I've meet enough real, mustache twirling people to doubt my knee jerk response of "that only happens in fairy tales" 😅
Overall, I'm satisfied with the writing. I don't demand that every optional quest be perfect... it just has to be fun to play. I've yet to discover a game that balances nuance and a wide variety of protags perfectly.
My sole point of worry is the direction of "evil". Bg3 is not letting us play a mercenary badass so much as a worm easily impressed by stronger, nastier worms... except, worm superior is not impressive. Perhaps to be expected when our main enemy is so clearly, absolutely evil? Is Larian going for an "unlikely heroes" angle in the "bad" ending? Or, is this just the low level experience?
Maybe, that's not it at all and 4/5 villains are just highkey narcissistic. Sometimes to amusing effect, like the local wet sock of a Zhentarim leader. Sometimes to major annoyance, like Sir "let me fly away with my dragon, lmao". I don't want to rely too much on Act 1 to judge the game. Aside from this trend, it's really not looking concerning at all so far in my opinion, though.
I can live with some stylistic choices like the fairy tale situation... It feels a bit more like living in a book than a world, you know? It's done largely well. Still, some people will no doubt not cease to complain about the various downsides of the larger narrative style. That's just how it is.
