Isn't all this discussion about characters and writing ultimately somewhat subjective? I hear those of you who are less than impressed with the characters and writing in the Pathfinder games, and I would agree Owlcat's writing needs some improvement. But for me, Larian's writing, and their characters, are utterly attrocious. Most Larian characters and Larian dialogue writing feel like fingernails on a chalkboard. Furthermore, "liking" the characters in a game is not about the quantity of writing associated with those characters. Again for me, these charcaters in BG3, as I know them for now pending the final release of the game, are not at all memorable and also not at all likeable. I truly am not going to enjoy adventuring with any of them. By contrast, even though they were largely empty-suits, I still to this day find many of the characters from BG1 to be both memorable and likeable.