{"id":20978,"date":"2025-01-28T14:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/brutal-patch-7-durge-betrayal-is-making-baldurs-gate-3-players-reload-to-apologize-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:39:28","slug":"brutal-patch-7-durge-betrayal-is-making-baldurs-gate-3-players-reload-to-apologize-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/brutal-patch-7-durge-betrayal-is-making-baldurs-gate-3-players-reload-to-apologize-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutal Patch 7 Durge betrayal is making Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players reload to apologize &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brutal Patch 7 Durge betrayal is making Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players reload to apologize Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s latest Patch 7 has players reeling after a brutal betrayal, with Gale\u2019s heartbreaking final words leaving them in shambles. This hefty update brings an official modding toolkit and a whole lot of new evil. It also devastated the player base by making the truth loud and clear: Alfira isn\u2019t sticking around as a permanent companion. Despite all the new content, it\u2019s mostly got players desperately clinging to the new endings, especially the ones related to Dark Urge, the evil main character with potentially uncontrollable impulses that often result in death. One of the true gut-punching evil endings of this patch is a line delivered by Gale that\u2019s leaving players absolutely wrecked: \u201cYou made me want to live.\u201d Gale delivers this gem while plummeting from the flying Upper City of Baldur\u2019s Gate. But his poignant farewell is anything but romantic. He doesn\u2019t just fall; he succumbs to a fatal stab wound inflicted by you mid-kiss. The emotional impact has been overwhelming. One player\u2019s reaction captures the mood perfectly: \u201cReload and SAY YOU\u2019RE SORRY.\u201d Another echoed the sentiment with a heartfelt cry, \u201cIT\u2019S TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR ME TO BALL MY EYES OUT.\u201d One player admitted, \u201cThis line damn near ended me. I didn\u2019t really like the Gale romance all that much, but this line, man.\u201d The reason this line is dubbed \u201cthe hardest\u201d by players is that Gale is basically a magic-item-gobbling disaster waiting to explode. Throughout the story, he\u2019s all too eager to sacrifice himself for the greater good, often musing about how he deserves his tragic fate. If Gale makes it to the end, it\u2019s because the player managed to keep him well-fed and avoided sacrificing him earlier. And then, just when he\u2019s had his moment to shine, you cruelly betray him. It\u2019s clear that Patch 7\u2019s emotional depth has struck a nerve, proving just how powerful storytelling can be in gaming. It does seem like TAV is out and Dark Urge is in after Patch 7. Just a heads-up: if you\u2019re planning to romance Astarion as Durge, get ready for some seriously cringey pet names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brutal Patch 7 Durge betrayal is making Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players reload to apologize Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s latest Patch 7 has players reeling after a brutal betrayal, with Gale\u2019s heartbreaking final words leaving them in shambles. This hefty update brings an official modding toolkit and a whole lot of new evil. It also devastated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}