charting the relationship of CRPGs to elegance as design principle, particularly in terms of how they approach branching story material: Unintentionally inelegant (BG2, Arcanum) --> Intentionally elegant (Pillars of Eternity, Outer Worlds) --> intentionally inelegant (Baldur's Gate 3)

Super interested in this if you ever want to expand on it.

Like I think the revolutionary part of Baldur's Gate 3 is how it says "no, actually the messy and unwieldiness is part of the magic, you need it"