14
I am still highly amused that the bodies of people that die in your camp are carted around to all the different camp sites for the rest of the game.
"Just because they're dead doesn't mean they aren't useful." - Necromancer
Oh man. I picked The Dark Urge for my play through with my sister and I have been almost regretting it because god damn this guy is fucked up. It's been a long time since I've been genuinely shocked and upset by happenings in a video game. And we're not even that far! We just got past the Blighted Village in act 1. It's her first time, and though I've finished the game once already in another run it already feels like a completely different game.
I'm glad I'm not the only one this disturbed by a story. Hats off to Larian indeed; seems like this is gonna be one uncomfortable run.
Are those updates included now that were announced a couple of months ago, which were adding content to an evil playthrough?
Idk, since this is my first time playing as an evil character. What did they say they were adding?
I don't quite recall. Somehow they were going to flesh it out? Maybe mainly the ending? This was about 2 months ago
I can highly recommend
Act 3 Durge spoiler
leaning into your urge the whole playthrough then denying Bhaal at the last second and killing the Netherbrain
for the true unhinged, depressing ending.
Make sure to select the “piss yourself” option when the opportunity arises
Yeah, I already pretty much figured that I'm a :::spoiler servant of Bhaal ::: considering the "reward" I got for killing a certain someone.
I will say it’s a bit more complicated than that…
If you can stomach/embrace the evil it opens up some fun/interesting Act 3 stuff. The Durge arc and the “full-send evil” endings for Astarion and Shadynasty specifically were neat to see given how not-evil they can turn out in a “good” playthrough.
What is the evil ending for Astarion? Is it when you let him become a vampire lord? Because I already did that both times. He seemed to really want it, and I didn't think it would be smart to release 7000 starving vampire spawn into the streets of Baldur's Gate.
Yeah that’s what I'd say is the “evil” ending, though your point is correct…I liked that his endings are morally ambiguous either way you choose (unlike Shadowheart, whose endings are pretty clearly “good”/“evil”).
I've still been playing this evil playthrough, but very sparsely. Shadowheart is already very different from my previous playthroughs, so I guess I will get to see her evil ending if I ever get there.
Maybe one can play the evil playthrough only before getting to know all the lovely characters a.k.a. on the first playthrough. That probably helps with the evil. Or you have to be borderline psychopath, I don't know.
this post was submitted on 24 May 2024
14 points (100.0% liked)
Baldur's Gate 3
6258 readers
128 users here now
All things BG3!
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)
Spoilers
If your post contains any possible spoilers, please:
- Use the text [SPOILER] at the beginning of your title, do not include any spoilers in the title.
- Use the appropriate spoiler markup to conceal that content in the body of your post.
Thank you!
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS