@grey_ghost
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They're not on the side of the absolute like I always assumed Daisy was, I knew their end goal wasn't my transformation so there was some capacity for managing things there. Daisy was just a constant red flag not to engage.

Interesting, thanks smile I never got that from the Guardian. I always assumed their end goal was my transformation. In the revised plot the search for a cure become a McGuffin but I never felt compelled to leave the McGuffin behind. I just talked to Nettie about cure and my knight 'in shining armor wants to swallow a tadpole? Gets downright enthusiastic about swallowing tadpoles when we kill Gut - "that's a true soul parasite brimming with power" You know what you should do with it? Infect yourself even more.

So I always assumed the Guardian was aiming for my transformation. And I can't imagine a run in which I would consume tadpoles.

I guess it's a matter of taste but it still befuddles me. Resisting temptation is fun. I enjoyed Mizorra's seductions and I told her to go away. I enjoyed Raphel (great voice actor) and ended killing him and looting his house. Both were entirely sus and not be trusted - and resisting their temptations a foiling their plots really paid off with the best fight in the game and the best loot.

And of course in BG1 & 2 the dream visitors were sus - I resisted Bhaal's temptations and enjoyed doing so

So, to belabor the point, I think Larian devoted a great deal of energy to fixing something that wasn't broken. While we don't know if that's what led to a broken end game but I suspect it was.

But this is in the great bg2 tradition I guess - BG2 was also rewritten at the last moment and I would have preferred the original plot . . .

@sailorgundam

Glad to know others who didn't play EA felt the same way!

Last edited by KillerRabbit; 15/09/23 09:29 AM.