I didn't like BG3
By Edward Willis (gopher://encw.xyz and http://encw.xyz)
Published Feb/15/2025

Big fan of the original two games. Played them day in, day out, with and 
without mods, for years.

I refunded BG3. I don't at all consider it to have been done right. BG3 feels 
very millennial fantasy: Gritty, immoral, and ugly. It's gross.

There were evil party members in the earlier BGs, and tricky situations, but it 
never felt so morally misleading. It was made pretty clear in earlier games 
that the evil party members were selfish, nasty gits. BG1 and 2 were quick to 
punish evildoing, so while it was possible to play a morally gray character, 
playing an outright evil one would quickly lead to your death.

BG3 often feels like a story about brave leader and his traveling band of 
morally dubious nymphomaniacs. BG2 had romance too, but it was tasteful, not 
explicit, and the characters were well written. Even Viconia's romance story 
lead her to a better place, morally.

That said, I only played up to the end of the first chapter of the release 
version. I didn't feel that it would be right to play more of the game and then 
refund it, and I didn't want to leave my dollars in Larian's pocket. If later 
content and patches improve the game drastically maybe it would be worth a 
second look.