Personally I enjoyed both the storyline and characters in BG3, but I also highly recommend Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
The gameplay is tighter, owing to a more mechanically sound system (Pathfinder 1e versus D&D 5e), but also not as “free” as BG3. It’s a lot more difficult, but it scales better too.
With that out of the way, both the story and the characters are absolutely excellent. The game is an adaptation of the official Pathfinder adventure path of the same name published by Paizo. For the uninitiated, Paizo started out as the team within Wizards of the Coast that wrote and designed adventure modules. Wizards fired them, so they set up their own shop to keep writing kickass d&d campaigns.
Wrath of the Righeous is no exception. The scope is enormous, and you really get that classic journey from lowly adventurer to god-killing hero. The characters are excellent and many, both in the party and supporting cast. I loved BG3, but I must admit that I find the villains and plot more compelling in Wrath.
Disclaimer: I am not one of the people who complained nor do I have any problems with BG3’s writing and I also have not played Disco Elysium yet. That being said, I’d recommend Disco Elysium.
As someone who has played disco elysium right veggie bg3, and did not finish it, I have been puzzled by people saying this. Sure it’s writing is good, but I think the game was a ground breaker at the time and that colors people’s feelings about it. BG3 writing is also good, very good in many respects! Trust me, I have an advanced degree in literature.
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