If Baldur's Gate 3 is the game to recommend to your friends who aren't into RPGs, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is the pinnacle of freaking out the normies. This game embraces and celebrates the stinky, crusty, CRPG weirdness Larian (understandably) left behind.
Semi-permanent status ailments, save-or-die spells, fear effects that send your party running for the hills, and 232 individual subclasses to choose from—I counted 26 base classes, 193 subclasses under them, plus an extra 13 prestige classes you can unlock for good measure—I don't know if it's better than Baldur's Gate 3's elegant character building, but it's thrilling in its own way.
