would have to say that the originals, over the new, were vastly more effective in setting the tone of the games.
as for beamdog in general as far as i can see this company has done nothing wrong by its marketing, they now own the product and can sell it any way they wish. that is free market capitalism and if people didnt want to buy the EE on top of originals well damn them for having no imagination and free spirit, again the company has done nothing wrong by re-pricing and re-bundleing its products that by the way it owns.
the arguement that they are in any way insulting the consumer is spurious,, saying that......
the EE version of nwn1, i have problems with this since the only additions i can see are some extra dungeon designing tools etc, so i can hardly see why this would be a valid purchase for me considering i already own the diamond edition, i suppose the added bonus of online servers for the game helps, but really if i was that addicted still to D+D id be playing tabletop not making do with a computer game.
i have not bought any other beamdog games but i would be happy to see that company touch up a few more old classics, ie arcanum osamo, or maybe total anhiliation kingdoms. the ammount of content for ta kingdoms is phenomenal and i would love to see it all squeezed in with a careful hand lent to making the single player story mode a little less buggy.
As for BG3 well unless its backwards compatable with characters from bg2 i shall not be buying until it is reduced in price from original release.
all said and done a big thumbs up for beamdog we need more devs taking great old games seriously, even if the result is not what u expected then hey new game,final point the scripting for baldurs gate one was always pretty much fan fiction if uve ever played tabletop then its potentialy paradise city compared to a group of sweaty people chain smoking and drinking beer. for example anything minsc says could have been written by a 12 year old and the only good thing about him was the hamster boo who squeaked. and as for noober, enough said.