I could currently care less for the Absolute storyline and most of the origin characters. I am not a fan of how the tadpoles are implemented. The tadpole powers seem kind of dumb and contrived. There isn't a good explanation for the suppression of ceromorphosis, so that also feels contrived.
The writing and dialogue is very similar to DOS 2. I feel like this hasn't been a strength for Larian and they should shake up the writing team. Hiring someone that was a lead writer for BG2 or D&D might help?.
Exactly, Swen repeatedly admitted that Larian never had good writing.
Surprises me that they felt confident and didn't try to up their game for BG3, especially considering how well they improved the other departments.