Board Game Arena

What are people's thoughts on 2-player vs 3-player vs 4-player games? I've only played a handful of games and all but one has been 2-player. Maybe playing online and not face-to-face made me not notice it, but I really didn't notice competition for resources with the 2-player games. But in the one 3-player game I only noticed it at the end when I had to make an extra long journey for that last statue.