Saying the Pathfinder companions are a "bunch of walking tropes and cardboard cutouts" while praising the BG3 ones is certainly a statement...
BG3s companions are flashy because Larian threw money at VA and cinematics. But they are all style with only weak substance.
I also find some other conclusions you make rather far fetched.
BG3 offers more impactful choices? BG3 does the same thing as the ME triology and make choices seem impactful when they are in fact not.
Most choices are limited to one act. In BG no one xares if the shadowlands are healed or not. You can kill off some sidequest characters without replacement, but in the end that only robs you out of some XP and loot, but doesn't affect the story. And the ending is mostly just an RBG button press with the only choice that matters us getting the hammer or not.
Even things which look very important at all like how treat the emperor or if you use tadpoles are not really choices as they affect nothing.
And if you consider the selection of your mythic path in WotR a choice them oh boy does it blow BG3 out of the water, especially when you compare Aeon to other mythics.
And praising BG3s itemizations is a strange choice considering its those items which are way outside of what the D&D system is designed to handle which destroy the balance in BG3 and make late game combat rather boring
Last edited by Ixal; 28/10/23 02:46 PM.
