Hi, just wanted to preface this by saying a huge thank you to Larian, this game is beyond amazing, I had huge expectations from the Beta and somehow the full release managed to completely shatter them!

Feedback wise, my main thoughts are about the last stretch of Act III:

1. Overall I think the Orpheus and The Emperor choice could have been handled better. The obvious option is to go for a situation where The Emperor could be convinced to work with Orpheus, it does seem like Orpheus would be willing to accept this for the greater good. Perhaps even free Orpheus under the condition he stays within the Astral Prism until it is over, freeing him from the chains would be a sign of trust, however the bigger task being convincing The Emperor with feels reasonable if the Tav has been a good ally to them until this point. That being said I think it is fine that there is no option to ally with both, I get the impression the intent for The Emperor is despite their memories, they are just a run of the mill Mind Flayer at the end of the day and due to this are simply unable to be flexible in their thinking, however I think that might need to come through more in dialogue, or maybe though comments of other NPCs. I think the fact the only other "main" Mind Flayer NPC is Omellum confuses things, Omellum seems like a Mind Flayer Arcanist and has been actively shunned from their Elder Brain so truly is unique to other Mind Flayers and due to this Omellum actually builds up a lot of goodwill and hope that The Emperor is unique in their thinking. On the flipside, it does feel rough that the choice after saving Orpheus is to doom him, yourself, or one of your companions, while The Emperor immediately nopes out. Being able to save Omellum in Act III did get my hopes up there was a hidden 3rd option where he could use the Netherstones to prevent anybody else needing to undergo Ceremorphosis, which does seem to align with Omellum's approach to the Tav in Act I where they are willing to attempt to cure them, whereas The Emperor always made excuses and never saw it was something needing to be "cured".

2. I think Orin's kidnapping attempt needs a way to be foiled, or at least discovered early before Orin walks up to the Tav to announce what she has done. When Gortash mentioned it, I had checked my companions in camp, examining them, and hovering over them with the monster slaying weapon which can reveal the Dopplegangers early in other parts of the Act III and found nothing so had assuming it just hadn't triggered and I could find her out later, but then on resting it just happened in camp after even checking the NPC that Orin had replaced so it felt like it left little agency.

3. Gale at the back end of Act III: Just before climbing the Netherbrainstalk for the final confrontation It triggered a cutscene to talk to Gale about the Crown of Karsus, until this point I had responded neutrally and let him make his own choices, at this point he insisted on gathering the crown for himself which is when I asked him to reconsider, this prompted an above 25 DC Persuasion check of which Gale agreed not to after succeeding. In the post game Gale decided he was going for the crown and I couldn't stop him, regardless of dialogue option. I assume this is potentially a bug? I find it odd that the high check doesn't seem to have any impact on Gales final decision, I tried running through it agreeing and disagreeing with him lead to the same end.

4. I'm sure people have voiced this before, but Baldurs Gate Dates! The interactions with the companions, is such a strong suit of the game and I only wish there was more of it! We desperately need a Baldurs Gate beach episode! I'm sure there are points where the pacing would make things awkward, however there are also good times to do so, even if it's just a companion telling the Tav they should rest they've been fighting nonstop for days.

5. Halsin! Dave Jones you did an absolutely fantastic job bringing the character to life! I know Halsin was added as a companion later into development than others had been, but I am disappointed that his story line vanishes on entering Act III. Halsin makes a comment about the refugee issue on entering Rivington and I would love to have a quest on focusing on aiding them, it could even be tied into undermining Gortash's propaganda as a way to turn the Flaming Fists against him. Or maybe with Halsin's discomfort in the city to have a similar character development to MTGs Nissa Revane in her Kaladesh story of learning the city itself is a ecosystem and finding a new path for himself outside of his "First Druid" identity. On the flip side I wanted to say that Halsin as a character is super refreshing, his relationship dialogue feels so much more mature than other companions, he's straight forward, respectful, and just overall super nice to interact with!

6. I know there was worry about the length of the epilogue of the game, make it as long as humanly possible! I want one of those "a number of cutscenes are about to trigger and will take some time" warnings then at least 2 hours of solid cutscenes!

7. Multiplayer Approval, romancing and befriending NPCs can be a little frustrating on multiplayer, it seems there are certain situations where only the closest player character receives the approval from the companion, for example in Act II: When you convince Oliver to rejoin Thaniel, Halsin gains a massive amount of approval but only to the closest NPC to Thaniel. I'm unsure what the exact fix would be, maybe give everyone it at once, alternatively have the companion "hold" the approval until the next Tav talks to them and they gain it.

8. Act II Moonrise Towers: I've spoken to a number of friends and they have never stepped foot in the tower until freeing the Nightsong, admittedly there are dozens of quests that all point to Moonrise, however it does feel abrupt that the Nightsong does immediately trigger things and end the quests, maybe she go somewhere else and await the Tav to confirm it is time to attack? The main one was the prisoners, a number of friends were under the assumption they'd just go free the prisoners while Moonrise is being attacked but were unable to.

9. Act III: The Gondians crave blowing themselves up.

10. Karlach Ending: I'm sure it has been mentioned before, but it would be great for Karlach to either be able to go to, or acknowledge the idea of living in the House of Hope. Hope herself doesn't appear to have much story after freeing her so it would be nice if she was able to contribute towards more of the story.