Originally Posted by Boblawblah
Originally Posted by Darth_Trethon
Originally Posted by kanisatha
Yup. It is absolutely bullshit. And it makes me wonder why people like Fextra are pushing such obviously bullshit exaggerations about the game?
You guys REALLY should pay attention to the context or at least watch the video before saying stuff like this. The fact the 17000 figure is based on minute detail is honest and upfront. Nobody is claiming there will be 17000 entirely different endings...that's not what is being said here. But it should give you an idea of how vast the spectrum of choice is. If each ending has 1000 minute variants then there's 17 endings...but I have a hard time even imagining 1000 variants per ending. And I don't expect each ending to last five hours going over the fate of every peasant either.

This is the result of making clickbait, if what you're saying isn't really what you're saying, then expect people to call bullshit. "We don't know how many endings there are" is pure bullshit based on them trying to increase the hype even more. I get it, they want to sell their game, and saying "Well, there are 10 possible endings to the main narrative" isn't quite the same as 17,000, but don't get annoyed if people call out the exaggeration.

In my opinion, if there is really 20 totally unique endings to the main story, that will be incredible.
Agreed. And for me, my disagreement here isn't even really with Larian. I appreciate that they want to promote their game in every way they can. My issue is with all the gaming journos out there who have completely abandoned any sense of journalistic professionalism in turning themselves into BG3 and Larian cheerleaders. I have yet to come across even one analysis of the game or interview of Larian devs/Swen in which some of the many legitimate tough questions that exist about the game have been asked. If I'd been the interviewer to whom that Larian dev had thrown out that 17k number, I would've pushed back. I would've been complately civil and respectful, but I would've pushed back hard.