I sure hope we wont play a fucking Bhallspawn yet again. Or have the fing Bhaaal be the main villain again. That story is fing over.
As was declared several times by Larian and WotC and by the events in the originals and other official content.
There is a whole setting to explore here and many gods and far more interesting stories then fucking Bhaal and his plot we played through already.
The Dead three will have some part in this but that should be all. A part.
It doesn't work that way. You can't just go "This is lore outside of the game and it's being forced into the game". The DEVS that made THIS game decide that. No one else. Bhaal is not done. Not even close. Not in Baldur's Gate games themselves. In what way is he "done"? There's been zero indication of this in the games and that is the lore that stick in the games that can not be questioned or faulted unless the devs otherwise state "Outside game lore is why". But they have to specifically state that instead of letting people misinterpret/assume one way or the other. You're just saying it's done because you WANT it to be. But that's what you want. Not logic or facts.
We never got to face him. The whole series revolves around him. Or at least the effects the causes. You may as well remove Darth Vader from Star Wars. Technically Bhaal is more like Palpatine. It's obviously going in the direction of "There but not really there until the FINAL showdown." THEN Bhaal will be done. That said it is about time we're done already. But it's not about the destination. It's about the journey. And hopefully the final showdown will be good as well. It's better to have DEFINITE closure with a final confrontation then imply "He may still be around" once 3 is done. Imagine if a BG4 comes out and you still have this fear. That's how many people wanting to finally face Bhaal feel. It does need to be done and get done, but it has to be here to BE done. In some shape or form. It makes zero sense to have a god or murder and RESURRECTION and not get to the part where we face him once resurrected. This leaves us with one conclusion. That he will finally be resurrected and that we have to confront him. Most likely at the very end of BG3 (or whatever expansion comes out after it). Maybe it will be a blast, maybe it won't be. But once that happens we'll both be able to go "FInally. Bhaal is done for good." Which would be the last BG game to be made I suppose. And if the devs DON'T do that it risks drawing out an already badly beaten horse with a stick and "milking the franchise" just for the sake of it with Bhaal as an excuse. They'll have to make Baldur's Gate about just Baldur's Gate after that. It kind of puts them in a tight spot. Do you FINALLY get down with Bhaal once and for all, or do you leave the implication it's not done and feed off peoples hope to find out in the next game? Considering BG2 has done that already I don't think that's going to work too well with BG3. So BG3 has surely got to bring things to a close at last.
