Been playing games for a very long time now (Crystal Castles on the Atari 2600 anyone?). Once in a while an absolute gem of a game turns up. Larian have knocked this one out of the solar system, never mind the park. This is exactly what us nerds want. No BS transactions no BS promises. not like the rest of them. So the little comment about this should not be the benchmark for games, as its is not fair as 400 people worked on BG3. While i agree for most indie games its not but for the likes of the corporate greed fiends, it bloody should be. Ubisoft - Cut copy paste and repeat. dull dull dull, first FarCry was excellent after that well.. Blizzard - misogynistic company that is so greedy it takes it to the next level. Also no new ideas. 8.5k developers on Diablo 4 and its got as much depth as a puddle. EA - Got a real gripe with EA for destroying Battlefield NVM the cheating. I must have sunk thousands of hours into that franchise since 1942. Played 2 hours on 2042 (how many thousand people worked on that mess I wonder?). now they are threatening to reimagine the series. Good grief they don't learn. This could well be Larians Magnum Opus and they deserve all the awards that are going to be fired at them. I really hope there is better to come from this company. Honestly this game is epic. As for all the other AAA developers just set Karlach on them 'Poor F******s!'