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Baldur's Gate 3

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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)

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I'm currently on my 3rd playthrough, and I'm playing as a dark urge character who gives into his urges. For spoiler prevention I'll describe what I just finished as vaguely as possible. I just completed the durge objective that gives you a powerful reward in act 2.

This is depressing. All of the good that I accomplished in my first two playthroughs is absent. My camp is nearly empty. Lae zel's lifeless body has been laying in my camp for 2 full acts. Karlach, Wyll, Zevlor, Damon, Jaheira, and many others are dead, either by my hand or because of my actions.

I didn't fully appreciate just how lonely and depressing, self-serving life would be. I have more gold and loot than either of my other playthroughs, and I'm more powerful, but to what end? My own lonely existence? I don't think that I will continue past this point. I've accomplished what I set out to do, which was experience the game as an evil character. I don't think I need another 50 hours of this to pound the point home.

Hats off to Larian for making such an emotional and realistic game, full of vibrant and exciting characters. I don't enjoy the world where I have betrayed them all.

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[–] livjq 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am also doing my Durge playthrough and it's so sad. I am making Shadowheart, Astarion, and Lae'zel the worst versions of themselves. They really did evil well.

I also got really sad about killing the cows after getting the act 2 reward for killing a certain someone. They didn't ask for this.

[–] Anticorp 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right? Especially if you talked to them with Speak With Animals first. They were so excited about their neeeewww friend.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your post kind of convinced me to play again.

[–] Anticorp 5 points 1 month ago

How so? You want to experience the loneliness and depression first-hand?