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Urge isn't just a Bhaalspawn, he was made directly from Bhaal himself. (Making the idea of a "good" Urge or a non-Human one very stupid.)
I feel like the only reason Dead Three is even a thing in this game is so people don't cry that it's not a sequelMintharra hating on you for breaking up with Bhaal is absurd. Bhaal is the Absolute, all that shit that she's bitching about non-stop happened while the brain was under control of the Dead Three. Now she's fine with selling out TDU's ass (and hers, and everyone else's in the world) to the same guy? To what end? Bhaal's endgame is a worldwide free-for-all, where the last living human climbs a mountain of corpses, looks to the sky and yells "I've won!", and this is is the future that Bhaal-controlled TDU will bring about.
Once again, the game would be considerably better if TDU was the Banespawn, not Bhaalspawn. In that case, Mintharra's logic would kind of make sense - at least Bane's ideal world is consistent with hers.
WutBhaal is the Absolute
ExactlyI feel like the only reason Dead Three is even a thing in this game is so people don't cry that it's not a sequelMintharra hating on you for breaking up with Bhaal is absurd. Bhaal is the Absolute, all that shit that she's bitching about non-stop happened while the brain was under control of the Dead Three. Now she's fine with selling out TDU's ass (and hers, and everyone else's in the world) to the same guy? To what end? Bhaal's endgame is a worldwide free-for-all, where the last living human climbs a mountain of corpses, looks to the sky and yells "I've won!", and this is is the future that Bhaal-controlled TDU will bring about.
Once again, the game would be considerably better if TDU was the Banespawn, not Bhaalspawn. In that case, Mintharra's logic would kind of make sense - at least Bane's ideal world is consistent with hers.
Until act 3, the brain was under total mind control and was powerless to make any decisions. So any of it and the cult's actions (such as capturing and mind controlling Mintharra) before that point are not it's own, but that of Bhaal, Bane and Myrkul. Mintharra is mad at the puppet, but seems to love the puppetmaster.
No it wasn'tUntil act 3, the brain was under total mind control and was powerless to make any decisions
No, the Idiot 3's plan was flawed and the Brain was just pretending to be controlled to get them to do the work for it.Until act 3, the brain was under total mind control and was powerless to make any decisions. So any of it and the cult's actions (such as capturing and mind controlling Mintharra) before that point are not it's own, but that of Bhaal, Bane and Myrkul.
We explicitly know it isn't true, because the Brain's plan involved getting some of the Chosen killed (by an outside party, because it could not have done it itself) and getting the netherstones into its posession. It was a long con that paid off, but it very well could not have, and in the middle of the plan the brain was enslaved and vulnerable. There's a whole mini-game in the act 2 that reveals that its plan has been hijacked.No, the Idiot 3's plan was flawed and the Brain was just pretending to be controlled to get them to do the work for it.
This is probably the most comprehensive thread about the terrible plot problems in BG3. Everything which is not in italics is compiled from information given in game (either from cut scene, dialogue, or in game texts), the stuff which is in italics is speculation based on that information.We explicitly know it isn't true, because the Brain's plan involved getting some of the Chosen killed (by an outside party, because it could not have done it itself) and getting the netherstones into its posession. It was a long con that paid off, but it very well could not have, and in the middle of the plan the brain was enslaved and vulnerable. There's a whole mini-game in the act 2 that reveals that its plan has been hijacked.No, the Idiot 3's plan was flawed and the Brain was just pretending to be controlled to get them to do the work for it.
Now, with the Dead Three united, they can place the Crown atop the Elder Brain beneath Moonrise. Specifically, Durge places the Crown atop the Brain, which will quickly become important... One unknown factor to Gortash and Ketheric was that the Brain itself - likely thanks to the netherese infusion - could have easily broken free if it so wished, but it began revering Durge and calling him it's master willingly. The Brain claims it is because Durge gave it "everything" and that his plan was devious, his cruelty unparalleled.
No. They had to delete the animations from their forum due to legal concerns. You can still see them on archive though.Did they add mating press in the new update?
Anything revolves around emperor makes no sense and full of plot holes, another reason why act 3 is so awful.
The revelation changed very little aboutthe emperor himself
Aye, it’s one of those fake alternatives this game seemingly offers, but if you choose the wrong one it’s just nah man it’s scripted gameover kek.
- The writers probably think themsleves pretty clever and proud of this character since they decided you need to work with him or go fuck yourself.
I agree, their story is all over nuanced and branched with lots of backstory yet somehow lame.Black Isle wrote a fairly simple story for BG1 and 2 and told it well.
Larian went of the deep end and worse: they bit off more than they could chew.
Yep. The game’s world overall exists separately from the narrative you experience. This was very nicely handled in BG1 where the most of the story was concealed from the naked eye and the world lived without knowing all the action. It only experienced the top of the iceberg which were iron crisis, Amn threat and the bandits and it reacted properly to the major events while being justifiably oblivious to the underlying shenanigans.That's probably my biggest issue with it. You'd think that learning something like that should be a really big deal instead of being brushed aside and never brought up again (AFAIK) after the Quest is done.