Changing such a integral part of the plot, down to the very bones of the soundtrack, themes and choice/consequence was easily the biggest mistake Larian made in production of this game, whether it was from fan feedback or simply because of making the game more "fun" as Larian claimed, we will never know. Needles to say we missed out on possibly one of the best narrative and moral choices we ever could have gotten in the game, it was there from conception and followed throu almost to release, sadly it was cut last minute and the damage is felt throgout the story. And ironically it was pointless because majority of the people still avoid using the tapdole powers, because of cours they would, its their character choices and should have been one of the major ones in the game, not an inconsequential one, and we ended up with a vastly different narrative that how it innitially seemed, even invlidating much of the established lore like with the artbook wich only features the Hearts Desire instead of the guardian or of course one of the main theme songs "down by the river" which now plays more role and makes no sense.
I love Bg3 for what it is, but I will always be sad about what it could have been if they didnt pull out at the last minute for no reason, I dont find no consequences for my actions more fun Larian, Illithid powers should be a choice, no matter how cool or how little people interacted with them.
