In response to the original post, personally I'm not a fan of the plot at all and I seem to recall someposts and threads covering issues with the plot itself. I can't think of another CRPG I have played where the identity of the arch-enemy (for lack of a better word) is shrouded in mystery. That's not to say a mystery story is inherently a bad thing per se but having played the game for dozens of hours, after a while I simply stopped caring about who or what The Absolute was.
As for the tone of the writing/tone of the game, it feels like a marked contrast to the previous games. Admittedly I haven't played the game in 2 years so perhaps the dialogue has changed but at the time I could only liken the BG3 writing to something along the lines of a Marvel film or the recent Star Wars movies; that kind of winking-at-the-audience, intentionally goofy, comical dialogue that just screams it's a script, rather than any kind of believable dialogue we might relate to. There was also the whole debacle with Shadowheart's box and how it is apparently absolutely integral to the story; I can't think why any writer would write themselves into such a... box?
I kept hoping for a relatable character or companion, something grounded but found myself surrounded for the most part by companions with exceptional backstories and being exposed to exceptional circumstances, locations and adversaries all from the very outset.It rarely felt like the logical progression for a level 1 character I was used to in previous D&D CRPGs. If BG3 was a new IP I probably wouldn't have minded quite so much, but given how much I loved the previous games I was very disappointed at the direction this series has taken. At times it felt like the writers perhaps got a little overexcited with the material and just ran away with it. I can understand the appeal to others but it's not for me personally.
Fundamentally when you have such an explosive introduction and the levels and magical items are handed out like free candy, how do you maintain such a pace over the entirety of the game?
