Because of the abundance of love the forums here is giving it, I bought Solasta. My initial impressions are not great.
Ignoring graphics because small studio and unity engine. Ignoring the UI (some have said they like it, I don't) Ignoring the controls (I detest the camera manipulation even more than I had problems with BG3s! and the movement of characters is pretty boring with a sprawling empty city) Ignoring the acting and script (some of the most cringe table top generic fantasy "we meet at an inn" listen to the trouble I had getting to work today! story telling) Just focusing on combat.....
It is stale. Somehow it is very true to how I felt playing the Gold Box games for Dragonlance and Pools of Radiance, and at the time I loved it, but in this game it works, but is somehow lifeless?
I "AM" rushing through trying to experience the game to give a valid critique and comparison, so probably missing things that make it great, but pure combat evaluation is highly similar to BG3. There are far less actions you can take per a turn, attack, shove, cast a spell. It all feels very static.
Going to keep playing to give it more time as I don't want to buy it with an agenda to say "bg3 is great and that is trash", but my initial impression is confusion on why everyone loves it so much more.
