re: Baldurs Gate III - Any tips?

I finished the game last night. Honestly, it's a well made game. I appreciate the attention to detail. I'm not one to immediately go back and replay games I just beat, but for those who do, it has a lot of replay value.

Overall though, I am not the biggest fan of Larian's approach to game design which I think negatively affected my enjoyment.

The game doesn't respect the player's time in a lot of ways beyond the turn-based combat, and many (if not the majority) of combat encounters feel tuned to just screw with the players.

BG3 is not the only game that gives players a lot of freedom as to how they can watch the story play out. If I want to play a game that gives me a lot of player agency, I'd have more fun playing something like New Vegas or even one of the Way of the Samurai games.