Originally Posted by _Vic_

Again, no one refutes that the BG3 gameplay and DOS2 do LOOK alike, what all the people here besides you are saying is that a game is not all about looks, there are plenty of other things like combat mechanics, setting, character creation, etc... and I think its a pipedream that you think a game made in 2020 by a different company is going to look like a game of 2002, no matter how incredible is the game.

The look of a game does matter. A lot.
And saying someone not liking the look of BG3 means they want it to look like a game from 2002 is the very definition of a straw man.