If you feel bad about some of the embarrassing or painful deaths your party has suffered in Baldur's Gate 3, it’s well worth checking out how one poor streamer’s attempt to complete an honour mode playthrough as honourably as possible ended. Tragically is the answer, in case you’re wondering.
For the uninitiated, BG3’s honour mode, added to the game late last year, is designed to provide a hardcore challenge for those who just aren’t satisfied by difficulty levels that don’t feel a bit like shoving your nose into a toaster’s bread slot and turning it on. There’s permadeath, a bunch of other stuff with bad vibes, and - up until recently - the threat of getting permanently stuck if you left your hammer at home.
Yet, that’s not enough tough stuff for some players, with streamer WolfheartFPS (thanks, GamesRadar) having decided to add some extra rules and turn an honour mode run into something even more honourable. Naturally, their reward was a tragic death while battling the Netherbrain that made Baldur’s Gate 3 director Swen Vincke declare “that was perfect” like a proud dad.