Who Is (or Was) Daisy?

[seeker1]

Over at the Larian forums, I see a number of people groaning about the changes Larian made doing Early Access. Never played EA, this is why I'm asking.

They keep saying that at one point Larian chose to replace "Daisy" in the narrative with the Emperor instead. Some are griping that they like the "Daisy" storyline better.

What I can't follow in these conversations, because I never played EA, is what was Daisy? What was she supposed to be? Was that just an internal name Larian was using? Surely the crux of the game would not focus around interacting with someone named "Daisy". I hope.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Daisy > Emperor

[seeker1]

I can't know how something is greater than something else without knowing what it is, or was...

[Izlude]

Originally posted by seeker1:

I can't know how something is greater than something else without knowing what it is, or was...

Daisy was the tadpole in your heads psychic appearance and its goal was to convince you to surrender yourself to staying in the dream world with it while in the real world your flesh is turned into a mindlflayer.

[Bob!]

^ I actually thought that's what the guardian was going to be actually, just a manifestation of the tadpole trying to convince you to give in to it.
Made more sense too, with being able to customise it etc. It's a huge punch for male players with a female guardian, to find out what it really is lol.

They could have really just stuck with both plotlines and kept them separate.

[Kafik]

This is one of the problems with early access games; things get changed, sometimes drastically, yet people complain about the changes because they don't comprehend that they are playing a beta version of the game.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by Jack S. Valentine:

Originally posted by seeker1:

I can't know how something is greater than something else without knowing what it is, or was...

Daisy was the tadpole in your heads psychic appearance and its goal was to convince you to surrender yourself to staying in the dream world with it while in the real world your flesh is turned into a mindlflayer.

Indeed. She wanted you to stay in the your dream world... down... down... down by the river. (the thematic song's lyrics referencing). I really think it would've been a better inclusion to what we got.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

This is what happens when you rush development.

[seandeven]

Way I see it.....
Daisy changed to the "Emperor" to advance Wyll and his fathers, revised plotline with the Stelmane murders.

But yea... I liked the dreamy Daisy

[Bob!]

Originally posted by seandeven:

Way I see it.....
Daisy changed to the "Emperor" to advance Wyll and his fathers, revised plotline with the Stelmane murders.

But yea... I liked the dreamy Daisy

Meh, they could have kept all that separate. It would be much better for male players with female guardians then, too.

[Wokelander]

One of my funniest game moments was when on a lark I designed the guardian to look as much as some middle-aged male math teacher as possibke, with a lame mustache and receeding hairline, and the game assumes that's what my character is into because the feature isn't really explained in any meaningful way

[seeker1]

Hmmmm, so I'm guessing how you gained additional tadpole powers might have worked differently. Like, Daisy keeps tempting you to go deeper into her dream world, and you unlock these additional psionic abilities, but meanwhile your body is moving more and toward ceremorphosis. IOW, the consequence from accumulating these powers that the current game lacks.

[Vixziค็็็็็n]

There were several story lines that were better in EA tbh.