So, I'm nearing the end of my first run of BGEE, and I hadn't remembered how incredibly anticlimactic the reveal of the main character being a Child of Bhaal was. I mean, you've been reading letters dropped by Iron Throne employees for the whole damn chapter, it's getting to the point where you're just skimming them, and then you kill some pushover mage and find out you're the offspring of the God of Murder... by reading a journal.
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if a less-observant or simply younger gamer could complete the whole game without ever realizing that he's a demigod. I mean, I'm sure Sarevok says something about it in the last battle (haven't reached him in quite a few years), but you get my point. Couldn't this twist have been handled a little better, either in the original development of the game or by Beamdog in the making of the enhanced edition?
Originally, I would have much preferred a scattering of hints, followed by a climactic reveal. Why not have Sarevok say it himself at the Duchal Palace? As he's teleporting out, he could say something like "Until we meet again... brother!". Fully voice-acted for added punch, following a satisfying showdown with some difficult enemies.
In the Enhanced Edition this likely wouldn't have been possible, but they could have fleshed out whats-her-name, the mage consort of Sarevok that you get the diary off of. Have her show up in the prologue to help kill Gorion, or have her on Koveras's arm in Candlekeep when you return. Give her a portrait or something. Add some voice acting. Sheesh.
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if a less-observant or simply younger gamer could complete the whole game without ever realizing that he's a demigod. I mean, I'm sure Sarevok says something about it in the last battle (haven't reached him in quite a few years), but you get my point. Couldn't this twist have been handled a little better, either in the original development of the game or by Beamdog in the making of the enhanced edition?
Originally, I would have much preferred a scattering of hints, followed by a climactic reveal. Why not have Sarevok say it himself at the Duchal Palace? As he's teleporting out, he could say something like "Until we meet again... brother!". Fully voice-acted for added punch, following a satisfying showdown with some difficult enemies.
In the Enhanced Edition this likely wouldn't have been possible, but they could have fleshed out whats-her-name, the mage consort of Sarevok that you get the diary off of. Have her show up in the prologue to help kill Gorion, or have her on Koveras's arm in Candlekeep when you return. Give her a portrait or something. Add some voice acting. Sheesh.
