The third is about the things we actually didn’t plan for, and those we once considered but ultimately didn’t do.
It was always our intention for the Upper City to be an epic, cinematic epilogue bringing the story of Baldur’s Gate 3 to a close. But we didn’t talk about that in advance because it would have been a major spoiler.
I take a bit of issue with this because Swen talked about the upper city being being fully in and playable just two weeks before launch. That seems to be a pretty major lapse from it's in, stated two weeks or so before launch to we considered it but didn't do it. Did Swen not know about such a major piece not having entered development and thought it would be ready for launch? That's a huge miscommunication.
If the upper city doesn't make it, I'm fine with it, but I hope the epilogue that we get is good because that's the part that really hurts me to bottom of my soul. If you think the issue is time and that it takes too long then make it skippable or parts of it skippable so maybe if some people don't want to hear about Astarion or Halsin they can just skip those and hear about their favorite companions.
And also...I understand this ended up something that was considered and wasn't used, not necessarily cut as such but I would love nothing more than some of the Raven Queen content to arrive at some point after you are done with the epilogue. Maybe definitive edition content?
