Is the Dark Urge Origin Worth It in Baldur's Gate 3?

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The enigmatic Dark Urge, the ultimate mystery, and perhaps a greater challenge for you depending on the type of player you are. Do you always do the nice thing in video games? Well this one will truly test you as we answer Should You Play the Dark Urge Origin in Baldur's Gate 3? Is the Dark Urge Origin Worth It in Baldur's Gate 3?
0:00 Intro & TL;DW
2:37 Dark Urge General Information
6:50 Pros & Cons to the Urge
12:58 Dark Urge Gameplay Sample
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@italianspartacus 8 месяцев назад

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@InuyashaHanyu 8 месяцев назад

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@ChristmasLore 8 месяцев назад

There's no feeling in the game similar to overcoming the Urge, dying, and discovering Withers is way more than you'd ever expected him to be. I had my eyes filled with tears the whole scene (after killing Orin, and as a Baal assassin, having met our.. other acquaintance) But that night of saving throws....that had me on the edge of my seat, equally unforgettable... Oh when finally dawn arrived and we could both breath...

@samw9906 8 месяцев назад

my dark urge playthrough did not change the game at all, where are people getting this? It felt like a regular origin character run but you got to fully customize them

@ChristmasLore 8 месяцев назад

@@samw9906 - you sure you actually played the game? Who's your Daddy? Who's your sista?

@samw9906 8 месяцев назад

@ChristmasLore boss from Bg1 and one of the big 3, although him being daddy is scrupulous at best due to how your bloodline works

@skeleton-key 8 месяцев назад

FYI, the reason the Dragonborn used by default for the Dark Urge is white is because, the White Dragons in DND are some of the most evil of all Dragons, yet is the archetypical wolf in sheep clothing kinda thing. And note that the model has white skin with red blood hues. Love those kind of small details Larian put in.

@italianspartacus 8 месяцев назад

Yeah all the chromatic ones are evil and metallic are good right?? I'm still new to the Lore!

@skeleton-key 8 месяцев назад

@@italianspartacus Yep!

@Quandry1 8 месяцев назад

@@italianspartacus yes. Though it's green's usually that are the most deceitful and manipulative. Whites tend to be rather brutish and almost pointlessly violent.

@Nikkeeee998 8 месяцев назад

@@Quandry1 I would like to add a few things that I find interesting. The white dragon are more beast like. The red dragons are really into collecting wealth. The black dragons are the most cruel. The metallic dragons usually have quite a personality. The copper dragons are pranksters and the brass dragons are annoyingly talkative. There are also gem dragons. They are generally regarded as neutral and their personalities are quite different depending on their species.

@JeMangeLaPoubelle 8 месяцев назад

@@italianspartacus For Dragons, the color of dragonborn scales typically don't mean anything per alignment.

@TheSilent333 8 месяцев назад

Larian did a great job of making the evil deeds in this game feel very evil. Poor Tieflings :(

@thedevilsbiscuit6368 8 месяцев назад

Not even close to the most evil stuff you are encouraged to do by the urge

@chrisporter8120 8 месяцев назад

@@thedevilsbiscuit6368 the urge is so far from my playthrough more of a murder hobo simulator than actually evil, just lol murder everyone hardly feels particularly evil, more like an edgie teenager thinking they're being a badass as they derail someones game

@charlesholder4150 8 месяцев назад

@@thedevilsbiscuit63681❤

@sewnmind1786 8 месяцев назад

Its a refreshing change from 2 where the evil character was kind of just a dick.

@aonutsihasnouith 8 месяцев назад

Poor squirrel…

@christianhotter 8 месяцев назад

I'd like to see more origins similar to the Dark Urge. It's not locked into a certain person, so it's nice to create a custom character and get some more story options. I was thinking how nice the Wyll story elements would be as a warlock that did not need to be Wyll.

@jasonquigley2633 8 месяцев назад

I agree. Having to deal with a patron in a more in-depth way would be a really great addition. For example, perhaps there could have been an origin where Raphael was your patron.

@Quandry1 8 месяцев назад

@@jasonquigley2633 or a deep one.. or a fae lord.

