Baldur's Gate 3 - CONFIRMED: BIG Cut Content Found, Lost Companion, Dev Drama, Player Stats & More!

I'm not sure why there's backlash to this video, it's literally a round up of factual news about the game, unless the news itself is upsetting people and that frustration is being taken out on the video itself?

Does not having the Upper City make a difference to you? Personally I still think what we have is a 11/10 masterpiece but its certainly a shame, hopefully we can get everything that was lost back one day along with a certain maybe companion.

There is an actual cut companion though. a female Halfing that turned into a werewolf. All of her voice lines were in the game and removed. She was a pun on Little Red Riding Hood. the werewolf model is still int he game and mods have utilized it.

Your outro song is still bad but your content is good. Please ditch it LOL

All games have content taken out and there are many reasons for it, change of story, balancing, not having enough time, characters were nt fleshed out

why cant we give the good boy treats? :c

Alfira is a beautiful character, too bad she didn't make it as a companion.

Thanks for this! I just finished the game today, finally. I heard tell that Karlach actually had more planned but it was all in the Upper City. I hope I one day get to see that content.

Why is so many people saying its no big deal many companions arnt finished and epilogue scenes are missing sure games have cut content but these are big deals

im just astoned about the 88 years in the CC sence it is sorry to say one of the less better CCs out there :/

i was so happy, when alfira... SPOILERS
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came to my camp starting my 2nd playthrough as a dark urge, i made astarion a bard already, so i didnt really have room for her, but i was excited for her story. i thought she as a companion had been fixed since i started the game the first time
well... the following night broke me, dark urge is demanding, but im looking forward to more, i wanna do the resisting route, dont have the stomach to go all evil in this game yet

I hope Alfira will be added as a companion in a DLC. There's no Bard companion.

JUSTICE FOR KARLACH!! I don't care for the rest!! My best gurl cannot end like this!!!!

I first met Alfira and was so stoked to get a bard companion. I was disappointed leaving the Druid Grove without her, but was ecstatic when she found my party during a long rest later on! Little did I know that The Urge was about to kick in...

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RIP Alfira, you would have been fun to adventure with.

I really hope they add in all the cut content in the new year or two... because the game is fucking amazing already. Imagine if they didnt have to cut out all of this stuff? I cant even imagine how many more hours I would sacrifice to the game. I'm already at 250 hours in the game and I'm not slowing down at all.

I really hate when people post comments that quasi spoil moments of the game. Fuhq off

I disagree that the movie helped very much as it was mostly a flop. Larian has worked hard to build a resume of trust with its customers. That is what has helped BG3 far more than anything done by hasbro recently

why the fuck is "out of park baseball 2007" in the top 5 best reviewed games ever? lol

Githyanki is actually the best race ya'll. You dont have to roll to dominate Lae'zel in the first hookup. 10/10 never going back

I just want full deep Minthara romance....

well da...every game gets cut content....

I'll be honest I spent an hour in character creation but only because I was researching different classes. Never played DnD before

Alfira also starts to join you in the dark urge campaign in a very dynamic way, but then some stuff happens

I hope they add more content, including the cut ones.

Oh, btw, there was a long time when more people had killed the Commander in the prologue then had played fetch with our doggo...

I'm confused to see the Gyth so low on that Race Choices... I mean... They are such a good race!

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I dont want to play the game anymore after discovering how bad the devs screwed over Karlach. She had the most easily solvable issue out of all the playable origin characters. At the end of the day she has a mechanical issue and goes to a city with mechs but still no dice... Really? REALLY REALLY?

I want the damn teifling bard as a companion!

I keep trying to recruit that teifling bard but no luck yet. Too bad, bards are useful.

i havent even got though the first act!!!

Played a githyanki first, and then a deep gnome second. Amusing.

