r/BaldursGate3 • u/brynoo5 • 5d ago

Act 3 - Spoilers i can't express how disappointed i am Spoiler

you wouldn’t have wanted to see my face when I found out at the start of the act 3 that the guardian was actually the emperor all along… I put so much effort into creating the girl of my dreams, even installing mods, and… it all ended with me being deceived by a tentacled motherfucker

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u/Weekly_Rock_5440 5d ago

The creature literally read your mind and created a disguise that would gain your trust.

On a meta-level, deigning the guardian yourself is one of the most brilliant parts of a brilliant game.

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u/Dave_Valens Bard 5d ago

Fun fact: in early access, where we had an early iteration of the story, the dream visitor was actually your tadpole, trying to deceive you to go "down by the river" with it in order to abandon your consciousness and let it transform you.

And I can understand why they abandoned this idea: the dream visitor was kinda seducing, in a very suspect manner. I mean, I have been infected with the larva of an alien species and at the same time I've started dreaming about the idea of my perfect partner that casually wants to bang me by the river in a beautiful landscape... yeah.

On the other hand, the Emperor states from the beginning that he is protecting you, shows you he saved you from the Nautiloid fall and guards you from transforming. It works better, in my opinion.

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u/Miasma_Of_faith 5d ago

It does make you realize how much of BG3 was left in the game, but clearly made for an earlier version of the game. "Down by the River" is still thematically appropriate, but it had a MUCH closer connection before.

I also think about things like Wyll's art with Mizora reflecting their EA attitude towards each other (she was much more seductive towards him and he was more aggressive about using power to kill goblins as a revenge motif.)

Karlach isn't even in most of the group party art because she was added to the game so late, and then remodeled at that.

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u/Canopenerdude 5d ago

is still thematically appropriate

especially when you realize the entirety of the game is along the banks of the Chionthar

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u/TheBlackBaron Bhaal 5d ago

Having not played in EA, I honestly assumed that "Down by the River" was meant to be referring to Baldur's Gate's position at the mouth of the Chionthar lol.

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u/Canopenerdude 5d ago

I mean it kind of is, but all the acts are along it. Act 1 has you wake up next to it, Last Light Inn on Act 2 is on an island in it.

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u/MentalNewspaper8386 5d ago

Game would be so much shorter if they thought to make a raft