@Tharrel 7 месяцев назад

Yeah, my first playthrough was as a warlock and my patron was really missing from the story

@bens5859 7 месяцев назад

Not that you're necessarily calling Wyll a bad character...but I am. I feel like the premise of Wyll is good, and the voice performance was awfully good as well. But the writers never focus on Wyll's flaws (self-righteousness and borderline-slavish selflessness) which would have deepened his character. Case in point: even the great sin that damned him to be a warlock was...selflessly saving the life of another person. What if Wyll did something unambiguously selfish instead? Would have lent his character some humanity.

@realisticsk9862 7 месяцев назад

@@bens5859 I disagree with your analysis. There's plenty of humanity in Wyll already. He represents the goodness and selfness side of human nature and that is what Mizora taking advantage of that goodwill makes his story compelling. The only issue with character is that he's the only who's endgame in act 3 feels rushed.

@gun_slinger6664 8 месяцев назад

I did this as my first playthrough and I do not regret it one bit. I resisted the dark urge against the innocents while still being brutal to those who I thought deserved it. Brilliant writing by Larian. 🙌🏼

@zwenkwiel816 8 месяцев назад

that might be the answer. going full evil just doesn't seem worth it with all the companions you'll lose and everything.

@carter5323 7 месяцев назад

Same man, mix the dark urge having amnesia complimenting the first playthru and not knowing whats going on it just made everything all the better

@monk3554 4 месяца назад

0 9th@@zwenkwiel816

@ironclad1609 3 месяца назад

that's a good take. then again, I already played twice as a good person now....

@matheussantinello1177 8 месяцев назад

Playing a Vengenace Paladin with Dark Urge trying to resist the urges was one of the best roleplaying experiences i've had. It had great moments and synergized perfectly with other characters in the party, specially with Shadowheart.

@kyokonightstorm5844 7 месяцев назад

I was curious if the Oath of Vengeance would world work with a Dark Urge, especially one trying to resist. I have been considering multi-class options for my Durge, and was seeing some nice class synergy with what I was doing, but was worried if being a Durge character would cause me to break my oath too often. So thank you for answering that question.

@Blastanker 5 месяцев назад

So where was it that you broke your oath? For me my vengeance oath broke actually pretty late and for something totally different from bhaal. Which felt great. It was my own choice. Just like how the knight talks. It was deciding to agree to a pact with Gortash

@Yes-ly1nx 5 месяцев назад

I multiclassed my fighter into Oath of Vengeance Paladin around Act 3. Planning on going to fight Orin with divine strength as a man not bound by his dark urges.

@matheussantinello1177 5 месяцев назад

@@kyokonightstorm5844 managed not to break my oath! Was straight Vengeance Paladin from start to end. I think only very specific events trigger the oath break for Venegence Pally.

@matheussantinello1177 5 месяцев назад

@@Blastanker you are in for some good roleplay!

@booskie4316 8 месяцев назад

The dark urge is actually in the base game if you play as a custom or any other origin. You can find him vibing in Orin's room.

@ericsegura4977 7 месяцев назад

He really is just laying around in there

@WalterPavlikII 7 месяцев назад

@@ericsegura4977🙀

@robulrich6355 5 месяцев назад

Sibling rivalry

@digifan02 8 месяцев назад

The squirrel thing is hilarious when you dont have speak with animals. My favorite reaction afterwards being “You all saw it! It was coming right at me!”

@taintwasher3703 7 месяцев назад

i remember casting speak with animals, then going to talking to it, then my guy immediately kicks it lmao

@MrKingJson 3 месяца назад

I was playing a Durge and was trying to be good. So imagine my shock when walking near the squirrel and he fucking punts it.

@Dahkeus3 8 месяцев назад

Yea, Dark Urge is great. A lot of people have been opposed to it because it sounds to them like a murder hobo version of the game, but it's really not. It's a great chance for a light/redemption arc if you resist and a great chance for deep lore on certain characters/history if you indulge. It will change the game significantly, but a playthrough both with and without are certainly worth your time.

@akaErma 8 месяцев назад

There is such a satisfying internal dilemma if you resist the Urge. Trying to be good and failing and continuing to try. It's really gratifying.

@IndyMotoRider 7 месяцев назад

True! I'm deep into act 3 and managed to keep my relationship with Laezel through it all.