Cut content is perfect to be added in a definitive edition/addon. Also can we please get an Act 1 resolution where we send Minthara to a wildly wrong location other than the grove, kill the rest of the goblins, so we get Halsin, the Tieflings make it into act 2, and Minthara is there to be rescued from punishment for utterly failing her objective in act 1 ?

im hoping the definitive edition or enhanced edition, whichever they call it, has the cut content. once youre into act 3 you can really see where it was cut cuz a lot of quests just drop off and companions kinda get broken interactive wise cuz theres stuff missing that it feels like their AI is looking to trigger

Pretty sure 8 of the 88 years in the character creator was just me

Gale was that one guy at the dnd table "i didnt ask how big the room was i said i cast fireball"

That outro is intensely obnoxious.

Larian had to cut a bunch of shit while pissing their pants and running away from Starfield's release day.

Nobody said they were going to take notes from baldurs gate 3. What everyone did say was to not expect this quality from them.

Yes there were a lot of congratulatory remarks but also a lot of discrediting was made as well.

1) many made claims about the size of larian’s team (being massive) even though many whom made that comment work for bigger teams.

2) the budgeting: saying Larian was piggybacking financially off of the success of its predecessors-but then Larian’s PR made a public statement that this is not true no on the contrary they had to pay for the license.

And I don’t know about strategically waiting for a DND movie to release the game (it just doesn’t seem believable that a company with a game that is ready to release would wait on receiving the payment for their hard work) Yes I think the timing was coincidental but I digress.

all cut contest so far (SPOILERS )







1) The Upper City - The most obvious one. Swen himself talked about the "Affluent Upper City" just 2 weeks before launch and described as it being fully explorable and yet it's very noticeably absent from the final game.

2) Shar Worship - In EA the player was able to select Shar as a diety which game with it's own unique dialogue trees, especially when interacting with Shadowheart as a fellow Shar worshiper. Despite the fact that voice lines were datamined indicating this had functions well into Act 2, it was cut when the game launched.

3) Karlach's Ending - Datamined content shows that not only did Karlach have a full ending where her infernal engine was fixed and that she survived, but that most of it was fully voiced and complete. However it required triggers from the Upper City portion of Baldur's Gate and when that was cut, so was Karlach's Act 3 storyline. What we have behind have been confirmed to be Karlach's "fail state" endings which were meant to only play if the player neglected her quest chain.

4) Minthara's Story - Minthara was meant to have a much deeper story, including a pregnancy. These were likely cut due to Minthara being a late stage addition to our roster but dialogue lines remain in the games files that show that not only did Minthara have a lot more content for herself but your other companions had a lot more to say about it.

5) Halsin's Story - Another late addition to the roster, Halsin was originally intended to have a great deal more endgame content involving the Druid circle, but this appears to have been cut more early on than some of the other items thus far.

6) Raphael the Merchant - Originally Raphael was meant to be a fully viable option to remove your tadpole, in fact the "Soul Coin" items that you collect in game where originally meant to be a powerful alternative currency accepted only by Raphael in exchange for possibly retrieving your soul as well as a long list of incredibly powerful artifacts from the House of Hope that would be sold by Raphael himself.

7) Avernus - An entire area of the game. Avernus was meant to be fully explorable and of similar size to the Underdark Area of Act 1. It would be a source not only for Soul Coins but other rare materials, highly difficult fights, and special content for Karlach.

8) Tav the Dark Urge - A lot of people were both surprised and excited to see the addition of The Dark Urge origin as the Bhaalspawn/Evil option that was missing from EA. As it turns out, Tav was originally the Dark Urge and they were all one origin. Tav was meant to be Bhaalspawn and separating the two seems to be what caused the narrative divide between the Dead Three storyline and the Mindflayer plot.

9) Omeluum's Ring - In the EA version of the game this ring would block your Tadpole entirely. It could not grow, it could not grow stronger, and you could not use Illithid powers. In the launch version this ring prevents you from being charmed despite Omeluum still stating that it blocked the influence of the Elder Brain/Absolute.

