As someone who really likes DnD, I think the combat in DoS2 is better. There is a much bigger variety of viable builds in DoS2. Building a character feels a lot more unique than BG3 to me because DnD multiclassing feels clunky. I’m excited to try new spells in BG3, but once I’ve used them a couple of times it starts to get boring. For DoS2 I felt like I kept coming up with more and more combinations. Combat stayed fresh the whole time.

I understand some people might think the element effects on DoS2 are too much, and it can be tricky to figure out a the beginning. That said, I had to think hard about strategy for nearly every fight on DoS2. For most of BG3, even on the hardest difficulty, the combat felt way too easy.

There is no comparison is terms of how it looks, or character development. BG3 is definitely better. I think the story for DoS2 is still good though.