@exantiuse497 7 месяцев назад

The climax of the dark urge playthrough if you continue to resist (the one at the temple of Bhaal) is probably the best scene in the game. Too bad I was spoiled the ending, I thought I wouldn't want to play it precisely because I thought it was a murderhobo playthrough and didn't avoid spoilers like I should've

@spindash64 5 месяцев назад

The pacifist paradox: players are more keen on showing compassion in a game when it is more difficult to do so

@silverlilly3276 7 месяцев назад

I actually chose Dark Urge as my first playthrough, cannot recommend it enough its such a cool roleplaying experience to do. I played it so i slowly gave in to the urge, so i saved the tieflings , but killed the nightsong, then finally challenged Orin to become Bhaals chosen. it was really cool having people like Wyl and Karlach warm to my characters initial good nature, only to turn sour toward the finale, meanwhile having Vampire ascendant Astarion and Dark Justiciar Shadowheart supporting me. Phenominal writing by Larian

@darkphoenix2 8 месяцев назад

Monk Durge is so interesting because it feels like you have this disguise of a calm, peaceful, enlightened warrior struggling to keep a monster under control. And it gives a good playthrough some foundation to build on, your amnesia gives the Monk philosophy more room to guide you.

@Dylamn 5 месяцев назад

I didn't think about that, I was just thinking it'd be more gruesome if he did it all with his bare hands.

@virtualalias 3 месяца назад

Bard Durge is Patrick Bateman. Edit: Maybe not, though - Not sure if I agree with it now that I've said it...

@TehLightraven 8 месяцев назад

Paladin gets exclusive dialogue in the dark urge route and you only break your oath depending on whether you revel in the actions you took while things were out of your control or not. Paladin is definitely a valid option.

@Lommefar79 8 месяцев назад

I feel it's important to stress that Oathbreaker Paladin does pair very well with the Dark Urge. Only steer clear of Pally if you don't plan to break your oath. My own DU playthrough is with a Pally/Warlock, and it works great. But, BHAAL BELOW, it's nasty business. "Dark Urge is a shocking playthrough" (15:06) is very true. Get ready to feel shitty about your choices/actions... 🙂 This game is truly spectacular!

@chuckchan4127 7 месяцев назад

Never have I had so much fun being an absolutely vile and evil villian.

@Stwo 5 месяцев назад

Oathbrealer Paladin makes so much sense for Dark Urge. Breaking the oath is perfectly in line with this origin. The necromancy that comes with Oathbreaking works with the themes as well.

@akaErma 8 месяцев назад

I've been having a great time playing an exiled Lolth-sworn drow resisting the Urge. The tension between what I want to do and what the Urge demands is really fun. I absolutely agree that it's best as a second playthrough, though. Knowing just how intrusive the Urge is compared to a normal playthrough enhances the experience for me.

@Pandaemoni 8 месяцев назад

The Dark Urge ties the game to Baldur's Gate 1 andf 2 so well that I think I agree with the theory that The Dark Urge was probably originally supposed to be the main character. It's the character that really explains why this is "Baldur's Gate 3" and not the first game in some new D&D series.

@Fierth 8 месяцев назад

I mean, we get Jaheira, Minsk Bhaal, and freakin Baldurs gate itself. I'd say even with Tav it worthy of being called bg3. I do agree that durge adds more ties and is probably the original tho

@Pandaemoni 8 месяцев назад

@@Fierth Without spoilers, I am thinking of many additional moments that very much tie the Dark Urge into the events of Bhaalspawn Crisis from several of the original games. That Minsc and Jaheira potentially appear in BG3 (and Viconia DeVir) feels more like fan service than a "sequel." Especially given that Minsc and Viconia appear so late in the game and Jaheira doesn't become recruitable until later in Act 2. For that matter, Drizzt Do'Urden appeared in the original games, but I would not say that that made the Baldur's Gate games in any way sequels to Drizzt stories. It was more they wanted to include him, as a famous charascter, for the fan service of it.

@skeleton-key 8 месяцев назад

I had kinda the same feeling actually yes

@Quandry1 8 месяцев назад

@@Pandaemoni Minsc should be dead after 120 years. So he's total fan service. I'm on the fence about bhaalspawn stuff. I haven't played through it fully myself but it could be breaking the lore of the old games to fit in as directly connected from that angle.

@Vaslaganum 8 месяцев назад

@Quandry1 if you actually talk to Minsc you find out why he's still alive.

