Ending is extremely bad

[ANAL INVADER]

Apologies Larian, but I need to rant. After 313 hours of playing this game (including Early Access), I have just reached the end of my 1st full play through. I warn you - my blood is still boiling.

This was so f*cking sad and disappointing.

To anyone reading this early in Act 3 - I strongly recommend waiting till Larian will patch the end game. Do not waste a nice experience with this game.

SPOILERS BELOW

Game was 10/10 for me for like 95% of my play through. But once I reached the ending, I feel like I was slapped in the face. This game has finished for me after reaching the Elder Brain. What happened after that is just unfinished product, that I just want to forgot and erease from my head.
No closure. No narrative end to your companions stories. My actions throughout the game meant nothing, my choices had no value (only the most recent ones).
Nothing I did in Act 1, 2 and 3 had any meaning. I would see the same end results, playing as an Evil Dark Urge as well as a Righteous Paladin, but picking the correct options at the end of the game.

Companions not initiating any end dialogue due to bugs e.g.:
-if Karlah survives -> you won't see Shadowheart cutscene in camp
-if spoken with Gale, Astarion will run away like a b*tch after sunburn, and you won't receive a 1-1 dialogue option EVEN if you romanced him to the fullest (I'm not a fan of Astarion, I hate this companion, but I can't imagine what kind of heartbreaking moment this would be for people actually romancing him, that was pathetic ending)
-and many more

Larian did not even add a simple wall of text / couple sentences on what happened to the:
-Druid Grove,
-Shadowlands,
-Baldurs Gate itself,
-Emperor,
-Githianki / Vlaakith / Orpheus (I know D&D/forgotten realms cannon events related to this story, but would be nice to see it in the game as well)
-my companions,
-me and my partner Shadowheart.

If Larian is not planning to launch an BG3 expansion and cover above subjects, then I see no point of not adding a closure to those events (especially Githhianki vs Vlaakith, which canonically has a closure in Forgotten Realms world)

The OG BG 1 & 2 games had at least text endings to you and your companions. Here we got absolutely nothing.
I do not understand WHY at least written text was not implemented to the end game! They had tools and capacity to add f*cktons of text to end credit, but they did not add a text about the result of our (player) play through.

All I have received was 'gg wp u saved the world, cya' and roll credits.

Ending was rushed. Cut content burn my eyes.

I'm so frustrated with this ending.
I feel like a kid, that received a cat, become best friends, had a great time together, just to realize this cat has animal rabies and needs to be taken down.

I love this game, but at this moment it is not 10/10.
It's 9/10 at best, due to miserable short and hollow ending, "felt" cut content and lack of 4th difficulty option (game was way too easy on Tactician mode, while it was advertised as a DnD difficulty run by DM that hates you).

I hope the more people finish this game, the more people will realize it as well, and maybe then Larian will actually reconsider adding cut content to the game with their patch.
I'm not even dreaming about adding Upper City to the game, but at least missing parts of endings. Hopefully it will receive the same treatment as DOS2 with Definitive edition.
At the moment, they are occupied with simple bug fixes and releasing the game on PS5. But the more people finish the game, the more 'bad' reviews will pop up on the internet.

Before reaching the Elder Brain, I wanted to do my 2nd play through immediately.
After seeing this hollow and empty ending, I just won't do it. I don't want to suffer experiencing this again.

Please Larian, hear us.

#JusticeForKarlach

#GiveProperEndings

[Devika]

The ending also made me sad, because it was so hastily done. No emotion in the dialogue or on the faces. No real conclusion to our journeys with our companions.

The scene with Astarion fleeing the sun sums up the problem. He runs away and the companions are there "ok" and that's it? Besides, my character who romances him doesn't even follow him? Like he doesn't care? Don't get me started on Karlach too, it's so shameful.

Such a good game but such a disapointing ending.

[MostlyPanda]

without reading the OP, let me guess, you didn't got a happy ending and now you're angry?

[stump362]

Yeah, ending sucks. Accept and move on.

[Sprocket]

SPOILERS BELOW

Weird sounds like u got a diff ending to me.. and i thought the ending was good tbh. Shadowheart had left my camp so i wast expecting anything from her. Karlach was a mindflayer and my 'partner' - she made a brave sacrifice but was happy to still be living. Astarian was my friends 'partner' and he didnt run away? I'd have to rewatch it again but he had quite a few voice lines. Got a cutscene with Gale too about how he was leaving to look for the crown and become the ultimate mage.. all in all that's all I could have wanted. Maybe we were lucky to be playing with those chars? I discussed this with my friend and we both agree it was a decent ending.

[everybe2]

Suggestion would be not to finish it.

[VYM]

I felt exactly same.
"What happened after that is just unfinished product, that I just want to forgot and erase from my head. No closure. No narrative end to your companions stories. My actions throughout the game meant nothing, my choices had no value (only the most recent ones).
Nothing I did in Act 1, 2 and 3 had any meaning. I would see the same end results, playing as an Evil Dark Urge as well as a Righteous Paladin".
Just a short cutscene where L'Azael flew away, Gale disappeared, Karlach died, Astarion ran away with sunburn. Amazing. No even text screens about what I did bad/good and what happened to locations I visited.
Finished, uninstalled, forgot forever.

[navigator4223]

Originally posted by MostlyPanda:

without reading the OP, let me guess, you didn't got a happy ending and now you're angry?

Stop being a fanboy. Just stop.

[everybe2]

''L'Azael flew away, Gale disappeared, Karlach died, Astarion ran away with sunburn. Amazing. ''

It seems that you did not finish there quests.

[PaloG]

And to make matters worse there's datamined audio(near 1 hour of it, can easily find it on youtube) with Withers narrating an epilogue about all of that 6 months later that surprise surprise was ultimately cut.

[everybe2]

Originally posted by PaloG:

And to make matters worse there's datamined audio(near 1 hour of it, can easily find it on youtube) with Withers narrating an epilogue about all of that 6 months later that surprise surprise was ultimately cut.

Link or did happen.

[Simbolic]

On Act 3 it's great game but tbh didn't really have high expectations for a good ending. Seeing how dark and depressing most of the game is. Would assume using more tadpoles and evolving to increase illithid powers. Would probably make the ending even worse. Since usually theirs a catch for making choices like that.

[MostlyPanda]

Originally posted by navigator4223:

Originally posted by MostlyPanda:

without reading the OP, let me guess, you didn't got a happy ending and now you're angry?

Stop being a fanboy. Just stop.

Guy is upset because he didn't got the ending he envisioned, lol. This is a DnD game, harsh and ruthless, happy ending rarely happens.

If you don't like bad/sad endings, don't play RPGs. Play FIFA

[PaloG]

Originally posted by everybe2:

Originally posted by PaloG:

And to make matters worse there's datamined audio(near 1 hour of it, can easily find it on youtube) with Withers narrating an epilogue about all of that 6 months later that surprise surprise was ultimately cut.

Link or did happen.

enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXSfqCvClW8

[navigator4223]

Originally posted by PaloG:

And to make matters worse there's datamined audio(near 1 hour of it, can easily find it on youtube) with Withers narrating an epilogue about all of that 6 months later that surprise surprise was ultimately cut.

You have to understand. Gent was trembling from fear because of the impending Starfield release.

Us customers are of no relevance in the face of such a menace.

[everybe2]

Originally posted by PaloG:

Originally posted by everybe2:

Link or did happen.

enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXSfqCvClW8

So it did`nt happen