The way my brain works, the constant cinematics and voicing becomes overwhelming to me after a while and I can't play for over an hour at a time. On the other hand, I have a very visual imagination and I absolutely love being able to read and imagine things for myself, so I'm in the minority I'm sure.
Just having text to read has been the case for decades and resulted in some of the most memorable RPGs on the market like Planescape Torment, Disco Elysium, Fallout 2, Baldurs Gate 2 or Mask of the Betrayer, all of which are far superior to BG3 in many aspects, especially the important story and writing ones.
Agreed. Good writing is the most important element if you want a story/game to be memorable over time. We have yet to see if BG3 will have the same longevity over time, once the hype dies down and people are looking for the next thing that has the newest graphics. If you look at say, BG2, it still has a very passionate fanbase (including myself) and people are still making substantive mods for it all these years later. The graphics don't give the game a soul, the writing does.