@naiveideen1638 8 месяцев назад

Didnt watch, but my first char was a durge. Absolutely. Worth. It. Such an intense experience, i have not had that in a cinematic game like this ever

@naiveideen1638 8 месяцев назад

Also, having played it, i know so much i want to explore differently

@devilsadvocate412 8 месяцев назад

YES!!! The Dark Urge is the best character. I never seen the squirrel moment till I did my play through of it and my jaw hit the floor. The rewards do lend themselves to certain play styles, but it is an amazing play through and has some surprises for certain

@Sp33LzZz 5 месяцев назад

I did a warlock dark urge fully indulging in the evil play through and it was my favorite one so far. It felt like I was the intended main character. I was also amazed at how many things the game lets you do and the story doesn’t break. Romanced minthara too and she’s perfect love for a dark urge.

@tiaraayim4239 2 месяца назад

Loved the video. All clear to me now and without spoilers. Much obliged!

@jonfall7941 8 месяцев назад

Oath of vengeance paladin is a great way to play dark urge. It's really really fitting i think. And if you lean into the urge, oathbreaker can be exactly appropriate for the role play. If you plan to fight the urge and you fail sometimes, paladin rarely having to buy redemption adds extra weight to that role play too

@dasphoenixable 8 месяцев назад

Great video on the dark urge. You kept it very spoiler free, when you said the emerald grove I did not think it would be that example. I think a second play through is perfect for the dark urge, but like you said if you’re only going to do one play through go dark urge because everyone should play it at least once.

@seanbowen6026 5 месяцев назад

Really appreciate your willingness to give a synopsis of the video you are about to present forgoing viewer attention for just releasing a quality product need 1,000 more like you thanks

@walterkrueger5947 8 месяцев назад

My first playthrough was a Dark Urge and I loved it.

@Mayor_Mcanus 8 месяцев назад

"I up front the knowledge " greatest line of any RU-vid video ever...everything I hear that I immediately hit that like button..keep it up man..love the way you make videos

@devak45167 8 месяцев назад

Thanks I was super curious about this and I’m about to start my 2nd playthrough. Think I’m going to go this route this time 😈

@rvladimiro 8 месяцев назад

I'm on my 3rd playthrough with The Dark Urge. First one was giving in to the urge with Minthara. The second one is rejecting the urge with Karlach and Wyll. Now I'm playing a psycho that is killing (almost) every single being in Faerun.

@SitWithItBob 8 месяцев назад

Ah the true 3 alignments: Good, Evil, and Murderhobo

@naiveideen1638 8 месяцев назад

Wait, minthara lived in your giving in to the urge run? Youre clearly doing something wrong.

@snakeoil7416 8 месяцев назад

@@naiveideen1638yeah. Second playthrough Here and I can't play anything else than the sadistic murderhobo

@antarath517 8 месяцев назад

@@SitWithItBob Murderhobo is just chaotic neutral, don't worry they're not evil

@rvladimiro 8 месяцев назад

@@SitWithItBob exactly!

@Ringowasprettygood 3 месяца назад

Oh shit this channel is so up my alley. I also did a lawful good ranger playthrough as my very first and it was extremely satisfying. And I very much want to see the exact opposite spectrum of interactions as well as learn as much as possible about the previous games (and play them). I think from watching one video about BG1 I figured out what the dark urge story is. I’m assuming you’re the same type of thing as your main character in the original game

@grey_wind 8 месяцев назад

DEFINITELY doing a Dark Urge as my second playthrough. Thinking of doing a Ranger/Cleric thing. Like multiclasses into Cleric at some point due to sort of being in a "panic" about what do to do about that inner darkness. Have NO IDEA if that will fit well with the story, but it sounds fun.

@itsgoiaba3477 8 месяцев назад

Thank u for accepting my sugestion!!!! Nice video!!!

@zerofoxactual 6 дней назад

Dude I’ve never played dark urge yet and that squirrel scene was insane! I can’t wait to do a play through

@phreeizme 8 месяцев назад

I plan for 3 playthroughs. My first was dark urge, resisting it. Second is dark urge feeding into it and being evil. Third will be whichever origin character I didn’t get much of in my other two play throughs

@MikeIsDumb 8 месяцев назад

My 1st run was durge and went the good route, resisting it most if not every time and man I gotta say that act 3 moment got me so pumped.

@acadiano10 8 месяцев назад

I recommend Ancients paladin if you want to go paladin. Tenets are more lenient (so far) as long as you don't break your word. Yes, Timber hurt. Karlach had choice words for me. I think one turning point is if you try to hide it from your companions or be honest from the start. All of them have at least one ticking threat going on.

