Well, unfortunately for you, DAO is considered the most successful in the Dragon Age series.
I won't argue with that. I won't argue that DA:O was succesfull, and therefore worth imitating from business point of view. I will also argue it's a crap, confused game which isn't a good RPG nor compelling narrative experience. But let's not argue about DA:O - mainly, because I am aware that I dislike this game more then it deserves. It's a mediocare title, that introduced new players to the genre, not an awful one.
And you need to know with which games you need to compare BG3.
I mean, if it were up to me BG3 wouldn't have cutscenes, definitely not so many, and not showcasing how silly my silent protagonist is. It is Larian that tries to put BG3 in the same basket as Mass Effect or Witcher3. And yes, I would rather prefer if they focused on making a quality RPG experience, then taking control away from me and making my character do silly mime skits.
Secondly, did you choose lowest graphics video on YouTube? It just affects the perception.
No, I played EA on my shiny new RTX3070 powered rig on 27 inch screen. Made BG3
"cinematography" rather difficult to watch at times.
We rate animation level on different things.
Possibly. I have little to no issues with BG3 fidelity - just what is done with it. My most complaints about BG3 cinematics are with editing, camera framing, and overall lack of necessary animations (at least at the moment) to present what devs want to present.
Using Vamprire Spawn first encounter - there is no need for combat cinematic. There is already combat system in BG3 through which such situation could be convayed. If you replace combat system, with a cinematic I would expect it to be good. At this moment I don't like how BG3 interupts gameplay to show be a bad movie, which also wil take away control from my character and makes him do silly things that dont' fit the character - it's not pleasant to watch, it's not interesting to engage with, it doesn't serve the characters, nor does it allow to shape my character. Loose-loose situation.
