Folks, can we take it down a notch in this thread? There's zero need for insults, and everyone is entitled to their own preferences.
For what it's worth, I played BG1 & BG2 when they came out and many times since. In many ways I prefer BG1 to BG2. And I'm still only half way through BG3, but I think, in 2023, I prefer it to both. Though of course they did some good things that BG3 doesn't, and I still love them all. That's just one of the many, many different perspectives people will have on the game, so I'd also recommend that people speak for themselves rather than others.