I don’t need EVERY line of narration to have the origin voices-that’d be an obscene amount of lines to record, and Amelia Tyler’s fantastic, anyway. But I’d like the important moments to be voiced by them, at least. Let origin Shadowheart voice her own conflict when she meets the Nightsong. Let origin Astarion actually have some thoughts about the situation when he meets Araj. Let whichever Durge voice you chose narrate the thoughts that come from the Urge. I just think that would be a good middle ground.
I don't think it's possible now, so many voicelines to record. So much money spent without any things ng back for them. Everything Amelia says but with all origins? Madness
To be honest, I’m not into playing origin characters. But this feature alone would probably tempt me to try it, at least once. It makes you connect with the character in a much deeper way. I’d love it to be in the game, but I understand if it isn’t. The game’s so huge, they need to cut somewhere.
Wait, what! You actually CUT and EDITED this? I was 100% sure it was Astarion's voice actor just having a great time. O.O Beyond amazing work, per usual, Chubblot!
I did kinda yeah, I had to find the lines and sometimes chop them up to make them fit. Sometimes you can tell it doesn't really fit. But thank you Beatrice! Glad you enjoyed it.
So sad they removed this! Playing an Origin run adds some neat interactions from time to time, but for the most part, it feels like you're playing without that character. Having them narrate everything would have added so much to the experience.
I encourage everyone who wants this to send feedback to Larian about it. If enough people send feedback asking for it, it might be something they can bring back as an option later.
As much as I love Neil Newbon, I wish they had gone with that style of dice-rolling instead of the slow "screw this, click through it" animation we got.
That’s so interesting that the grove, a place now so heavily associated with Silvanus, wasn’t even for him originally, but for Eldath. I think the direction of Silvanus was a good move considering the moral alignment of the druids. Elgath is too peaceful a deity to have followers who try to kick out/kill refugees
This is absolutely amazing! I really wish that they would add it back, AT LEAST to the origin characters, because I can't imagine playing the origin characters without this! They already have their backstories, so it makes sense. I can understand not wanting it for Tav, since people often make up their own backstories or base them off already existing OCs or characters. But like, this is what I thought playing as an origin character was like.
Send feedback to Larian, I encourage everyone who wants this to send feedback about it. If enough people ask for it, it might be added back in as an option.
Yeah, I played Astarions origin, it actually wasn't worth playing it. I got nothing, no extra story, no great interactions in the world. And just lost my favourite companion.
It´s interesting how Astarion voice changed, compared how it was to what we got in the final game. Here he sounds like his forcing his voice to sound more masculine somehow, idk how to explain, while in the final game he sounds more melodic and natural, could be because I´m used to the final version tho. Also Cazador looks better with the beard XD
How it is more popular after the release? I wish they would keep Amelia as narrator but keep origin's voices as thoughts. When we play origin characters, they are mute, which feels lacking, especially if we experienced them from other person playthrough. If, instead of some narrator's comments, we could hear the thoughts with original voice, it would help a lot. Of course, talking characters would be even better, but that would mean, that Tav had to be voiced too.
its really cool to see this and the changes larian generally made and i know this video isnt completely polished but i do think it feels very out of place. having the cast voice actual dialogue, with amelia tyler narrating would be really cool though as origin playthrough
This is awesome! So much of the origin personalities are lost without their voices. I understand the roleplay appeal of having a silent protagonist when you're having conversations, but this narration could definitely be patched back in sometime and it would improve the game. This is a great way to give the origin characters some flavour even when you're playing as them.
So much work has gone into this, it'll be a shame if they don't leave the files somewhere for modders or re-implement it as an optional way to play. Interesting to get a new perspective on what he's thinking Thank you for the effort you put in to collating this
I hope they don't discard this, honestly. It feels much more personal to have the Origin character narrate their /own/ experiences, adding more insight and emotionality to the scenes.
We can't be sure if they will but while Amelia's narration has been updated and added to with every patch the companion narration hasn't been, and a lot actually got removed.
