sad about the ending.

[AvivLobel]

i spend 190 hours , i try to be impactable about my choices the best way i can.
after finish the game i found out that non of this matters at all.

there isnt any some kind of tapestry ending. all u get is "yay you're a hero and credit"
act 3 was definitely being rushed , the amount of broken quests , unable to speak with npcs. the performance compare to act 1 and 2 and the ending make me really sad ,

i was really ready to start an evil run just to see how thing change but now im not sure any more .

and the worst part is that act 3 was rushed in the favor of starfield.

my score is 8/10

[corisai]

Originally posted by AvivLobel:

and the worst part is that act 3 was rushed in the favor of starfield.

No, it's a Larian business model. They did the same with DOS1 and DOS2. Expect to see release of full game in ~year, currently you're playing in Beta Act2-3 :)

[wyndhambarnhill]

187.3 hours and yea...that ending was the biggest kick in the nuts lol
Spoilers about what mechanics matter at the end:
None of them do. Take as many tadpoles as you want. Become an illithid as soon as possible. Don't romance anyone. That massive side quest about "gathering allies" is completely useless unless you are super under powered for your level.

[Ard]

Originally posted by corisai:

Originally posted by AvivLobel:

and the worst part is that act 3 was rushed in the favor of starfield.

No, it's a Larian business model. They did the same with DOS1 and DOS2. Expect to see release of full game in ~year, currently you're playing in Beta Act2-3 :)

Never knew this was Larian's thing lmao. Now that the cat is out of the bag, even more people are going to realize their scummy behavior with just how popular the game has become. Can't wait to see the eventual backlash. It'll be so delicious, and righteous.

[AvivLobel]

Originally posted by wyndhambarnhill:

187.3 hours and yea...that ending was the biggest kick in the nuts lol
Spoilers about what mechanics matter at the end:
None of them do. Take as many tadpoles as you want. Become an illithid as soon as possible. Don't romance anyone. That massive side quest about "gathering allies" is completely useless unless you are super under powered for your level.

i actually beat the fight without any allied , i didnt even realize i can summon them , then after the ending i was wondering what the point of getting allies.
then i reload and see that i was able to summon them to the fight and even controlling them.

[Miss Witch]

Oh yeah, I swear NO ONE is happy about the ending. I haven't seen a single soul say they enjoyed it. If there are, must be nice to be them, because the disappointment is real.

[wyndhambarnhill]

Originally posted by AvivLobel:

Originally posted by wyndhambarnhill:

187.3 hours and yea...that ending was the biggest kick in the nuts lol
Spoilers about what mechanics matter at the end:
None of them do. Take as many tadpoles as you want. Become an illithid as soon as possible. Don't romance anyone. That massive side quest about "gathering allies" is completely useless unless you are super under powered for your level.

i actually beat the fight without any allied , i didnt even realize i can summon them , then after the ending i was wondering what the point of getting allies.
then i reload and see that i was able to summon them to the fight and even controlling them.

Same. I was just way too overpowered I guess. I went in with Lae'zel, Wyll, and Shadowheart (and Orpheus). I summoned a Deva during the final encounter, and decided to pop-off a super underwhelming Deity Intervention attack from Shadowheart. I was using Mind Blast, the blackhole attack thing, and that was about it.

[Zanarkand]

What ? that isn't true at all, there are so many endings. And added Dialogue to the ending depending on the choices you made. Even before the end you get speeches from other characters. And heaps of chatting after everything. I have to do a Dark Urge play through now to finish the last 3 achievements 50/53 which results in another ending.

You expect every single NPC in the game in the city to have a quest? Be glad you can even interact with some outside of crowd NPC's. That is a ridiculous expectation.

Are we even playing the same game? Romances matter, your connection to the tadpoles matters, the list goes on. Act 3 isn't rushed at all, it is in fact longer than act 1 and 2. Performance and some bugged quests are the only issues. I had 2 bugged quests and 1 of them just got fixed.

Loved the ending and the talks after, makes me really wish I could just keep going with the options opened up for more story.

They did amazing with DOS1 and DOS2 it's why fans were so trusting of them to tackle BG3 and low and behold it's one of the best RPG games in history now. They improved their skills to tackle these sort of games and this is just another classic. Four patches already to address issues and nothing but clarity about development. Other devs need to look at Larian as a shining example of what games should be

[corisai]

Originally posted by Zanarkand:

What ? that isn't true at all, there are so many endings.