10) Bhaal and Orin versus the Creche - An entire Act 2 battle was cut in which Bhaal's forces, led by Orin, attacked the Githyanki creche which led to a fight where you either sided with one or the other or had a massive 3-way fight on your hands.

11) Orin and the Dragon - Orin was meant to corrupt a Githyank red dragon, leading to a boss fight against a Slayer-formesque Dragon.

12) The Hag Coven in Act 2 and 3 - You may notice that accepting Auntie Ethels help in the first Act can lead to a negative effect when fighting Hags. You may also notice that despite Auntie Ethel having letters from other Hags in her basement, she is the only one you encounter. Originally there was meant to be a full three act story involving the Hag coven including the mysterious "M" who seems to have been their leader.

13) Epilogues - Full epilogue cutscenes have been datamined that varied greatly depending on your choices. These were the "17K ending variations" that Larian told us about, yet they are completely absent in the final game leading only to a fade to black scene at the end of the game.

14) Cazador's Story - Originally Cazador was meant to play a huge role in the Upper City of Baldur's Gate, including being a huge political power. Datamined content also shows that originally he was meant to be a potential ally in the final push against the Absolute.

15) Banite Cultists - The game features both Bhaal and Myrkul cultists rather heavily but Bane is reduced to Gortash alone. Despite the fact that they had full and finished assets for both armor, weapons, and some events the Banites were cut from the final game.

16) Act 1 Minsc - Minsc was meant to be recruited at the end of Act 1 but was cut and pushed back into the later game.

17) Dialogue and Events - Even from Act 1 itself, thousands of lines of dialogue and companion events were cut from the final game. Some of them were even fully voiced and ready to be implemented in game but also referenced other content that ended up on the cutting room floor.

18) Bhaal, Myrkul and Bane as Deities - Cleric's were meant to be fully able to select the Dead Three from the list of Deities. There were even special dialogues in game for player's who played as a Paladin and then multiclassed at least 1 level of Cleric on top and selected one of the Dead Three.

19) Daisy - It's not a secret that Daisy was cut from the game after the last EA release and replaced with "The Guardian." Originally Daisy was representative of the tadpole in your head, not the Emperor, and would attempt to seduce your character into staying in the meadow by the river with her forever. A happy life with an imaginary dream lover while your body underwent ceramorphosis and was lost to you forever. Daisy was such an important part of the plot that both of the games theme songs "Down by The River" and "The Power" are based entirely upon Daisy. Datamined content also shows there was originally an ending where players would embrace a romance with Daisy and give themselves over to the parasite, forever leaving their individual consciousness "down by the river" with Daisy.

20) Companions and the Illithid Worm - Originally companions were meant to accept or refuse Illithid gifts independently of the player choices. You could of course influence them through dialogue to decide who did and did not take the offered gifts, but ultimately it would be based on individual characters choices. This can still be seen in game as a bug when companions will awake after a long rest and claim to have received a gift from their Guardian and yet will have gained no actual power.

21) Romancing Jaheira - Apparently you were originally meant to have limited options to romance and sleep with Jaheira but these were cut last minute. It's unclear why.

22) Tadpole's and Consequences - There were originally meant to be severe consequences from using the Illithid powers too heavily and investing too much into the Tadpole powers. This seems obvious in game and yet ultimately in the release version goes nowhere as the ending is reduced to about 4 choices made in the last leg of the game. You can use all tadpoles or none and receive the same ending.

23) Act 3 Companion Dialogue - If you've noticed that companions have much less to say at the end of their journey it's because thousands of lines of dialogue were cut from companions in the final Act and all for various reasons. This also seems to be the source of most of the companion bugs that only appear in the final act as they're still trying to trigger events that simply no longer exist.

24) Multiple Cutscenes - There are multiple cutscenes that were present for Act 1 that are missing from the final game.

25) The Nautolid - A large portion of the Nautolid tutorial zone was cut in the final release, including cutscenes, dialogue, areas, and an optional fight with 2 injured Imps. This was likely cut for the sake of brevity more than anything.