@colbys1234 8 месяцев назад

I am very happy that my first playthrough was with the dark urge. I played as an elf bard with dark urge and it was fun to lean into my dark past but also work towards improving myself. I might started as this pretty boy hobo killer. Once I got to act 2 I began questioning my goals and act 3 I really had to fight the dark urge and 100% makes the main story better.

@Durrtyboy 8 месяцев назад

i have been playing dark urge and i would recommend playing it 2nd as much fun as it is and the reason is because there is lots of things you may miss out on without knowing if you do atleast 1 play through you can figure out some stuff before hand with items that may change how evil you wanna be without missing important items

@timjfads 7 месяцев назад

One of the best playthroughs I ever had as a player doing redemption arc. Going to play it again with just giving into the urge soon. I have to finish my Shadowhaert play first

@KDoodleNoodle99 8 месяцев назад

I think Dark Urge is a perfect second playthrough character. Even Sven said he doesn’t recommend dark urge for your first playthrough of the game. It is super cool to compare the differences after having already done a regular playthrough of the game.

@CloudTheHeroX 8 месяцев назад

Hi, ItalianSpartacus. Thanks for the entertaining videos.

@Waschba3r 2 месяца назад

Thanks a lot, man! I’m close to finishing my first play through and will definitely start a dark urge one.

@italianspartacus 2 месяца назад

Have fun! :D

@awf718 5 месяцев назад

Enjoying your content dude! Keep it up.

@KirelRed 8 месяцев назад

I am in act 3 of my DU playthrough. I have been resisting the urges as much as possible, but the twist in act 3 is .... I love it.

@lansuman4 8 месяцев назад

Just discovered you channel… and the fact that you do a TLDR… immediate sub… even if I did watch the entire video. The fact that you show that you give a shit about my time, the more time I will give you.

@michalkosciow2 8 месяцев назад

My first playthrough was a Rogue as the Durk Urge. It was perfect. I went completely blind into BG3. Edit: You don't have to lose access to vendors or quests. It didn't happen to me, maybe because I resisted the Dark Urge for some time and embraced it in Act III. Also Minthara is the best partner for Dark Urge.

@raisnaix 8 месяцев назад

first vid I found of yours. Great job. Keeping an eye on your channel.

@cainsmyth53 7 месяцев назад

I think rogue is the best for the dark urge because of what you mentioned. The items unique to the dark urge is very rogue imo but also a fighter or barbarian is really good aswell

@BouncingTribbles 8 месяцев назад

I'm planning a dark urge playthrough second, as a more morally ambiguous playthrough. My first playthrough is as a very paladin paladin, and it's so much fun. I really wish the Dark Urge was presented as the "main character", it really is. It's so easy to imagine the character creation screen with 3 tiers of icons to choose from: Dark Urge, Origin, and Custom

@TheVinwins 8 месяцев назад

thanks for the content!

@smb963 8 месяцев назад

dude ur an awesome channel I really appreciate the craft and care you do plus it helps to not have an annoying voice like 90% of D&D stuff i see

@italianspartacus 8 месяцев назад

Hahahah Thank you so much dude!

@captainrisky6561 8 месяцев назад

The squirrel bit is actually just part of any playthrough. I was expecting a light tap but my guy did exactly what yours did & I got the same dialogue from shadowheart as a regular sorcerer.

@Lunakitty1234 3 месяца назад

As Tav, Astarion says something different though. As dark urge, he seems amused and teases you a bit and as Tav, he approves but gets upset because you killed his snack lol

@digifan02 8 месяцев назад

While im sure some of the choices would break your oath Im under the impression you have to choose to opt in. I did my first run with minimum save scumming playing a Vengeance Paladin Dark urge and absolutely loved it. Its a great dichotomy for fighting the urge. Ultimate good and ultimate evil in one body fighting for control Ill even say the one kill you have no control over became my favorite moment in the game. Subjecting myself to judgement to the rest of the party. Being spared and wearing the dead characters unique back item for the rest of the game. Swearing to never let the urge control me again.

@nunya_bizniz 8 месяцев назад

You can avoid the first murder. While in camp just drop some strong poison at your feet and stand in it and eventually you will fail your saves and die. When you die don't revive, just do long rest while you are dead. The butler even remarks about the lengths you went to trying to avoid the murder.. Larian knew people would try that and included dialogue for it.

