Well BG3 does feel like it was written by a horny creative writing intern that saw the front cover of the D&D adventure novel and instantly became an expert though the picture on the front cover. I fail to understand how suggesting that creative and immersive world building is "being a dick"? Meh.
Some of the characters are okay, not particularly interesting enough to want to play origin stories though. I understand there are generic NPC personality types in RL like Wyll and Ast.....the vampire guy that acts like a celebrity wedding planner, but they don't translate to interesting NPC's in game. Gale is pretty interesting from a "no I don't want to bump uglies mate cheers" kind of way and Shadowheart acts like a 46 year old demented purple haired emo chick in need of HRT. Lae'zel acts like Gith, angry, bossy, superiority complex.....hates everyone including herself, pretty good actually.
All have wildly unlikely and overly complex personal dilemmas. The unlikely part being you all happen to be in the same group because "the script" needs it to be that way. Generic McGuffin based storyline, "we all have a thing, lets work together and go find someone that knows of thing". Everyone you meet in EA cannot help you because "script error".
SPOILERS
Devil - I can remove the tadpole
You - ok then go ahead mate
Devil - No have to wait because.....Mooooooooooo
Devil - Pooooof!
You - Eh? Weirdo
Druid - I can help you
You - Ok mate crack on
Druid - Oh no I need you to kill 500 goblins first
You - ok all dead, now remove the thing
Druid - No lets wait and piss about Ill do it later
You - Okay
later......
You - Ok dicksplash remove the fucking tadpole
Druid - I cannot but I know a man who can, he just so happens to be in a dangerous place where I need to go to solve some personal BS
You - So I just fucked about for 3 weeks doing a bunch of bullshit only for you to tell me that? Bollocks! I am going to kill EVERYONE
Hag - I can remove the tadpole
You - FFS you better not be bullshitting cus everyone seems to be taking the piss recently
Hag - No mate I just need one of your balls
You - I don't have balls I am a bird
Hag - My bad one of your eyes then
You - Will it blind me?
Hag - Narrr I just like to fiddle with it for a second for no reason
You - That's not wierd at all and I am not even curious from this point, so what the hell
Hag - POP, cheers for that
You - Ow
Hag - Lets remove the tadpole........Oh no I can't it's a naughty magic tadpole, soz
You - .........growling
Hag - We cool right? 'holds out fist'
You - ARRRRRR SMASH!!
So act 1 is basically running all over the place doing a load of crap for bunch of lying arsewipes only to be left at square one..... Progress! You did learn to hate pretty much everyone you met during this shitshow. I think killing everyone including Druids, Tieflings, Fay and goblins....then eating them, is the next playthough. Leave the entire map dead, burn it all down. Ill keep the damn tadpole, by this point it hasn't screwed me over. I want to be a mindflayer, screw it Ill move to the underdark.
I forgot the dynamic choice engine.
Choice 1) Not fight, pending dice roll
Choice 2) Fight
Disclaimer - ^^^^ this is satire for the ironically challenged.
Adding the ability to chat with everything living or dead has left the real dialogue stretched thin. The guys in your camp you speak to alot have like 3 lines each. I understand what OP is getting at. It is early in EA so I assume it will get filled out.
