New Baldur's Gate 3 Epilogue Ties Up Loose Ends To Everyone's Favorite Side Quests

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Although is one of the biggest releases of 2023, quickly becoming a front-runner for multiple Game of the Year awards, one of the game's few notable weak points on release was its lackluster ending. After the final battle, each companion simply received a few short lines of dialogue, with many story-relevant characters not featured in the ending at all, and the game would come to a somewhat abrupt end. As of the game's fifth major patch, however, has received an all-new epilogue, promising additional closure to the stories of companions and other major characters.

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3.]

For many players, Act 3 of is where the game's quality can start to drop off to varying degrees, with some performance problems, unsatisfactory conclusions, and noticeable holes left by cut content, making some parts of the later sections feel less cohesive than the first two acts. In particular, the game's ending was considered unsatisfying — it took place immediately after the final battle and mostly amounted to each companion giving a few short lines of dialogue or quickly resolving remaining plot points, with additional scenes for romanced companions and small teasers during the credits.

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As of the game's fifth major patch, however,an entirely new epilogue has been added after the final battle, with upwards of 3,000 lines of added dialogue. The epilogue sees Tav gathering with their companions back at a camp at High Hall, allowing individual conversations with party members and certain side characters. How each character behaves, what each conversation is about, or even whether certain characters appear at all will