@Quandry1 8 месяцев назад

Vengeance paladins aren't ultimate good. They lean towards law but are more neutral or even evil in some cases.

@freman007 8 месяцев назад

@@nunya_bizniz But the butler kills Alfira instead if you're not able to. The only way to spare her is to save your game before you take any long rest, then, if it's the night Alfira turns up, reload that previous save, go to her location in the Grove, and, using NON-LETHAL damage, knock her out. Then the game will send you a dragonborn bard for your to kill instead of her.

@digifan02 8 месяцев назад

@@Quandry1I was referring to paladin in general, not specifically my subclass, and I still played them like your typical heroic paladin. Just had leaned towards stuff where vengeance was involved. Though Ill admit i broke character once when I was asked to destroy the myconid grove for an admittedly good reason

@Quandry1 8 месяцев назад

@@digifan02 With the Alignment lock removed. Paladin has lost a lot of that ultimate good concept in general. Now they are more holy warriors of a sort. So a typical Paladin is a bit different these days. Though I think you're meaning a bit more of the classic Paladin. Though keep in mind that vengeance was often something that broke their tenants. Which is one of the reason I like the more modern version of Paladin's better. they fit more varied ideals. as for the Myconid colony I'm guessing your talking about Glut. I have a game on pause at that point right there as I'm stuck between choosing not siding with him, and siding with him so that I could get a certain quest reward I'm to understand he gives because it would be a nice boon on my Monk that I'm playing in that game.

@CHEFPKR 4 месяца назад

100% making a Shadow Monk DU play through. Someone with a very dark past who is seeking to destroy the one who placed him on his path.

@suny217 8 месяцев назад

Thats really interesting i didnt know thr dark urge changed your game play thru like that. Im definitely making a monk now. I think it adds to my backstory of this character who is seeking enlightenment to help with his mirderous rages. Very very interesting cannot eait to explore

@97Bones 8 месяцев назад

Currently playing as a Dark Urge Bard and I’ve been having a blast!

@peanutjuice 4 месяца назад

Respect for the TL;DW, you gained a sub

@TheTdroid 5 месяцев назад

After having access to "the Mantle" once, it is really hard to go back to a non-Urge custom origin. Such an amazingly fun item to have, especially on martial characters.

@benpregent 7 месяцев назад

I just started my 1st playtrough with a Dark Urge character. After watching this video and a summary of BG1 and BG2's story it just felt right. I'm maybe 3 hours in and I cant already tell I made the right choice.

@shadowcastyt 17 дней назад

6:58 you can actually save this individual, the only caveat to this is you have to know beforehand who your going to kill and exactly when your going to kill them, making it extremely difficult to save said person on a first Durge playthrough, if you decide to play Durge again saving this person is very easy

@QRzTallmidget 6 месяцев назад

Honestly didnt think about it, but i might play Paladin Oath of Devotion. It sounds really fun to resist the urge and redeem yourself and your oath

@jillian5394 6 месяцев назад

I am loving my dark urge playthrough. First playthrough was A Warlock Oathbreaker, and the only reason it was broken was due to Astarions end bit. Where i let him get stronger. She didnt want to lose any more friends. Iykyk. Dark urge playthough is a monk who has been taught the ways of peace, so she uses her Monk teachings to try and resist her urge to kill, so she only uses her fists, and never kills unless in self defense. Alot of flavor was in both these playthroughs as well. Its well worth it imo

@nunya_bizniz 8 месяцев назад

7:05 You can avoid the first murder. The night it is going to happen, drop some strong poison at your feet and stand in it. Eventually you will fail saves and die. Do not revive. Long rest while dead. The butler even remarks on your successful attempt to avoid the murder.

@geoolympics 8 месяцев назад

LOL now that is hilarious. Is it safe after this to long rest or do you have to do this every night?

@blind8478 8 месяцев назад

Hey. Nice video and thank you for keepingit spoiler free :) I got a bit of a different take on your opinion. I'm still on my first playthroug and massively enjoying playing the dark urge. I love the unexpected twists and honestly I'm also looking forward to playing a "regular" character. For me playing as the dark urge first is not a problem. As you said: It can feel completely different and - depending on the choices - my second time will probably be a whole lot different. Therefor for me the order in which I play as Dark Urge or not does not really matter. Though I must admit that maybe I'm drawn to the Urge because I have a couple hundreds of hours into BG 1 and 2 and LOVE the connection between the Urge and those games.

