Every time I see a take that’s like “durge is the correct way to play bg3 story wise if you want a custom character” or similar takes that are all like “larian should have stuck to their original plan and made durge the only available custom character tav is pointless” it makes me wanna continue my durge playthrough less as someone who leans towards preferring tav for the freedom. I like durge don’t get me wrong but it’s a set backstory and story just like all the other origins.
Like I think part of why bg3 is so good is that you have both options!! As someone who plays Skyrim and avoids the dragonborn stuff as much as possible I’m so happy I have a choice where I can truly just fuck around and do what I want! Sure you don’t get as much/any unique scenes to your character but i don’t mind. It just means I can play origins (including durge) for extra content!
Like durge is great but it’s a set backstory and character. Like even the evil path as durge you are evil in a specific way. If you are evil you’re mostly evil in the way Baal tells you to be. Maybe you wanna be evil but not a murder hobo! Having the options for tav and origins just, makes it a lot bigger.
Especially when all the companions have these big deal backstories it’s kinda fun to play as truly just Some Guy who got wrapped up in all of this.
anyone who claims Larian's intent regarding that is objectively incorrect. Tav was the original custom character, the Dark Urge was added later in development. Larian added species-specific dialogue that has to be a Tav (Halfling, Drow) before the Dark Urge was developed.
evil Tavs exist, no reason Tav can't be a fresh lich or have Vecna's eye or be a devout Cyricist. i've read and/or played all of these and they're fantastic.
also really funny that folk who glaze Durge playthroughs like to minimize the horrors but that's another post...
