Bit of a divergence between Swen’s perception of the game and how people play it usually.
He says do first playthrough as Tav and then new story and context through origin, but in DOS2, playing custom was just all around worse than playing Origin. You play origin with a party of 4, you have 4 sources of plot hooks and encounters scattered throughout the Acts, like the caravan for Red Prince only responding if he is in party. Sacrifice one slot and you have a custom with 3 plot hook sources. Also fewer dialogue options and less flavor. What then of Tav? Do we devote a whole playthrough to a less full experience so we are wowed in subsequent playthroughs?
He mentioned not “missing content” because the reactivity is so diverse. Not my experience in DOS2. If he were talking about DOS2, I would imagine every point to be a rationalisation.
The only way I can make this work is if BG3 is unfathomably wider in its permutations and play diversity that every way through is truly different than another.
Wow, I have to say, that is surprising that he straight up recommended a Tav run first. That is promising imo, it shows that he has a lot of faith in the default experience as Tav, and that actually, you're getting the intended experience. Most players will only do a single playthrough, and Swen has to know that, so for him to recommend a Tav run is telling for sure.
