Arcanum is a 24 y/o game.
VtM:B is a 20 y/o game.
Witcher 1 is a 17 y/o game.
Fallout 2 a 26 y/o game.
Game of that age didn't have the same scope as modern productions.
So? The purpose of his video was to show off 5 (or 8) 21st Century games that he thinks all new RPG designers should look at and learn from what they do best.
Given that Arcanum (and maybe some other RPGs) does race, class and skill reactivity better than BG3 plus how Solasta is also a better D&D rendition kinda makes his inclusion of BG3 abit questionable.
Although, the entire list does seem like his list of popular/well known games he's played over the years, but he's a busy man who says he's not well versed with indies and it's his list, so ¯\_(?)_/¯.
the old standard to the modern age
And what would these "old standards" be exactly?
This isn't an AAA game though. Larian are an independent studio, and the budget, while high, is nowhere near the AAA levels.
Eh, it's pretty much is in the bracket for AAA, even if at the low end (Plus 450 people working on the game too); Witcher 3 was made with $81 million and it's considered AAA.
