Genre-specific for me
Like, BG3 is my GOAT but i had just as much fun playing Rogue Trader and Pathfinder: WOTR; both 100-hour AA CRPGs with deep stories/characters and complex gameplay mechanics... but ofc at 1/50th the budget of BG3.
The visual pageantry and gold plating around AAA BG3 is topnotch and very appreciated but i don't need it either.
Like, BG3 is my GOAT but i had just as much fun playing Rogue Trader and Pathfinder: WOTR; both 100-hour AA CRPGs with deep stories/characters and complex gameplay mechanics... but ofc at 1/50th the budget of BG3.
The visual pageantry and gold plating around AAA BG3 is topnotch and very appreciated but i don't need it either.