Originally Posted by GM4Him
Same with King maker. With King maker, I pretty much figured out who the bad guy was right away in Chapter 1.

Er..... no you didn't, because the bad guy of the game wasn't even mentioned until the third act at the earliest, and wasn't met or encountered until the final act.

Act 1 sets "N" up as the antagonist - there's nothing to 'figure out' there, it shows you that directly and without question, as part of the story design. It's not hiding that - it's deliberately setting it up as the hook, and she serves that role throughout most of the game, visibly pulling the strings on the minor antagonists and other elements as the clear puppeteer. If you think she IS the actual villain in this story, though... well, you missed the truth.

The parallel is that BG3 has set up the Illithids and the Absolute as the bad guy in Act 1, and by the time we get to act 5 and discover that it's Thariz'dun, the Chained Oblivion behind everything, lots of people will no doubt be genuinely surprised (good for them) ^.^

P.S.: I also enjoyed the kingdom element of Kingmaker, but it works best with a few QoL mods fixes, it must be said. Though I loved that it was stat-efficient to fill as many non-essential city tiles as you could spare with brothels ^.^

Last edited by Niara; 07/11/22 12:34 PM.