@DrFeltcher 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for these BG3 vidoes, they really help me decide what I want to do on my playthroughs after the first one. If this game doesn't get GOTY then the various award givers will have lost all credibility in my opinion.

@toxux4618 8 месяцев назад

Great video!!!

@travis8106 8 месяцев назад

"Play Dark Urge second if you plan on playing twice" Me, who has 10 builds already planned: _Interesting_

@monkeydjay9616 7 месяцев назад

Yooo I love my RU-vid algorithm XD this is my first baulder's gate game and I'm on act 2 in my play through had no idea about the dark urge definitely gonna give it a shot in my next playthrough seems interesting af

@EddieCortado 5 месяцев назад

Ahhh I can’t wait to do this. Perfect tease in Emerald Grove to show what the Urge is about.

@0kaiKai 8 месяцев назад

Dark Urge feels like intended main character

@MatthewTheWanderer 4 месяца назад

My first character is The Dark Urge. The squirrel attacked Shadowheart and she kicked it. And I was also very shocked when I "went to bed" in the Camp for the first time!

@mac2312 4 месяца назад

Dark urge Thief with Sword bard was the most fun i had with the game. Once you get the extra action and death stalker mantle, you can essentially sneak attack everyone and stay invisible throughout most fights

@KJ_Jizzle 4 месяца назад

Lmao at the squirrel! Damn. I can't wait to start the Dark Urge now

@ChairZomg 8 месяцев назад

im on my first playthrough ever and im playing redeemed durge, im going to immediately play evil durge after, cant wait

@FacemeltsWasteland 8 месяцев назад

Durge is the definitive way to play the game for me. Coming from bg1 and 2, it really felt like the natural follow up.

@jeremye4009 8 месяцев назад

I am going monk for dark urge. My character became a monk to learn to fight this urge. I really want to finish my first playthrough first though. Can't wait to do this urge game though

@golagiswatchingyou2966 Месяц назад

I kinda want to do a good dark urge paladin playthrough 😅 I like the idea of a holy paladin trying to be good be conflicted by his own evil nature and trying to overcome it.

@fernywerny1 8 месяцев назад

The cool cape you get in act 1 is enough to love the dark urge origin story 😊

@WeEEEener 8 месяцев назад

I have one very important Question, beforehand of planning my durge playthrough, referring to the Character I imagine my durge could be. I would highly appreciate a short answer here. Would it make any sense to Image the durge personae as ion irenicus who came back from hell without his memory of who he once was, while restoring pieces of it while the Story unfolds or would this be totally Out of place for a durge Story based run?

@the_infinexos 2 месяца назад

I've changed since my Mass Effect days. I never did evil playthroughs then but now I'm a Drukhari main in 40K and I love the Dark Urge

@kuratse205 8 месяцев назад

You can 100% go through the Durge playthrough without actually unalive anyone important to any storyline. But this does require a lot of metagaming, where you knock out the npc before you longrest for the cutscene to happen. This will spawn in an npc that will never appear in the game otherwise, that will take the unaliving instead of the important character.

@lavishgxdBoD 3 месяца назад

My durge is a Dragonborn gloomstalker/rogue and it fits so perfectly. I want to try the monk one next time

@arttuluttinen 8 месяцев назад

It's so weird to me that one of the main points of emphasis is vendors--in terms of things that impact my experience, *vendors* isn't on that list (other than the obvious story element Dammon is connected with). Otherwise, I appreciate you going through what it's all about.

@ironclad1609 3 месяца назад

Good video! Personally, I am still super torn. I already played through twice, lawful/good and probably chaotic/good. So I've seen what the game has to offer for those. Next would be this attempt at Dark Urge. Problem is, I find it reaaaally hard to be rude/evil to NPCs in general (fearing I might miss out on their quest) and do not enjoy kicking animals xD Then again, I've already done good things twice and wanna see something else....Your video makes me want to try.

@dribrom 8 месяцев назад

I would say the Dark Urge is the canon story as it's connected to what happens in BG1 and BG2. So if you want to learn more about what happens after BG2 Dark Urge is a most play.

@elandilaurelius4849 8 месяцев назад

Doesn't it break the canon of those games because the ending has the MC either murder all Spawns or imprison them?

