It is too linear and battle focused.
I am not saying that is a negative,just pointing out why. Lack of sidequest and exploration could be viewed as negative. Also too much battle without anything in between could become boring,same is with the writing,too much of it and nothing else becomes boring,just look at numanuma. The best way is mix of both,changes in the things that you do,makes you refocus your concentration.
I never found the choices in baldurs gate games to be that interesting. Honestly icewind dale with a more straightforward narrative path offered more interesting choices to me simply via the open party structure (creating full party) and leveling up and equipment choices. But I am not calling baldurs gate bad by any means, its just my own personal preference that I like the type of game Icewind Dale was over Baldurs gate.
I didn't mean the options,i was referring to the freedom of exploration that you have in bg games. In BG game you are free to do what ever you want after the beginning,while in IWD you are progressing from level to level in linear fashion. All four games are great for what they are and i honestly wouldn't want to see them changed.
For deadfire we don't know. As for poe,well it is a decent game,shit writing but still decent.
