I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons for almost forty years. The original Baldur's Gate blew my mind when I first played it. The second one was also great (and Planescape Torment, etc.) BG3 is a HUGE leap forward in CRPGs, however. On nights when my players cancel, or when I have a few hours to kill, it is amazing to me that I can almost capture the feel of playing honest-to-goodness D&D. It doesn't quite scratch the itch of playing at a table with real players, but it is as close as I can imagine. If you haven't tried it yet, (and it is hard to believe that anyone interested in computer role playing games hasn't already played it!) I HIGHLY recommend it.
Coming from Pathfinder WOTR I think the story is underwhelming, equipment progression is bad (e.g. best longsword found in act 1 with blue rarity, only one purple an not a single legendary exist), certain seemingly important choices have no real consequences, the resting mechanics are annoying.
Playing WOTR with auto-buff mod is the much better choice for me. While BG3 gets worse with every act, WOTR becomes better.
Solid 7/10 game that sadly brings back and tarnishes irrevocably two returning characters from the classic games; Viconia & Sarevok with woeful interpretations of both.
This will always be a non-canonical follow up to the true classic BG Saga, it is not in Larian's purview to mess around with and override the variable endstates of companion characters from a story that was concluded 20 years ago just to bring them back in the worst way imaginable for this game. Please stick to your own IPs Larian, DOS2 was already a superior game to BG3.
