But I disagree with your statement regarding role-playing in video games. I will always build my characters in CRPGs so that they are interesting whether they are actually good in combat is secondary to me. RPing is very important for a lot of CRPG fans though sadly most RPGs just lack the system to make roleplaying easier so most of it just happens in your imagination by restricting yourself to play in a very specific way. Sadly there really only a handful single-player RPG which fully embrace role-playing like Fallout New Vegas/basically all Obsidian games, Vampires Bloodlines or the Dragon Age games. I just hope that BG3 has lots of choices, skill checks and quest with multiple solutions to make RP interesting.
I'm exactly the same, and even view combat as a tedious sideshow in an RPG. It's a big part of why I love PoE2 so much because I can create a really cool character concept that is quite shabby in combat and still get through the game just fine. I think it's just people who post a lot on game studio forums (like this one for example) and gaming website forums (like the Codex for example) who are into min-maxing and power-gaming, and who falsely believe they represent most gamers out there in the world. I hope Larian knows better.
