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.
Theres literally like 5 threads all complaining that every spell other than fireball in bg3 is trash.
Over 200 spell and 150+ of those will never get used because they are useless, either concentrations based or only last 1-2 turns.
And yea the main issue is that every edition of DnD past 2.0, DnD get worse and worse and increasingly simplified and dumbed down. BG3 while a good game is still to BG2 what Dragone Age 2 & 3 were to Dragon Age 1.
Oh and gas form can't even pass through iron gates lol. All these nifty spells and none work. Hold person 20% chance on most targets. Improved Invisibly first save to maintain it is 15+. Sleep / hypnotic pattern only last 2 turns, command lasts 1 turn.
No finger of death or any instakill mechanics anymore, why is phantasamal killer still called as such if it no longer has a death effect? Where are my favourite bg2 spells polymorph self and simulacrum? Summon Nishruu / Efreet, in fact every summon spell in BG3 is completely weak and useless.
Or how about 'Tell me you never even played bg2 without telling me you never even played bg2'. It seems to me like Larian have never played it either, beyond simply copying the spell icons not one thing in bg3 comes close to how great bg2 was, and no game ever will.
Wish in BG2 didnt have no downsides, so clearly you never played the game. Success of the wish spell was based on your Wisdom score, if it was too low your wishes could backfire with a worse effect, granted that there were only 2 effects per individual wish, one good one bad.
Another perk in BG2 - any party member could have max CHA and you could benefit from it. In BG3 CHA only works on MC and not if a companion has it when MC enters dialogue. I'm entirely sure thats not how PnP works, you get to use your groups highest perception rolla when looking for traps, im quite sure you get to use your highest speech skill roll as well.
