Solasta is definitely (for the EA) a more "down to earth" story, it doesnt start with epicness and craziness that doesn't make sense for level 1 newbie adventurers lol.
That said, its story is also very very linear, which isn't great. Hopefully they take their feedback on board and consider adding more dialogue options and story forks. Apparently most of the planned side content isn't there yet which is also likely part of why it feels as linear. From what i can see, it seems like its story will get crazy eventually though too, maybe not /as/ crazy as BG3 though
Story/narrative is definitely Solastas weakpoint (along with character models which arent really up to par for cinematics and cinematic dialogues these days but are plenty good enough for isometric.
(Haven't played Solasta yet, but I've followed it for a while and now I've looked at character creation and some gameplay bits.)
Solasta appears to me to mostly aim to be a great dungeon crawler with some bits to make it feel like a party experience. I was going to compare it to IWD (which, I admit, I haven't played either yet, though I have an idea of its "style"), but earlier you said you don't think this comparison is apt. Would you mind elaborating on that?
Solasta visuals are all over the place. From my brief observations, environments/creatures look quite nice if somewhat dated (typical for indies, I'd say), character models are... terrible and animations surprisingly ok. There was this weird disconnect between model quality and animation quality. That was my impression, anyway. (The UI looks like a placeholder, but I think it could be entirely solved by simply changing the colours and adding a "fantasy" texture - wood, stone or paper. Say, dark blue stone for UI background and gold for borders/text.)
As for what BG3 could "steal" from Solasta... apart from 5e/combat stuff - custom character "flavour". Way of speaking. Personality flags. Better backgrounds. Of course, it's going to be harder to implement in a cinematic AAA game...
