The point being...
Great fiction doesn't always have to be over the top. Not every character needs some outrageous backstory like the origin characters have. Characters can have great stories that are far more 'normal'. I get the allure of it. I even think the origin characters are, for the most part, really great. Larian could just do with blending in a bit more grounded stuff so that not everything you are encountering is completely out of control. When everything is over the top, then it all starts to lose its impact.
Hm. No.
Why? The Witcher and Game of Thrones are a different kind of fantasy. Low and dark. D&D is about dragons, fireballs, stopping evil gods and ascending to godhood. It's a power fantasy, always has been.
You don't even have people half as powerful in the Witcher or GoT as your random mid-level adventurer.
