Originally Posted by Malrith
Originally Posted by SeaCat
Originally Posted by Surge90sf
He is not as much complex as he is inconsistent and incoherent.

The guy can never decide if he is benevolent or is manipulating everyone. If he is human or a mindflayer. And just when you get a scene that provides some clarity he just acts like that scene never happens. Great.

As is the nature of a manipulator, they shift and change to meet their own ends.

I think the Emperor as an idea is great but I wish they had executed it better. He is a billion times more interesting than Daisy ever was imho. And is honestly one of the few elements of the story that still intrigues me after the game is over and makes me want to engage in speculation. Probably exactly because the execution is kinda meh and needs expanding/clarifying.
Orpheus should get as much screentime and backstory as he does and we should 10000% be able to free him before the very end of the game. Maybe we could obtain another item that can also break infernal chains if we do a quest for Vlaakith or Voss in act 2 and raphael's hammer becomes a last resort if we don't do that quest (nor the house of hope).
This said, since I've heard a lot of people say they don't like the Balduran twist (valid, by the way!) I just want to let the devs know that for me personally that was what really made me care for the character, even when it comes to the "romance" (quotation marks needed, since it is a bit of a meme and clumsily implemented) because it gives off the same fallen heroic figure vibes that I personally really enjoy in games like dark souls or bloodborne and which I was not expecting from BG3 at all.

"When the people think his name, or see his likeness, they must imagine a hero, not a horror" is a great line from Duke Ravengard and the only time the game allows us to discuss this outside of the Ansur quest if we ignore a few quips from the narrator her and there. It gave me big Knight Artorias / Laurence the First Vicar vibes.

There is absolutely 0 reason why both can't be in the game at the same time, and I believe that would be the most optimal iteration. Remember both need not occupy their initial place in the story.

The Emperor would need a slight rewrite, and I believe Daisy being a real person with a slight rewrite as well would be the best.

The Balduran twist makes no sense for a million reasons, the most notable one being that you do not retain your sense of self nor your memories after changing, despite the game trying to tell you that the Emperor randomly does.

Last edited by Surge90sf; 13/09/23 04:13 PM.