Nah. I disagree. Mundane is boring. I agree with Alexandrite. BG1 and 2 and Icewindale, etc., they were boring when it came to exploring maps.
The normal people are dead. End of story. BG3 points this out over and over again. We haven't gotten to the mundane yet. When the party reaches BG, THEN we will see normal people.
Why are so many bent on this? How many epic mythology stories focus on the mundane? No. They focus on Hercules and Ulysses and Jason and the Argonauts. They don't focus on Joe nobody.
Who says all stories must be epic or that the best stories are epic legends about Hercules & co?
Game of Thrones resonates with the audiences because they can relate to the characters. Even though there are epic storylines looming over Westeros, a lot of GoT is about humanity. Their hard life, aspirations, politics, power, betrayal, redemption. These ordinary human characters are so well written the show doesn't need nautiloids, mind flayers, devils, vampires and gods behind every corner to be engaging.
Larian are pulling so greedily from the fantasy bag they seem to be forgetting the basics of storytelling and focusing on quantity over quality.
