Baldur's Gate 3 developer says the game isn't really a CRPG - in any sense of the word

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Baldur’s Gate 3 shouldn’t really be considered a CRPG, according to one developer.

In an interview with By Design, Larian Studios’ publishing director Micheal Douse talked about the moniker, its implications, and the wider genre as a whole. When asked about how wide the CRPG market was, Douse responds that the team “never used the term CRPG in our campaigns for a reason.”