Baldur’s Gate 3 Cut Content Discovered: Removed Quests, Maps, & Romance Options

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Oh, Astarion, you either love him - and I mean, really really love him - or hate him. A Baldur's Gate 3 companion that not only introduces himself with a knife to the throat but also tries to drink your blood after about 24 hours together is always going to be a bit marmite. So much so, that some fans might opt to just ignore him altogether, walking right past the rogue when you're meant to encounter him.

Dragon Quest Monstes: The Dark Prince is now available for pre-order on the Nintendo Switch! The game comes out on December 1st. There are two versions of the game available for pre-order: the regular version and the Digital Deluxe Edition.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is filled with Easter Eggs and tiny references to the greater Dungeons & Dragons 5E lore, which also extends to the game’s EULA, as fans have discovered a nod to the Warlock in the legal document. This makes sense, considering how Warlock’s are often bound by rules from their Patron, so they’re the perfect class to include in an EULA.

Those trying to woo one of the more problematic companions in Baldur’s Gate 3 are getting more content in the latest update. Hotfix #5 is out, updating companion and romantic content for Minthara in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Baldur's Gate 3 was released around a month ago to massive critical and commercial acclaim. In case that wasn't enough, Larian Studios got the approval of cRPG veteran David Gaider, who worked on Baldur's Gate II, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and all of the Dragon Age games. Gaider said on Twitter that Baldur's Gate 3 managed to resurrect the feeling of the first two installments in every way, proving to be a worthy successor.

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Romance is in the air in Starfield. There are four romance options to discover in the galaxy — and romance is much easier to handle than in other games like Baldur’s Gate 3. If you can [Flirt] you’ll be able to make your favorite companion into a lifelong partner. The longer you keep a companion in your party, the more they’ll want to talk — and the more they’ll reveal to you. Progress their personal Companion quests, and you’ll eventually get the option to [Commit]. Check out all the romantic options below and learn how romance works.

Over the past week, dataminers have been rifling through Baldur's Gate 3's code and have discovered a dragon's hoard of alleged "cut content". It's hard to specify what they've unearthed without accidentally sounding the Major Spoilers trumpet and initiating Armageddon, but the supposed buried offerings include additional areas, swathes of dialogue, storylines, cutscenes, characters, romance opportunities and even deities. Given just how much Larian's gargantuan RPG gives you to play with, I am kind of thankful for a generous amount of stuff being "left out" - certainly, I don't need any more romanceable NPCs, I'm already fending them off with a broomhandle. But the news has gone down badly with a few players, and especially those who feel the game's overall quality takes a dive in acts 2 and 3.

As massive of a game as Baldur’s Gate 3 or any major role-playing game is, there’s always content left on the cutting room floor. Recently, fans who datamined the PC version discovered tons of content relating to Act 3 and the Epilogue that didn’t make it into the game.

Following yesterday's tweet about Patch 2's new character epilogues, Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has now shared a lot more information on the upcoming update.