5 isn't "many". Especially 2 of them locked behind a special char and remaining are pretty similar =/

[AvivLobel]

Originally posted by Zanarkand:

What ? that isn't true at all, there are so many endings. And added Dialogue to the ending depending on the choices you made. Even before the end you get speeches from other characters. And heaps of chatting after everything. I have to do a Dark Urge play through now to finish the last 3 achievements 50/53 which results in another ending.

You expect every single NPC in the game in the city to have a quest? Be glad you can even interact with some outside of crowd NPC's. That is a ridiculous expectation.

Are we even playing the same game? Romances matter, your connection to the tadpoles matters, the list goes on. Act 3 isn't rushed at all, it is in fact longer than act 1 and 2. Performance and some bugged quests are the only issues. I had 2 bugged quests and 1 of them just got fixed.

Loved the ending and the talks after, makes me really wish I could just keep going with the options opened up for more story.

They did amazing with DOS1 and DOS2 it's why fans were so trusting of them to tackle BG3 and low and behold it's one of the best RPG games in history now. They improved their skills to tackle these sort of games and this is just another classic. Four patches already to address issues and nothing but clarity about development. Other devs need to look at Larian as a shining example of what games should be

a few lines of text with a companion isnt realy an ending,
a real ending is when a narrator tell u of all u done during ur game and fate of them of what they become.
example if u decide to save the druids or side with the goblins on act 1 , then u should be inform of what happened to them after that.

what about our romance ? do we get to know what happened ? i didnt even speak with shadowheart of what become of us.
the tapestry ending is really missing, nothing u can say wont change that is a uncompleted ending.
no matter ur choices u deserve to know what happened after the final encounter.

[SecretDragonSludge (Drugs)]

the ending is also ruined by the emperor being completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dumb. You can't convince him to free Orpheus, and if you choose to do it anyway he decides to side with the Netherbrain so basically he becomes the Netherbrains slave. It makes no sense for his character whatsoever. On top of that I think the ending cutscenes and the epilogue are currently bugged

[Runic Tunic]

Originally posted by The Sludge is Life:

the ending is also ruined by the emperor being completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dumb. You can't convince him to free Orpheus, and if you choose to do it anyway he decides to side with the Netherbrain so basically he becomes the Netherbrains slave. It makes no sense for his character whatsoever. On top of that I think the ending cutscenes and the epilogue are currently bugged

I saw a discussion about this over on other forums and someone made a good point. Emperor likely switches sides because the Gith want all mindlfayers dead, including Emperor. That and he likely isn't being totally truthful.

Apparently there's certain dialogue outcomes that reveal he is bullshitting some of his claims and emotions. He is truthful on keeping his end of the bargain, but his main concern is self-preservation, not being a good guy.

[Runic Tunic]

I think Act 3 and the endings need quite a bit of work. Loved mostly everything else about the game, but companion interactions I feel need some work (I think the pacing and interactions need to be adjusted), and a lot of Act 3 feels unfinished.

Better, more in-depth endings with narration and slides, re-implementing cut content (upper city sections, Karlach's whole thing is just MIA despite plenty of leads to fix her issue), and so on. Here's hoping they implement those fixes and advances soon. Likely have to wait until the Definitive Edition though.

[CloudKira]

Is there an ending where do you keep your Illithid powers without becoming a full fledged space squid?

Or its only "Keep your powers after changing into a full Illithid" Vs "Lose all those nifty Illithid powers"?

[wyndhambarnhill]

I have no idea what Zanarkand is talking about lol. I think we may have actually played different games.
Shadowheart's "ending": "Gee, I should have learned how to swim."
Yea, that totally fills me with a sense of fulfillment lol.
I think the biggest ♥♥♥♥ you was choosing to spare the world from my heavily implied degradation into a mindless monster was having spent nearly 200 hrs fulfilling everyone's sidequests, gaining their "unwavering" loyalty, to just have them T-pose like dumb extras in a commercial while I ritualistically commit suicide to spare them of having the inconvenience of looking at my deformity and maybe eating their brains in their sleep.

[Garath]

Act I and II were a blast, act III feels like a slog.