Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General How big a factor is the ruleset in claims that BGIII doesn't feel like a BG game?

I don't think it's because of the 5e (the game does not really follow the ruleset anyway), I think it's the approach. And the approach boils down to the game not taking itself seriously. It tries way too hard to be cool self-aware almost-4-th-wall-breaking meta and fun, while original BGs, while having humor in them, still treated themselves as serious rpgs.