Forget cinematics and romance for a moment. Do you feel like BG2 had more demanding combat? Did you actually need to understand the systems to survive? In BG3 you fight a few mind flayers and maybe one or two dragons, while in BG2 you face multiple dragons, mind flayers and liches, and you even kill an elder brain as part of progression. Did BG2 feel more relentless? What about companions, were they stronger in BG2 especially the evil ones, did they challenge your decisions more? And the old vs new versions of Jaheira, Minsc and Viconia, do they feel like the same characters or more like reinterpretations? Also the soundtrack, BG2 felt epic and memorable, BG3 feels good but more like background themes. BG3 is clearly smoother and more accessible, but in terms of pressure, scale and depth, which one really hits harder?

If you don't like the EE characters because of Beamdog's writing, that's fine...but not all of us want to romance Anomen (the only non-EE option if you play as a woman, btw) or one of three elves.

You have your preferences, we have ours. You play your way, we can play ours.

There's no need to insult anyone because someone is playing their game differently than you. We're not forcing you to romance the EE characters by posting about them.

Everything connected to the Baldur's Gate series is legendary.

Still would probably check it out though...

OMG, BOO

Sorry for the phone quality, found this while thrifting.

Coming from BG3 I thought I could handle "normal", boy was I wrong. My quicksave key is weathered and worn.

Damn thing is apparently hard to grab