“Baldur’s Gate 3” is a huge RPG work. Players usually have to spend more than 100 hours to understand every detail in the game. Even so, the development team La Ryan Studios is actually A lot of things were cut out of the final product, and a lot of it was cut out ad hoc in the weeks before the official version of the game was released. Fortunately, some fans sorted out the content that may have been deleted through background data mining.
Not long ago, a player compiled a list of deleted content in “Baldur’s Gate 3” through developer interviews and background data mining, and published it on Steam discussion board. It contains a lot of substantial game content and elements, which can even completely change the way players play “Baldur’s Gate 3”, such as some large areas that can be explored and love objects that can be captured.
The most worth mentioning among them is of course the “Uptown” in the main city of Baldur’s Gate. This was originally a complete area for players to explore, but it was rumored that it was temporarily deleted a few weeks before the official version of the game was released. Swen Vincke, the co-founder of Ryan Studios, revealed the news. After digging some players’ data, they found that this area is closely related to the ending of the partner character Karak, which means that the character’s later story It was also deleted along with this area, which directly affected her ending route in the official version.
On the other hand, this list also reveals that there are many other important characters whose stories have been cut in the final version, such as playing the villain in the first chapter of the story, but being able to recruit as partners according to the player’s choice. Sarah. According to the dialogue content excavated by the player from the background of the file, the other partners of the player originally had more complicated ideas about Minsara than in the final version. In addition, this character is rumored to have a plot of pregnancy. In addition, Druid Halsin was supposed to play a more important role in the later game, but it was not retained in the final version.
Other deletions include some different plot trends and route choices. Players could still use the “soul coin” to buy some powerful props from the demon Raphael, but the purpose of this coin and the role played by Raphael have reached the official stage. version has been adjusted. In addition to the upper city, the hell “Avernas” was originally another area that could be explored, just like the underground area “Dark Dungeon” in Chapter 1. Players would have faced Formidable enemies to obtain “Soul Coins” and other powerful items, while delving into the story related to Karak.
Additionally, players were supposed to be able to develop a romantic relationship with the returning classic character Jaheira in this sequel, but this option was eventually removed. Another returning character, Minsk, was originally planned to appear in the first chapter, but it was later changed to the third chapter.
All indications suggest that due to the huge amount of work in the later stage of development of “Baldur’s Gate 3”, especially the part of the third chapter, and this also caused Larian Studio to reluctantly delete some content, just In the third chapter, thousands of companion lines were removed, and the final ending of this work would have had a more complete animation, while echoing the 17,000 ending changes claimed by the development team before the launch , but after being deleted, it became a simple narration, and then went directly to the black screen.
Of course, this phenomenon is nothing new for a game of this size, and many seemingly very interesting content will end up being cut. And if Larian Studios wants, they can also add these contents back to the game through DLC or major updates in the future.
