My first play through, I wasn’t going to romance anyone… just enjoy the story. I was genuinely nice to everyone in camp, so I had very high approval with all of them. At the Tiefling party, everyone (except Wyll) was throwing themselves at my poor elf lol. With Astarion, I chose the “I hope that doesn’t mean you want to kill something” option, and he mentions “well, maybe a little death,” which my sleep deprived brain translated into “he wanted blood.” So, I agreed. Then went and talked to Lae’zel… who basically said, “I wanted to be with you but you promised yourself to the pale one.” After *dial-up internet noise* I realized I had totally misread what he said. 🤦🏼♀️ I figured I could easily break it off because he didn’t seem the type to care, but turned out he was a much more complex character than I thought and ended up seeing the relationship through. I am NOT a “simp for the pretty vampire” kinda gal, but as a writer myself, seeing his character’s development throughout the game made me appreciate the dude. He goes from being a 💩 to a legitimately kind and thoughtful person… as long as you don’t… (tries to avoid spoilers) do the certain thing in act 3. Seeing Shadowheart’s response to you agreeing to share the bottle was new for me. In the same game that I learned I evidently can’t read, she poured half the dang bottle in a goblet and says something like “Have some liquid courage and have a good night.” 😂 Larian writers did a fantastic job at fleshing out the characters, though, I do wish they gave Wyll and Karlach more storyline. Act 1, I highly disliked Lae’zel, Shadowheart, and Astarion… by the end of the game, they were my favorites. Any game that can make me love characters I initially hated, 10/10.
I can relate to those "dial-up internet noise" moments a lot :'D When it comes to Asterion and all the other companions, Larian truly did a great job on the different personalities and storylines. I have only scratched the surface of all of that so far but whenever i chat with a friend of mine we sometime compare what differences our choices made throughout the story. I am so immensely impressed by how much difference one single sentence can bring! :O
My first play through, I wasn’t going to romance anyone… just enjoy the story. I was genuinely nice to everyone in camp, so I had very high approval with all of them. At the Tiefling party, everyone (except Wyll) was throwing themselves at my poor elf lol. With Astarion, I chose the “I hope that doesn’t mean you want to kill something” option, and he mentions “well, maybe a little death,” which my sleep deprived brain translated into “he wanted blood.” So, I agreed. Then went and talked to Lae’zel… who basically said, “I wanted to be with you but you promised yourself to the pale one.” After *dial-up internet noise* I realized I had totally misread what he said. 🤦🏼♀️ I figured I could easily break it off because he didn’t seem the type to care, but turned out he was a much more complex character than I thought and ended up seeing the relationship through. I am NOT a “simp for the pretty vampire” kinda gal, but as a writer myself, seeing his character’s development throughout the game made me appreciate the dude. He goes from being a 💩 to a legitimately kind and thoughtful person… as long as you don’t… (tries to avoid spoilers) do the certain thing in act 3.
Seeing Shadowheart’s response to you agreeing to share the bottle was new for me. In the same game that I learned I evidently can’t read, she poured half the dang bottle in a goblet and says something like “Have some liquid courage and have a good night.” 😂
Larian writers did a fantastic job at fleshing out the characters, though, I do wish they gave Wyll and Karlach more storyline. Act 1, I highly disliked Lae’zel, Shadowheart, and Astarion… by the end of the game, they were my favorites. Any game that can make me love characters I initially hated, 10/10.
I can relate to those "dial-up internet noise" moments a lot :'D
When it comes to Asterion and all the other companions, Larian truly did a great job on the different personalities and storylines. I have only scratched the surface of all of that so far but whenever i chat with a friend of mine we sometime compare what differences our choices made throughout the story. I am so immensely impressed by how much difference one single sentence can bring! :O