And, yes, if I'm being honest I never liked the whole mind flayer hook because I came to the game with prejudices from table top. ... And I just don't like body horror - extracting US makes me sick to my stomach.
Yeah, I'm very much the same. It's amazing how this game manages to succeed with me in spite of the main plot and the various other elements I really dislike. (Haven't gone near Us since that first terrible experience in Early Access...)
I would posit that anyone who has ever had an animal infected by parasites will be automatically turned off by the use of any tadpoles. I've also had the misfortune of being infected with parasites myself in the past. It is nothing but a disgusting business.
I will always play through as not wanting to touch those things with a ten foot pole. (I even kill the one running away from of Edowin's body.)
When I found out about the game in EA I wrote it off completely once I saw the cinematic. I'm only here becaue the game was gifted to me and yes, I am still enjoying it. But yeah, the illithid storyline was incredibly risky and it needed a very skillful writing team to pull off. I do not feel that Larian has this team. My hope is that they will in the future and that the success of BG3 does not make them lazy.
