Baldur's Gate 1+2 were a fairly faithful adaptation of a tabletop. Hundreds of spells, class combinations, options galore.

The Witcher 3 meanwhile in comparison for all its qualities is an action adventure Netflix movie that outside of its combat witcher senses itself. I see no connection to Baldur's Gate in it whatsoever anymore.

To me the truly next Baldur's Gate won't look 100% like it though. It's not yet arrived. Why? Because you know all its tricks it has on offer already, and have seen it numerous times. Dragon Age too is basically a streamlined for the bigger markets BG given a cinematic coat of paint. I'm waiting for the game that for instance may not merely copy but redefine what party AI / interaction can be (with actually AI in general being underused, e.g. how about a Thief who on the occasion can't keep his his hands off objects in the game world?) and generally still carries that torch of bringing the tabletop feel to a PC. Mind, I still enjoyed PoE, Pathfinder et all very much.

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