I’m currently on my 3rd playthrough, and I’m playing as a dark urge character who gives into his urges. For spoiler prevention I’ll describe what I just finished as vaguely as possible. I just completed the durge objective that gives you a powerful reward in act 2.
This is depressing. All of the good that I accomplished in my first two playthroughs is absent. My camp is nearly empty. Lae zel’s lifeless body has been laying in my camp for 2 full acts. Karlach, Wyll, Zevlor, Damon, Jaheira, and many others are dead, either by my hand or because of my actions.
I didn’t fully appreciate just how lonely and depressing, self-serving life would be. I have more gold and loot than either of my other playthroughs, and I’m more powerful, but to what end? My own lonely existence? I don’t think that I will continue past this point. I’ve accomplished what I set out to do, which was experience the game as an evil character. I don’t think I need another 50 hours of this to pound the point home.
Hats off to Larian for making such an emotional and realistic game, full of vibrant and exciting characters. I don’t enjoy the world where I have betrayed them all.
I am still highly amused that the bodies of people that die in your camp are carted around to all the different camp sites for the rest of the game.
“Just because they’re dead doesn’t mean they aren’t useful.” - Necromancer
Maybe one can play the evil playthrough only before getting to know all the lovely characters a.k.a. on the first playthrough. That probably helps with the evil. Or you have to be borderline psychopath, I don’t know.
I can highly recommend
Act 3 Durge spoiler
leaning into your urge the whole playthrough then denying Bhaal at the last second and killing the Netherbrain
for the true unhinged, depressing ending.
Make sure to select the “piss yourself” option when the opportunity arises
