Is there any reason to play the Dark Urge if you resist the urges?

[Space Dust]

I wanted to have a darker playthrough, but a lot of the options for Dark Urge just feel childish, so I end up avoiding them.

Is there any reason to play the Dark Urge if I avoid a lot of the more cartoonishly evil choices? I'm only three/four hours in.

[BeelzeBob]

Not really. It's very much a cartoonish take on evil. It's pretty silly.

[Nox]

Originally posted by BeelzeBob:

Not really. It's very much a cartoonish take on evil. It's pretty silly.

I gave a Dark Urge a shot, and let me tell you it's anything but silly. You can do and will do some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up ♥♥♥♥.

[Space Dust]

Can I still be evil if I am not the Dark Urge?

[Bloodartist]

Originally posted by BeelzeBob:

Not really. It's very much a cartoonish take on evil. It's pretty silly.

I dont think thats it. I think the dark urge has some connection to the first two baldurs gate games where the protagonist is an incarnation of the god of murder. But I dont own BG3 yet, and I haven't played it.

[Soul]

there is an ending for it specifically if you resist / don't resist urge and special side content

[Copper]

Dark Urge changes large amounts of the dialogue in the game. If you want a totally different experience playing the game, go for the dark urge.

[Noxsa]

trying to kill anyone you see and meet, that's the way to play this game =D

[Amogus]

Dark urge is intrusive thought meme.

[Soul]

good excuse to bleed every person you meet for Xp

[BeelzeBob]

Originally posted by Shibendo Smilando:

Originally posted by BeelzeBob:

Not really. It's very much a cartoonish take on evil. It's pretty silly.

I gave a Dark Urge a shot, and let me tell you it's anything but silly. You can do and will do some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up ♥♥♥♥.

It's still silly. It kind of reminds me of the Book of Vile Darkness back in the day. It's so over the top it just becomes kind of silly.

[ULTRA]

Dark Urge is the only element of the game that makes it remotely a sequel to Baldur's Gate 1/2

[mudakonn]

Tried Dark Urge as Ranger as a side by side going play to see difference - and it looks like it is a classic deranged serial killer type who enjoys it (he gets inspirations out of it so if you resist then no inspirations?)

I guess there will be different tadpole interactions - since Ranger has so many skills where he is proficient (it was like 9) there will be some medicine and nature related options.

By the way it seems that dialoge options what you see are related to skills you are proficient with so tagging as many skills as possible seems the way to go and Ranger can a number of skills by taking only 1-2 levels of it

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

I actually thonk the Dark Spooge is just fan service for BG/BG2 nostalgia diehards.

You're basicalky a Bhaalspawn or slayer or something (never played the original games myself).

There's a tie-in with one of the main villains, and I'll say this, despite some cringe dialog, she's the coolest of thevthree.

[KingOfBeingCorrect]

Cartoonish? Where do people get this word? I mean one could argue I guess. Bit I imagine the only real reason to resist is to see what it changes, personally if you want a changed story and to see how interesting it gets I would embrace the dark urge, it's an urge so yeah it sounds silly but honestly some of the dialog is pretty funny to me, but I have a dark enough humor it doesn't bother me.

Hell you meet that kid in the harpy situation and the first thing dark urge thinks about slitting the boys ankle tendon and watching the boy drown in shallow water made us laugh, that's pretty dark