So I haven't finished the game, but what I've heard lately is telling. Between spoilers for the fates of some companions to the quality of the game's conclusion, this all seems somewhat disappointingly par for the course. The late game of Baldur's Gate 3 has been described to me as not too unlike Arx in Divinity Original Sin 2 before its Definitive edition (Which I believe took a year to release after the initial game) Not to mention the quality of character story cohesion degrading over time (Not unlike beast before the Definitive edition)
Overall the experience early in the game was great (This too not unlike Fort Joy which most people played a lot of and thus it received the most attention pre-launch) and I think they did quite well with the game. It seems Larian struggles with story cohesion/narrative cohesion and choices panning out as they reach their game conclusions. I do still believe that most of these issues can be resolved in time, though not without effort.
Ending slides sound like they would be a solid addition to the game to grant some players closure upon conclusion of the game. Hopefully said ending slides would also respect player choices and reflect them in their narrative. Who they romanced, the choices they made with that person along the way, and their fates within reason and with respect to potential sequels/expansions if any as well as the rest of their companions.
I would love to see an expansion for Baldur's Gate 3 that would go deeper into the choices the player could make within the base game's story and explore some of those character paths the player was allowed to take; something that with the length of the base game would likely be too far out of its own scope. While optimistic for additional content, with respect to the "No current plans for DLC" announcement, I wouldn't expect it right on the heels of the game's launch however.
Last edited by Vile; 10/08/23 03:05 AM. Reason: Spelling errors.
