Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Why are there hardly any consequences? *Spoiler*

After thinking about it one mayor problem with this game is that for some reason Larian seem to have decided in the last minute (from a software developer view, so 1 year or less before release) to do major rewrites to the story to remove consequences. Evidence for the short notice is the artbook which does not contain the Emperor or Guardian, but does contain Daisy and how many dialogues and even quests in the game reference

It seems to me that it was decided that there must not be long term consequences for your actions, only short term, immediately obvious consequences which are clearly telegraphed.
Hence no more Daisy who could seduce you to her/the absolutes side or
And this decision makes the game way, way, worse. Not only does it make the story more boring, the last minute nature of that changes also meant many dialogues and quests were left in the game which now do not fit anymore with what happens, creating a rather disjointed experience.
Its a real shame that Larian devalued what was on the track to become a real masterpiece with such decisions.