Okay, Darth_Trethon, other people are perfectly entitled to their own views and it's not okay to dismiss them as "silly". You have made your own view clear, which as long as it's about the game and not the quality of other people's opinions is also okay, and I think now it's time to agree to disagree.
My main issue is a lot of people don't know how that story progresses. And it doesn't work to just spoil it for them either. It is something that can only be understood if you experience it. I absolutely believe that if they just stick through the one or two tough moment with the Dark Urge(and it literally is just one or two tough moments that are either forced or need dice rolls to avoid) they themselves would understand how good the origin is. That's my entire point: do not dismiss this character...you will not be forced into much more than the one or two tough situations and the payoff is amazing.
The Dark Urge playthrough is interesting and deep, but people have limits to what they feel comfortable with. I do not understand why are some people saying that Custom Tav should be removed and DU should be the only gaming option. In my view Larian gave us the best of both worlds - you can play DU as your custom or, if you get triggered by the gore in it you can have a playthrough as a completely independent character.
I am not sure if it was a sound decision to keep that one camp scene in the game as unavoidable (and No, creative use of the game mechanics is NOT the same as avoidable, that is borderline cheating), as that is the scene that scares most people off and it is quite early in the game as well. However it is a strong and clever scene that gives a good feel to the player about what they are actually really dealing with and it would be a shame to miss it.
In a way Du is like curry. Maybe most people would love a good curry in theory, but in reality you can never make it perfect - make it too hot and it will put some people off, whileothers will say it is perfect, make it milder, and it will put some people off because it is not hot enough. When you are dealing with a huge range of customers, you can never go fully extreme, and therefore allowing them to choose between the extreme and the basic is a good way to handle the issue. In fact, the thing that you can play DU as a semi custom character or just choose Tav if you don’t want to, is one of the best options in this game imo.
