@Vhaldez, I don't think the evil characters in the game need be cartoonish foils at all. Never said that. The evil characters in the original BG games are some of the most memorable characters ever.
@kanisatha I'm sorry man I really like your comments and enjoy reading them but I'm gonna call bullshit right now. I couldn't care less about FR. I'm not here for it. I'm here to play a video game. You can do any mental gymnastics you wish if it helps convince you bg2 doesn't have a bad ending, but honestly? I don't really care what evil means in FR. Bg2 is fine without it.
Call it whatever you want. The mental gymnastics is on the other side, meaning it is people playing evil in an FR setting game that have to engage in it to believe they "won." You don't care about FR. Totally cool. But WotC does care. A lot.
But let me say this: If becoming an evil god is what passes for a satisfying and fun evil path for you, I would be fine with that in BG3. You get to see it as the "evil path." I get to see it as so *not* an "evil path." We both go away happy. Right? But if something along the lines of you turning the city of Baldur's Gate into a bastion of evil is the kind of evil path you're looking for, sorry but I don't see that happening.
Also, I agree with you that bad writing is bad writing. No excuse for that.
Oh, and no need to be sorry. I can take it. And ditto. I generally really like your posts and always find them interesting. We happen to disagree on this issue. No biggie.
