The game should tell a story about you and introduce you to the world and the past. The way of writing is totally different than in BG. The partymembers were all grounded. You had a grin dwarf who's doing everything for money, a druid who tries to keep the world in balance, a man who wants to become a knight. And the main character also didn't need some over the top background, because you are playing his story!!! Doesn't matter if you play a female orc or a human, your character was the center of the story and not exchangeable. The others were kind of normal people who just had their own views, problems and opinions. And that's what I love about BG.
Until now it's in BG3. "hmm who should I choose, okay the vampire.. But let's take a look on the others first" "oh my vampire is not affected by daylight - such a coincidence" "oh there is that guy with the bomb in his chest I knew from the charactercreation - he will join me! He is also infected! "
