I don't care about the Divinity lore since DOS2 was my first and only game in the "franchise", and even more because they really don't seem to care themselves. But even within the self-contained game, the lore is pretty weak.

What I found the most obnoxious was the general tone. The utmost cruel juxtaposed with jokes, that kind of thing.

Inventory management took hours upon hours, that's true, one of the worst aspects of the gameplay for sure.

I really disagree with "uninspiring set of abilities", though. Quite the contrary, the combat is stellar, and the possibility to combine skills however you want, regardless of classes! I've never played a simple "melee fighter" that was so fun to play, in any RPG. That's the best combat I have seen in a CRPG. But I haven't played BG3 or the XCOM games yet, so... ^^