Larian started doing their part of the "CRPG renaissance" by Original Sin 1, a game with almost no voice acting, a barebones story and limited graphics. It came out at a time when the successors of "mainstream CRPGs" brought out Dragon Age Inquisition. A game with full voice acting, tripple A graphics for its time, renowed voice actors and a big name studio behind it. That game crashed and burned while Original Sin 1 set the stage for 2 and now brought Larian into a simmilar ballpark as Dragon Age Inquistion was.
Saying Baldurs Gate 3 sets the expectations for RPGs too high is RIDICULOUS. You start small, make a smaller game. Games like Solasta exist, of course they wont sell as well as Baldurs Gate 3, but theyll sell enaugh to warrant a sequal wehre you can expand the scope. Exactly like Larian did. Not all games need to be blockbusters. At this point they are bareley in competition with one another, cheaper games get picked up too becuase they arent as big as an investment.
This is all a weird ass cope for other games doing badly (becuase they are bad)
