Baldur's Gate 3 players are having their hearts thoroughly wrenched by the new evil endings to their companion romances: 'I'll never emotionally recover from this'

Baldur's Gate 3 got its eagerly anticipated Patch 7 yesterday, which added new, expanded ending sequences for evil player characters. Whether you're a Dark Urge or a more mundane variety of villain, an origin character or a custom-made scoundrel, your big moment has finally arrived if you're playing a bad guy. Sadly, as players have quickly discovered, ascending as an archvillain tends to have some unpleasant outcomes for the companions you might've romanced along the way.

There will be spoilers ahead for the new Baldur's Gate 3 evil endings.

The new Dark Urge endings are producing some of the strongest reactions in the aftermath of the Patch 7 drop. After claiming command of the Netherbrain in Bhaal's name at the end of Act 3, Dark Urge characters are primed to do what you'd expect from a newly-empowered champion of a murder-god: just, like, a bunch of murders. Before that, the new in-game narration tells Dark Urge players who've romanced a companion during their playthrough, «there is one who deserves the honour of your first death.»

What follows is some all-timer knife-twisting from Larian's writers. Each companion character has unique dialogue where they express their horror at the Dark Urge's decision to lay waste to the world they'd all worked so hard to save. 

The player then has three options for responding. They can tell their paramour to start running so that they can have a final showdown at the end of days—very metal, very cool. They can say that «death is my reward for your service,» because nobody should see the horrors about to ensue. The last option, though, is for the real doomed romance connoisseurs: Kill with one last kiss.

While I'm not sure what exactly they expected, BG3 players have been uploading clips to share the heartbreak of watching the Dark Urge pull a knife halfway through their final smooch and deal a fatal blow to their other half. Before tumbling off the Netherbrain, the companions offer one last line, and they've all been