26) Mol and Raphael - Isn't it odd how Mol will just escape from Raphael on her own and say it was "easy?" Well it turns out that's because they cut whatever the final leg of that quest was meant to be, instead they allow Mol to escape on her own which more or less skips to the end and around the cut content.

27) The Raven Queen - There was an entire second part of the storyline that was cut early on.

28) The Voice of Bane - It's possible to have a brief conversation with Bane, but it remains incomplete as the dialogue is unvoiced for some reason.

29) The Wither's Epilogue - WIther's was meant to narrate an epilogue for the players, to what extent is unsure but instead WIther's is left with a single event in the entire game when post-credit's he can be seen revealing himself as Jergal and mocking a mural of the Dead Three.

30) Crafting - An early access build contained a crafting bench and it seems originally we were meant to have full access to crafting/enchanting gear of our own through certain systems. While these were cut, the items for them were not. This is why items like ingots, gemstones, woods, and other material items appear in game with no use other than vendor trash.

Do we think this game is getting dlc?

They the city 400% bigger than anticipated, the concept of cut content is odd

Im pretty sure there was a datamined character in EA called Helia that had alot of voice lines recorded and was supposedly to be the bard character

Man thats unfortunate, a bard would really have rounded out the cast of companions. They say it's unconfirmed but having another healer option and face option would certainly be nice. Regardless of whether or not it's true, I'd love to see the band become a playable companion in a definitive edition. That and the upper city of baldurs gate of course. I love the cast of companions but there is a bit too much overlap I think.

I think the actual controversy is the fact that they are a AA independent studio, they had to pay WotC to allow them to make this game there was no extra funding as the developer from Obsidian Claimed.
Personally I think other developers pushing back is really really sad, AAA games suck currently, they are shallow experiences with no real depth or effort, the industry as whole was always progressive pushing boundaries, and now they don't even try. Bethesda is a great example Elder Scrolls is a cut down experience that barely qualifies as an RPG, not to say Skyrim wasn't good just not in the spirit of ES games before Todd Howard came along dumbing everything down. The most exciting gams seem to be from independent or foreign developers.
According to capitalism, consumers drive the market, they determine the product, not who creates it, markets, or sells it, that is all Steve Jobs D-bag garbage that never should have existed but somehow does, where they make the cheapest thing possible with the least amount of effort and sell it 10,000 its cost expecting for large cash returns and then blaming people when products fail to meet expectations.
This game sets a new bar whether they like it or not and it is Profitable whether they want to admit it or not, TRPG/SRPGs have always sold well,(don't call them CRPGs whoever made that term up is stupid AF and fails to realize they were also on consoles). You can see they don't understand anything, Dragon Age Origins was hailed because at the time it was innovative and brought games like the old D&D games to new life.....then they went and Fucked it up trying to turn it into some actionRPG BS and EA wanted a quick cash grab for something that should have been an expansion or DLC and failed to understand the simple concepts that made the first game loved by the original fans. Its like Diablo, Blizzard obviously has no understanding as to why Diablo 1+2 is/was popular, where Diablo 3 and 4 is garbage in comparision because they fail to understand the game at its core trying to turn it into some action arcade brawler with a Diablo skin and no mechanical depth let alone the fact its not even a RPG in any slightest sense of the word.

I started the game 4 times ... Not into faq, and I didn't know I can respec xD So I spend a hell out of time in creator xD

Although my character is a half elf bard, i use Illusion: Gnome an aweful lot, they are the master race after all!

I put 50 hours in on the first weekend and never made it past the druid grove

Random Tip: You can take Shadowheart artifact if you have her in your party but leave her far away when first going to Goblin Camp. The cutscene shows the artifact saving you by itself then it ends up in your inventory. No comment from Shadowheart -- you just have the artifact now

Of course they cut content. Even during the beta, stuff kept getting cut while other stuff kept getting added.

If i could be a buff Gith i would have i dislike the twink bodies