BG3 is thus far the only crpg I've ever played where I notice dthe controls and the controls were unpleasant. WotR? Never even gave the controls a second thought in that game,they were if not good, then unobtrusive enough that I just never noticed them. Maybe it's just because of how low I like my difficulty so custom formations have never actually mattered. But BG3? It's just clunky and unintuitive. And I think the thing that most bothers me about the mechanic is the fact that I CONSTANTLY end up in a situation where my caster is right up front and the rest of my party lags behind to the point where I need to waste at least one turn to get the frontliners in position. It's so frustrating. I don't have to worry about that in other games and can just put my casters at the back becausethe games let me, plus the games always let my character talk in every dialouge because of course they talk and take the lead. They're the main character, I shouldn't have to worry about it.
