I don't care if he likes it or not. I do care if he lies about it.

- The veteran reviewers who raved about the game are not "new to gaming".
- The awards that BG3 won (completely dominated in the release year) were not awarded by people "new to gaming".
- The GOG BG3 forum is still remarkably active many years after EA started is not populated by those "new to gaming".
- All the people making decent cash on Twitch and Youtube doing Let's Plays and First Time Playings (every week new ones pop up - again: years after EA started).
- All the shitty comments made by competing developers at launch basically saying it was too good and just a one-off and don't get your hopes up that all the games coming out will be this good.

It's just a demonstrably false statement.

About BG3:

- Its great and made with a TON of love. I know no other game like it that gets even close. Especially now they added moddability its perfect.

- I am still unhappy about the small party size. The larger the party, the more tactical possibilities. I think the perfect party size is probably seven, possibly eight, and my minimum party size is really five - two tanks, two healers, one wizard. Beyond that diminishing returns set in. It depends a bit on how complex tactics are even an option in the game of course, and how complex attack patterns are possible from the side of the mobs. If you never get attacked from two sides, ever, you can live with one tank. If healing is really strong, maybe one healer is sufficient. Anyway theres a mod for it now.

- Of course in BG3 the game is really initiative and spike damage. You want to be the first to act, and you want the opponent to be already dead or at least incapacitated on their turn. Healing is super weak to the point of being basically useless.

- Compared to BG1+2, I mostly miss the likeable party NPCs and the complex spells.

- All in all, yes BG3 is one of the games I can see as the most perfect game ever made.