Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback D&D is about player choice. Larian is failing at this. Things to address.

I don't think the meta-gaming argument works since BG3 does a great job of giving you in-game warnings whenever you are about to come into "set-pieces". If you're roleplaying an avoidant character (i.e. a sneaky rogue), you're constantly given heads up to avoid things without the need for metagaming.

For example:

1) The Grove Entrance Battle - the game tells you there is shouting up ahead. Most people investigate because they are curious (NPCs encourage it), but there is no need for your character to head that way, especially if they are paranoid avoidant. You can skip the entire Grove area if your curiosity takes you elsewhere.
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Ugh, there's no real choice in BG 1. You are CHARNAME, adopted child of deadguy, stepsibling of Imoen and are gonna do the Bhaalspawn story arc. I don't get why people buy a video game then bitch about it sending you on its story. There's stuff you can do in tabletop that simply wont work in the video game medium, and an open sandbox is one of them.