BG3 doesn't even have half of the spell options BG2 had. Most enchantment and illusion spells in BG3 are useless. Theres no polymorph self. Theres only 1 contingency not 3. You literally cannot replicate the mage combat in BG2 in any of the DnD games that came after it.
And limited wish / wish weren't terrible at all in BG2, I never claimed as such, you did
This is purely and objectively false. BG2 had 185 spells with 12 added by Throne of Bhaal in total, BG3 has over 200 and they all work a lot better and far closer to 5e. Also wish was objectively terrible in BG2 because that was literally NOT the Wish spell...not even remotely close to how the actual Wish spell works. They literally invented total nonsense for BG2 that had nothing to do with D&D. Not to mention in BG2 you don't even have a fraction of the freedom you do in BG3. Just because BG3 doesn't inflate the level higher with trash spells that don't work like they're supposed to at all doesn't make it a worse game.
