Does evil playthrough worth it?

[MasturBeast]

First of all, I don't plan to be evil as Dark Urge. I just sick of being a hero in every game that I played. So, from my experience in other rpg, when you choose "good" option in dialogue with nps - you get a quest and if you choose "evil" option - you'll get nothing. Is it often the case in Baldur's Gate? Because if I'll lose like 25% of the game, then I better play evil character on the second run.

And, of course, the other thing I would like to know is Minthara's romance finally fixed? Does she has other scene except the "spicy" one after raiding the grove? What about her personal quest, since she's not an origin character, should I expect less interesting story?

That's it, thanks.

[His Divine Shadow]

It’s never worth it. Be good

[RhiTheWitch]

You will lose a significant portion of quests and loot later in the game.

Edit: An no besides a bit of affection and epilogue content, there's no personal quest or any extra content for her

[Kiyaya]

It might be worth it if you want to see how the other NPCs evil routes play out (Ascended Astarion, Sharran SH, etc.).
It'll be a lot quicker though since a lot of quests are lost in the process.

[Banelord]

Exceedingly badly written evil playthrough, as i stated numerous times before. Only good if you are going the "redeeming" path, because these writers are obsessed with "i can fix him".

[Karlmeister]

If you like this kind of games, it always worths if you already played a decent good-fella playthrought to see the other side of the coin. I'm currently in my 2nd run, almost all-evil and don't-give-a-♥♥♥♥-about-anything choices and I've unlocked some specific content related to these kind of choices (killing anybody who oppose me or stand in my way, and ignoring requests) but ofc locked some other that I've already seen in my first run.

[OnlyOffensive]

for urge its not evil its psycho. I mean you can not play either hero or psycho, game has options for it.

Game does have some interesting options here and there, but its mostly killing because MC feels like it.

The redemption urge arc IS good though as mentioned before, it doesnt feel "good", but it feels nice IMO.

Though honestly, in a game that killing everything is best because of exp, psycho urge might fit well.

[EricHVela]

I did an "extinction" run just to see if the developers were correct that the player could just go on a killing spree of everyone. Yes, kinda. Every can die, but not always right when your character meets them. Sometimes, the first or second meeting will end the game if an NPC dies, but it is possible to kill everyone.

It's also extremely boring and, in the 3rd act, mind-numbingly tedious.

Don't go for "evil" in BG3. It's unrewarding. Few games make "evil" a worthwhile story option, but the majority of players probably go for "good" and putting too much time on "evil" stories is probably a waste much of the time..

[OnlyOffensive]

Originally posted by EricHVela:

I did an "extinction" run just to see if the developers were correct that the player could just go on a killing spree of everyone. Yes, kinda. Every can die, but not always right when your character meets them. Sometimes, the first or second meeting will end the game if an NPC dies, but it is possible to kill everyone.

It's also extremely boring and, in the 3rd act, mind-numbingly tedious.

Don't go for "evil" in BG3. It's unrewarding. Few games make "evil" a worthwhile story option, but the majority of players probably go for "good" and putting too much time on "evil" stories is probably a waste much of the time..

id say in most cases "evil" more rewarding, since you kill more and get more exp, for example you can wipe 2nd act tavern with a valid reason which is ALOT of exp.

But there definetely a handful situations other way around, where you "ally" with questionable characters, like zhentarim etc, while if you play "good" you will probably end up killing them. Not to say smth prevent you from just attacking everything after, but it doesnt feel nice, even for exp, at least for me.

[DontMisunderstand]

Originally posted by OnlyOffensive:

Originally posted by EricHVela:

I did an "extinction" run just to see if the developers were correct that the player could just go on a killing spree of everyone. Yes, kinda. Every can die, but not always right when your character meets them. Sometimes, the first or second meeting will end the game if an NPC dies, but it is possible to kill everyone.

It's also extremely boring and, in the 3rd act, mind-numbingly tedious.

Don't go for "evil" in BG3. It's unrewarding. Few games make "evil" a worthwhile story option, but the majority of players probably go for "good" and putting too much time on "evil" stories is probably a waste much of the time..

id say in most cases "evil" more rewarding, since you kill more and get more exp, for example you can wipe 2nd act tavern with a valid reason which is ALOT of exp.

But there definetely a handful situations other way around, where you "ally" with questionable characters, like zhentarim etc, while if you play "good" you will probably end up killing them. Not to say smth prevent you from just attacking everything after, but it doesnt feel nice, even for exp, at least for me.

Jaheira reacts to a genocidal monster the exact same way she reacts to a paragon of unflinching goodness. Fundamentally, both evil and good characters can be forced to wipe out Last Light Inn solely because Jaheira is an impossibly stupid egomaniac.

[✙205🍉🐆→]

Only if you play as Dark Urge and metagaming, I recommend for the second playthrough

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

No, not really.

[The_Dipl0mat]

I did a fully evil playthrough with full roleplay. Imagined my character was conniving from the start, planned on who to use and abuse, who to use in her evil army to take over Faerun. Betrayed those who were useless

And I have to say, even all that? Pretty disappointing

[✙205🍉🐆→]

Originally posted by The_Dipl0mat:

I did a fully evil playthrough with full roleplay. Imagined my character was conniving from the start, planned on who to use and abuse, who to use in her evil army to take over Faerun. Betrayed those who were useless

And I have to say, even all that? Pretty disappointing

Played as the evil Tav instead of Dark Urge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l87Ddn-_CQI

[The_Dipl0mat]

Originally posted by ✙205🍉🐆→:

Originally posted by The_Dipl0mat:

I did a fully evil playthrough with full roleplay. Imagined my character was conniving from the start, planned on who to use and abuse, who to use in her evil army to take over Faerun. Betrayed those who were useless

And I have to say, even all that? Pretty disappointing

Played as the evil Tav instead of Dark Urge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l87Ddn-_CQI

Oh no, I did it as Durge as well

[Aerohank]

Yes the game offers plenty of ways to be evil. And rewards for them too.

You can steal from people. Break into vaults to steal. Help devils in exchange for powers. Kill innocents in exchane for power. There is plenty of good loot stored in peoples private residences.

Most people probably think they are playing a "good playthrough" whilst half the time they are stealing from merchants and choosing violence whenever someone looks at them funny.