It’s like they’ve assumed everyone will exploit the mechanics and so they’ve made enemies ridiculously overpowered to compensate.

Which leads to the game either feeling too hard or too easy.

It doesn’t feel right. Sure, you’re at risk of dying in rpgs if you make poor choices, are underprepared or wander into the wrong situation. But the amount of enemies that can one shot you at low levels in BG3 is just silly.