@dribrom 8 месяцев назад

@@elandilaurelius4849 There is a side quest in act 3 that reveals what choices was the canon one in BG2.

@elandilaurelius4849 8 месяцев назад

@@dribrom Was there a third ending in BG2 that had all spawns survive? Because both endings I remember essentially see them wiped one way or another.

@dribrom 8 месяцев назад

@@elandilaurelius4849 You will run into Sarevok and he has a little speech about what happened. Don't want to spoil it more than that.

@elandilaurelius4849 8 месяцев назад

@@dribrom Ah gotcha

@wlee12345 8 месяцев назад

Good video. Thanks

@kcoppa 8 месяцев назад

I don't know how people can only play this once. I'm on my fourth play through and I'm finally playing dark urge. I'm struggling with dark urge because I want to see different outcomes but I love most characters in the game.

@ironclad1609 3 месяца назад

already had that problem in my second playthrough, which was supposed to be generally good but more selfish than my lawful good first. I just can't hurt people! xD but I wanna try Durge someday...

@richardfike9339 7 месяцев назад

I'm going throught it right now and specifically went oathbreaker figured dark urge would be perfect for a fully evil playthrough

@Chef740 4 месяца назад

Love that Dark Urge is essentially an Evil Tav, wish more games would do stuff like this.

@jasongarfitt1147 7 месяцев назад

I was so glad when I saw scratch wandering around the camp in the video being very much alive

@Lunakitty1234 3 месяца назад

Hopefully the same can be said for the owlbear.

@SuperVblade 6 месяцев назад

That person in the beginning at your camp died for me as well in the same way with my normal CC if u give in to the parasite early that’ll happen

@SevenPatch 8 месяцев назад

On my first playthrough now, went paladin dark urge. It was great when i killed that character. I was wondering how i was going to break my oath and then BAM. I was totally surprised too which was amazing. Being a oathbreaker locks you out of respec'ing which was a minor inconvenience since i was still learning how to play. You can multiclass still, i took 3 levels of warlock but the build was meh. I ended following a redemption path, and now i restored my oath, taking an oath of vengeance and with 3 levels of rogue. Combined with great weapon Im putting up crazy damage and loving it.

@T-rev33 7 месяцев назад

The squirrel scene just made my decision for me lol my next playthrough is going dark!

@KazumiKiguma 8 месяцев назад

Note that the thing you get that helps gloomstalker is not soulbound to you, you can give it to Astarian for example.

@n.henzler50 8 месяцев назад

So I did basically everything you say not to do in this video. I played a dark urge paladin as my first run and I had so much fun with it. I resisted the urge and the game hurt me for it in all the most wonderful ways. The pay off at the end of that plot line was all the sweeter for it.

@kraiden3 8 месяцев назад

I ONLY downloaded the Death domain cleric mod, and am currently playing the cleric/oathbreaker dark urge, and its so different and evil and fun.

@inarithekitsune9988 4 месяца назад

13:36 “This squirrel is probably the most adorable thing you can recall in all your stunted memory. It would be ever so twee if it were climbing a tree.”

@DESTROYER-xm1vt 8 месяцев назад

My first playthough is going good as the dark urge and I'm romancing karlack/astarion but i can't decide who to play as in my second playthough it's definitely going to be one of the origin characters? I'm also going to side with the goblins second time round so if i don't play as whyll or karlack I'll lose them?

@markusperner1976 8 месяцев назад

Good Video!

@kain7759 8 месяцев назад

If you use Darkness and knock out (non lethal damage) the character that you should kill, with a companion, right before taking the long rest, you kill someone else and have no rep reduction with that character. Did it and can still talk to her with the main like nothing happened, need to reach act 2 for the next part to see if everything worked fine.

@Thewiggleman 8 месяцев назад

I've just finished my Durge playthrough and that character from the grove is pretty much the only character I felt like I didn't have a choice in Durgin'

@MatthewChowns 8 месяцев назад

Have you played any of the other origin characters? I'm curious about just how different a playthrough with one of them is compared to a custom character. I'm getting close to finishing my first playthrough, and was considering either dark urge (devotion paladin - i think resisting the urge and going through that oath breaking then getting redeemed will make for a more interesting story, even though i'll have to pay to restart my oath one or more times) or an origin character for my second playthrough.