Why devs consider Baldur’s Gate 3 anomaly, not new standard for RPG genre: “It’s Rockstar-level nonsense for scope”

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Why devs consider Baldur’s Gate 3 anomaly, not new standard for RPG genre: “It’s Rockstar-level nonsense for scope” | Game World Observer
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I wonder if it is really about an insurmountable scope from years of development--or is that just a red herring on the fact that a lot of developers, particularly in the AAA range, have just forgotten how to make games actually fun to play that caters to their demographics rather than casting a web to the common denominators?

What I love is that it really focuses on gameplay and player choice and options.

It's so fun to risk different rolls, etc. and different ways of doing things.

I just wish it had a day-night schedule, NPC schedules and a living world like Ultima VII / Oblivion, but it's hard to balance with the hand-crafted quests.

A lot of CRPG fans have been hoping for games that can approach the tabletop RPG experience for long time. It inevitably leads to a large scope, but I don't think that's the same as appealing to the common denominator.