Originally Posted by Ixal
Originally Posted by Heisdarkness
Anyone else think we should be able to get a refund due to Larien lying and the game being more unfinished then cyberpunk?
Good luck arguing that to steam.
BG3 has too many fanboys which praise the game so neither Valve nor Larian have any pressure to allow special refunds.
And gaming magazines stay silent as they do not want to admit that they did not test and just followed the hype when giving out their ratings.

This brings to mind my experience with Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. After a two-hour introduction, I was inclined to seek a refund. However, the game seemed structured just so that players would surpass the two-hour refund window. While Baldur's Gate 3 is less blatant in this regard, it has received an overwhelming amount of praise. Yet, many might not realize that its concluding sections, which come after about 70 hours of gameplay, are quite underwhelming.

Originally Posted by Milkfred
Originally Posted by Clowntje
In the introductory sequence, was the Emperor actually the mindflayer we encounter on the beach? The attire he wears seems reminiscent of the Emperor's. I wonder if the developers initially had distinct roles for Daisy and the Emperor but later chose to amalgamate their stories. Personally, I would have appreciated a dynamic where Daisy exists as the tadpole in our brain, while the Emperor joins as a potential companion,
later revealed to be Balduran. Imagine embarking on a companion quest to uncover the Emperor's secret hideout and then confronting the Ansur. That would have added a fascinating layer to the narrative.

No. Even EA, that was just some Mind Flayer. The Emperor has very unique clothing. Daisy and the Emperor were not at all related in EA, although I'd say it is likely the Emperor was originally part of the story (I suspect he would've been a double agent/control mechanism for the Absolute) but the problems with the story stem from combining him and Daisy into one role/character.

Thanks for clarifying. The one that tadpoles you in the intro cinematic looks like the Emperor, so I thought maybe the one on the beach was supposed to be the Emperor as well.

Last edited by Clowntje; 04/09/23 11:41 PM.