The role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 offers players almost unlimited possibilities. Some enjoy being truly evil – for others, it seems to happen more by accident.
What problem does the player encounter? On Reddit, a player named Separate_Solid_4211 reports her inability to achieve a “good” playthrough in the role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3: No matter what she tries, it somehow always ends in death and destruction.
She has already gone through 5 runs, and after more than 600 hours of gameplay, she comes to a conclusion: “I have a strong suspicion that I am the problem.”
“Oops”
For her first run, Separate_Solid_4211 started classically “blind”, without much prior knowledge. As a result, she missed all companions except for Shadowheart and Lae’zel, whose quest she ignored as the main quest seemed so urgent and important – a problem that our editorial manager Schuhmann also faced with Baldur’s Gate 3.
By accident, the player also ended up siding with the Emperor, as she had no idea she had a choice – besides, he seemed friendly. In the end, she considered Shadowheart’s parents to be “unimportant” – an assessment her companion did not share.
For that, she granted Lae’zel the wish to ascend: “Oops.”
Path to Redemption?
In her next attempt, the player experimented with Dark Urge, specifically: she wanted to play a “Redemption Dark Urge” character, meaning she aimed to rehabilitate herself throughout the game. However, Separate_Solid_4211 quickly realized how easy it is to lie directly to everyone’s face.
Even after a severed hand, a dead squirrel, and a murdered bard, the player still thought she was on her path to redemption. However, this came to a halt when she allowed Astarion to ascend.
Tactical Calculation
For her 3rd run, the player chose the difficulty level “Tactician” and a Dark Urge Paladin with a vow of devotion, promising to be “the most well-behaved girl of all time.” She was determined not to break her vow.
However, Separate_Solid_4211 broke the vow 5 times right away, and she also got involved with the Emperor again, turning Karlach into a mind flayer – only to once again find out online that she was a bad person.
“My soul fell in love with Gale”
During her 4th playthrough, it was time for an Honour Run. However, since this is not an easy undertaking, the player adhered to the principle: Don’t try anything in the Honour Run that you haven’t done before – and for Separate_Solid_4211, this meant reuniting with the Emperor.
One thing made this run different from all the others: For the first time, the player rescued Gale from the portal. “I fell in love with Gale. My Tav fell in love with Gale. My soul fell in love with Gale,” said the player.
But then she blew up her favorite wizard, resulting in a well-deserved (?) Honour Run victory and a 20-minute crying fit.
This is the good ending, right?
In her 5th run, Separate_Solid_4211 set out to reclaim her Gale. As she writes, it is not yet completed. To atone for her past misdeeds, the player created a Durge Cleric.
She didn’t want to spoil her choices between a divine and a human Gale in advance, so she made the choice that she believed was the best for Gale according to her cleric’s opinion. “Well, as it turns out, my cleric is a jealous little brat. […] God-Gale is clearly the good ending here. Right? OR?”
The community is thoroughly entertained by the player’s involuntarily bloodthirsty adventures. Here is a small selection of responses from the thread:
- “You’re playing it right.” – QueenConcept
- “I love this chaotic energy, please keep going LMFAO.” – BellaBails
- “Yeah, I don’t think you should be the main character in real life.” – TarantulaTitties
- “This is like when Mr. Burns tried to be good and only made everything worse. That’s you. That’s who you are.” – SpicyNovaMaria
Some players, however, claim to be the exact opposite: they simply cannot make evil decisions.
Even MeinMMO editor Dariusz had no evil intentions in Baldur’s Gate 3 and actually just wanted to please everyone. You can read about how that went here: I accidentally play Baldur’s Gate 3 like a terrible politician in an election campaign, promising everyone everything
