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The epilogue is nice. Nothing special, but it's good to have and it's a neat alternative to the fallout-style slideshow



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The thing about Sarevok and Viconia that grinds people's gears is a combination of their endings being incompatible with all of their possible endings from the original, and also just being really boring. Probably the least interesting thing you could do with both characters, which is a shame
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I havent seen Viconia or Minsc in BG 3 yet, but I feel the schtick of "evil femme fatale Sharran priestess" and "lovable himbo ranger" is great for new players, but horrible for older ones. Barring interference by charname - which canonically is Abdel or some sort of adventuring crew for the comics anyway - imho Minsc should end up in a relationship with Aerie as his "witch". This would have given his character depth as he needs to seek his witch again, maybe only to have her moved on, or anything else.

Similarly Viconia grows as a character during the events of BG 2. Even if you want her to stay evil-ish, there is a long road from BG 1/BG 2's "moustache twirling evil to believable and reasonable evil of BG 3 and modern games. Characters need a motivation more than just "We need a TV tropes archetype". Viconia having softened (or hardened) by her life on the surface may have given enough reason to develop her character, but the game is bogged down by other stories, and frankly she is just in there for fan service.