Baldur’s Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke has revealed a number of ideas cut from the game during its development – including the ability to recruit a major antagonist as a companion character.
Speaking to IGN, Vincke also mentioned plans to feature a wider range of locations in the game – including several that will be familiar to Dungeons and Dragons players.
If you’re still playing (I’m only just on Act 3!), a final warning that Baldur’s Gate 3 plot details follow.
Baldur’s Gate 3 would have originally let you befriend its mid-game boss Ketheric Thorm, portrayed by Hollywood legend JK Simmons.
Thorm’s role in the game is teased throughout its first two acts and builds brilliantly to your final confrontation with him, which serves as the big finale of Act Two.
There are various ways to approach your showdown with Thorm and you can, with some difficulty, still talk him down rather than kill him yourself. And it’s at this point that developer Larian once planned for you to be able to bring Thorm along with you.