I suggest playing Baldur's Gate 2 for a more complete, challenging, and limits imposing experience for a mature audience who do not mind not having "quality of life xxx" stuffed everywhere. And with Larian, it is only going to get worst. View it as...a sequel to BG3 in terms of difficulty and world immersion. BG3 is pretty much the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" of the Baldur's Gate series.
The way BG3 was designed and made, no way in hell its going to get any harder. Unless you impose HARD LIMITS, which modern casual gamers HATE. There is just too much in this game! (OP items, items in general, camping/rest, EXP, quality of life stuff like unlimited inventory slots/instant travel/full info minimap..., OP options for EVERY specs etc...). This usually leads Larian to the easy way out rabbit hole of just buffing creature stats and numbers...
Last edited by Count Turnipsome; 12/11/2303:45 AM.
It just reminded me of the bowl of goat's milk that old Winthrop used to put outside his door every evening for the dust demons. He said the dust demons could never resist goat's milk, and that they would always drink themselves into a stupor and then be too tired to enter his room..
