Not just your companions, but all the people and factions you touched, the world you left behind and what is there to look forward to, it's all missing. I'll just copy paste from a post of mine () why the lack of epilogue killed any and all momentum that the story had. This was written just after my first playthrough of the game so a couple things are not entirely well researched, but nevertheless, the point still stands.


Once you take control of the Netherbrain in the name of Bhaal, that's it, GG, credits roll. So what about everything else then? You defeated the Dead Three, you became the Absolute, but what about Raphael's demise and the Hells? What about the Gith Empire? What about Faerun? The ending is abrupt and there is no ultimate payoff for such heavy setup, as if the writers simply thought that "yeah everything is gonna die anyways now that the Urge is the Absolute, it's so obvious we don't need to make 3 PNGs and a couple lines of text for this" but you do. Like, yeah, I know the game is massive enough as it is, but compared to some of Mankind's greatest Fantasy works, Lord of the Rings has an INSANELY long and very satisfying payoff with their epilogue. BG3 just falls extremely short and leaves a bad taste in my mouth in this department (and note: I think this game is a 10/10 judged from what I've seen so far).

If you leave Raphael alone, he would be a giant threat to the Urge as Raphael has strung along a lot of the characters in the plot, almost to the same level as the Elder Brain itself. But if you kill him of course, how would the Hells react? Would they end their war and unite against the Absolute, giving the Urge not just one war to relish in, but also another with the Gith Empire? Can the Absolute fight two wars at once? What about Bhaal? Would he begin creating new Bhaalspawns to fuel the conflict? Would these new Bhaalspawns pose a danger to the Urge? Does the Urge learn from the lesson taught to him by Orin's betrayal, that they should always keep an eye open? Would Bhaal elevate the Urge to God status, especially given that, assuming we go along with the story I made up in point three, they would be invincible through Dame Aylin? And if she isn't imprisoned, then would they turn against the Urge despite being the one that rescued them? Would she convert to being a Bhaalist? What about all the characters you murdered? Who remembers their loss as they get slaughtered by the Absolute, praying for saviours that are long gone now? Is Dame going to suffer for eternity? What about any other God? Are they just going to stand around, looking pretty while Bhaal consumes everything? It is known that Gods can unite, which must be a significant threat to the Urge and Bhaal, so are they doing anything about it?

My first playthrough took me 70 hours of ingame time, about a 100 real time counting in for AFK-s, savescumming and going back in saves. There is a LOT of content and plot that is given to the player, many of them leading all the way into eventually betraying the Emperor atop the Netherbrain and becoming the Absolute. And a lot of them are simply never adressed.