I still have my collectors edition of Baldur's Gate 2 and I love the series. I didn't like this mind flayer/octopus theme and started to play almost 1,5y after the premiere, when the game was given to me as my early Xmas present. And after few hours I have found myself having so much fun trying to figure out how to win a difficult fight, what else I can do or how to make party member like me etc. Soon after I discovered mods and realise that they can fix some minor annoyances with UI, camera or spell balance making the game even better. Yes, BG 1 and 2 story was more dramatic and elaborated. But BG3 storytelling is about how you want to play your story. You have so much possibilities. Your companions seem less like great heroes and more like real people and you become very fast involved in their story, learn to know and love them. Soundtrack is so beautiful. Every trivial conversations is fully voiced and has realistic body language reactions. There is so much love and work being put into this game and it shows. I have to go now. I have some squirrels to talk to ;)