@@Chubblot I figure that if they decide to do this, they may leave any polishing, or redoing of lines, for all the way 'till launch, when the Origin characters are released, the same way I sort of figure we won't have certain sound effects, etc., until then, as well - usually the first patch contains all the extra polish that EA didn't have. Amelia's still has to be in primary focus though, I think, because whether or not these lines are in the files, they're not currently implimented, but her lines /have/ to be there, or else the scenes would feel very empty without them.
Lines being removed might have been for polishing reasons, or they could be sitting on them now, who really knows except for Larian? For instance, asking Lae'zel to say please no longer seems to appear, among other lines that existed in one way or another. I think Astarion approved robbing the Fishermen at one point, but now he doesn't approve or disapprove. I can only hope it'll be one of those things that gets reimplemented later down the only.
@@Chubblot I guess I understand why. Even if the origins have some of their own narration already in the files, it still somewhat sounded a bit like a draft recordings. So restoring that system may take them another recordings with 5 different casts, so the possibility of it being implemented in in release would be thin. Yet I suppose if some fans are optimistic enough, those removals could be a sign of replacing them with fresh recordings. And the fact that Amelia is focused on narrating, while the origin cast have other things to voice atm; add the fact that we currently only able to play custom in EA, might explain a possible delay on those updated origin narration and why Amelia's narration kept being updated and added in EA. But that's quite a far fetch.
It's a massive game so maybe to keep on schedule they've had to either stop doing origin stuff for the EA or just shelve it from the main release. Hopefully not as I'd love a chance at exploring the game as Astarion after playing as Tav. Maybe they're release it after the initial release as an update (like god of war 2018 did with new game+).
I tried to play him as origin and just couldn't get very far because he feels soooo empty without voice lines. This would've made me able to actually play through all the way. Sad they removed it.
Gosh, such a pity it was scrapped! First person narration sounded amazing. And Astarion speaks faster, I don't like how the woman narrator speaks so so so sloooowlyyyy
While I agree with others that it was a good call to keep Amelia as narrator in every scenario (she is fantastic and it is the most reasonable choice) playing origins is... lacking. I am on my second playthrough as Astarion origin (my 4th in general) and I get SO LITTLE of his insight and voicelines it feels criminal. If I never played the game as Tav and Dark Urge I would have so little understanding of what his personality is. I understand that origins are a bit less static to accommodate for player choice and it's perfectly fine but I get next to none appraisals or repercussions whenever I make a decision that aligns with the character or goes against it, whether or not those could be pure flavor I'd love something. Like, I can never bring myself to force Astarion to bite Araj but when I AM Astarion? Why would I ever not? It's a little bit untasty, literally no angst about it at all. Companions barely say anything to me when it's my personal quest, romance goes fully along with COMPANIONS' scenarios when it could be cool to have both origin and companion romance scenes mixed somewhat (I can think of a way to make them work pretty coherently together in each case tbh). I completely understand that fully voicing the PCs and narration is next to impossible and grew to love that even, despite being against non-voiced pcs before (I hate how bland MC in Skyrim is, for example) I just want SOMETHING, man :( ALSO, I am not fully sure so I won't make any claims confidently but I got the feeling that origin characters don't have their usual banter with the rest of the companions. Why is that? This is already made why is it not a thing? If I am wrong about this please correct me I don't know why I got such an impression in that case. Oh, and it's a shame that all the companions are such basic and repetitive races. I don't judge the decision in the littlest because can't think of better fitting races for them myself (maybe Gale as a short race?) but I grieve it all the same. Like I want to try short races and half-orcs SO BADLY but also I want to see Karlach and Gale origins a bit more :((( [jokes on me for picking half-elf on first playthrough, worst decision I've made in my lack of experience with dnd, LMAO] P.S. Astarion Origin unable to affect Karlach's fate because he is hiding from the sun and it does not matter if Wyll is Blade of Avernus, the dude will just fucking watch her die is straight up outrageous. Literally why the actual fuck. I don't even like Avernus ending for Wyll but Kalrach gotta live bro I got through the trouble and for what. SO depressing To conclude, I love playing Origins. I hate playing Origins. Playing Origins could be so much better. It could be a little better with minimal effort already. The only reason I am playing origins is because 1) I love all the extra PC lines they get, which they lack in normal playthrough; and 2) I cannot for the life of me make the fucking decision between romancing Astarion and Gale now. I need help. Sorry for the rant, thank you for reading. None of my friends are into BG3, so I can't talk about it. I love this game. Peace!
