Hi,
I would like to start by saying that I really love this game and enjoy it very much. Also, beware of spoilers for BG1, 2 and 3, as there will be plenty.
What I want to say might be only my feeling, but part of the reason I post it is my curiosity if other players have similar feeling, that story arch in the first act is a little over the top? What I mean, is that we got group of lvl 1-4 characters, that already have met ilithids (possibly crushing head of one of them), observer, Minotaur, this fungus guys i forgot name of, witch with sodomite dwarf minions, a s**tload of thiefliengs, devil-like creature i also forgot name of, dragon riding offspring of orc and elf and some other crazy stuff I probably forgot to mention. Also, we already visit underdark. Meanwhile, in BG1 until lvl 4 we were fight kobolds and those smurf-like guys, maybe some wolfs, few humanoids and there was a chance to fight one ogre in 1 v 6 fight. Of course we met demi-god, but at this point we were supposed to thing he is normal emo guy who maybe hit a gym a little too often. BG2 started a little more epic, but our heroes were around lvl 10-12 there and still it was much longer until we met illithids and beholders.
Now, I'm not sure, maybe most of you enjoy this higher fantasy pacing of the game, but I, for one, kind of miss this slower beginnings and reaching high-fantasy stuff only later in the game, when i felt like my character achieved it. Of course illithids are crucial for main story, but a lot of things I've mentioned is in side quest and it feels like they could have been used much later in the game just as well. Also, taking into consideration scope of creatures we face in side quests, it feels a little off, that our main antagonists are goblins.
Do you guys think I'm up to something close to your hearts as well, or am I just nostalgic old guy that doesn't understand modern RPG narratives?
