I've finally cleaned up enough space on my 250GB SSD to download BG3. I've tried Divinity 2 before, but bounced off it for some reason. Still, people are raving about this one and I think Illithids are cool, so I decided to give it a try.
Still there are so many options. Generally I like X-com, so which classes are interesting mechanically from the "tactical" perspective? Also there are backgrounds of some sort. Which of them make the game more fun and which are the opposite?
Honesty not sure how to approach this big-ass game...
'Roided-out Tavern Brawler gnome monk is more fun than it deserves to be. It's tiny, it's angry, and it's going to beat you to death with its bare fists.
Sorcerer/Warlock built around Eldritch Blast spam is hilarious, and the itemization choices take it to absurd levels.
Tempest Cleric is like sticking your tongue on the terminals of a 9 volt battery, but you're doing it to everyone else instead of yourself, and it's really more of a high-cranking-amps car battery.
It's also hard to go wrong with College of Swords bard, especially if you play in multiplayer.
Oath of Vengeance paladin (especially multiclassed with a few levels in warlock) is fun in the "Hulk smash" sense, but you'll need to long rest a lot. A LOT. It's honestly kind of irritating in multiplayer.