Why does Larian get a free pass? I'm curious about this. On June 12th, it was said in community update 19 that there was three parts of the city to explore, including the upper city, that was less than two months before release, the exact quote from the blog is that below.
" This weekend, we unveiled the city of Baldur's Gate for the very first time, with a glimpse behind its walls and around its familiar labyrinthine streets. It's been about 20 years since we last had a pint in the Elfsong Tavern or crawled through the sewers beneath the city streets and, as you might have spotted during the PC Gaming Show, many of these locations are back, and many news ones are waiting to be discovered for the first time - giving you a chance to explore the menacing roads of the Outer City, the opulent estates of the Upper City, and the dark alleys and pubs of the Lower City. "
Right there, above " the opulent estates of the Upper City, " the upper city was cut at the last minute and as people have mentioned other things including companions like Karlach were likely tied into it, which would explain the dismal endings for Karlach. If Activision Blizzard did this for example we'd have a riot on our hands, like when OW2 cancelled it's PvE mode, so why is it okay for Larian to do similar things under the justification " oh well, they must of had a good reason i guess! " when other companies are hosited right over the spit for similar things?
