Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion BG3 story wishlist and criticism thread (Spoilers inside)

You get rewarded for your efforts by literally having your allies gathered in a cramped room. You get to speak to them. That's it?

Why does the Emperor abandon everthing he fought for simply because Orpheus is liberated? It makes no sense after the trust relationship that was built throughout the game. Even if we were not the best of allies, the Emperor did the utmost to fight the Elder Brain up to that point. He saved us from the fall at the start of the game so that he could have allies against this threat. Not only this is the dumbest part of the game from a hero / indirect protagonist turned mind flayer that just dies uncerimoniously by your hands, but he would be the perfect foil to liberate his city, instead of forcing the player, or Karlach, or Orpheus, to become one at the very last moment.

This is a bad plot twist coming out of nowhere. Perhaps the player can decide to kill the Emperor AFTER he helps us destroy or control the brain. After all, he did kill his dragon friend and tricked us with the dream guardian. Otherwise, there is absolutely no "freedom" of choice here. Just a fixed game narrative forcing the player's hand, no matter what.

If there's one thing that can't wait one year for cut content to be restored is access to the upper city (and Avernus?) to, of course experience its content, but fundamentally to have Karlach fixed. Make it a DLC, I don't care. In a universe of true ressurrection scrolls, her bad ending only makes sense if the player chooses not to help her. Again, no choice here. Just narrative forcing the player's hand. In this case, to have her turned into a mind flayer instead of the player.

Here I was in Act 3 continuing to collect infernal armor thinking that I could give it to our favorite blacksmith, expert in infernal gear, to possibly continue to upgrade and/or have cool gear created for us, just like in act 2. I ended up realising I could no longer do that again. To this day, I wonder if I missed something here.