I don't know why but I have a feeling that they will add these first person narrations as a dlc after games full release. Those are too good to be passed. And thank you for your hard work Chubby, as usual
I can see why this was cut. It feels like an exposition dump this way and creates a disconnect between player and the character. As much as I like astarion, mama malady is more suited to narration. Edit: I should mention that I'm still very greatful to be able to see this. Thank you.
Nope, hate there is no origin character in game. Finished the game as Astarion and he is Tav with pointy teeth. No personality, you just lose a great voice and actor. Absolute waste of time playing as origin now.
Is it just me or is Astarion really pretty different when he's the player character and narates? It not only feels more personal but his expressions and sometimes voice are softer. That said, if I have to choose, I would choose Amelia Aš our dungeon master.
When he's talking to the pc I feel like he's got his guard up, even later on at higher approval levels. Everything he says is almost like a performance, to protect what he's really thinking/feeling. When he's narrating, it's his innermost thoughts and feelings, raw and unedited, so it makes sense they'd be delivered differently by va Neil Newbon
certainly interesting but I would be lying if i said i wouldn't miss the Narrators voice far more,Amelia Tyler's smokey and almost seductive voice is just too good to pass up and the self narration kinda takes away from the feeling of hearing a DM describe what's going on like i think they're going for
Whaaaat ? Origin characters voice their narration lines ? Jesus this game is already so insanely good. It makes playing origin characters soooo juicy now! Edit: just saw "seemingly cut". That would make sense. I really hope it's the opposite and they will just introduce it later on when it's ready. It would be so good.
That's correct. When datamining patch 1, there was so much text devoted to Eldath instead of Silvanus. Silvanus is a better choice imo, and far more known in the Realms!
Yeah, there are quite a few pre-release changes. Like the harpy kid being a halfling that Ethel sends you to find. And the chapel where you find Skelebro being dedicated to someone completely different.
Menzoberranzan? I would *not* want to go there lmao. Though I guess being killed by various creatures lurking in the underdark would be one way to solve the tadpole issue. Love the vid btw :D Can never have enough of Astarion!
I like to imagine all the Origin characters VAs and Amelia Tyler recorded all these at the same time, bouncing tips about tone and inflection about the same line off of each other.
OMG! It was so awesome 😭 Why did they remove it??? It adds so much to the game. I love Baldur's Gate 3 so much. I regret stumbling across this video because I now know that it could be better 😭
Just imagine, the entire amount of voice line from the narrator, sometimes re-written for the personal cases of each character, and then multiply by 8 (for each companion). It's an gigantic amount of work, and God damn expensive. I don't doubt that Larian wanted to do it. They wanted it enough to record the much you see in the video.
@@strrb8578 I totally understand that there would be an enormous amount of lines. Gosh, I would even pay for this if there was such a DLC. The playthroughs feel unique enough already, but this... It's just something else.
Vocal minority hated it. This was Swen's original vision and we need to send feedback to Larian demanding it back. If enough people tell them this is something we want, we can get it back.
@@strrb8578 Act 1 was completely recorded for all of the Origins and some of the Tavs, nearly 10,000 voice lines were recorded and not used. It wasn't cut for cost, this was Swen's original vision, it was cut because a vocal minority hated it and Larian listed to the wrong section of the fan base. Send feedback demanding it back because the game would be better like this.
Larian trying to make me choose between Neil and Amelia is cruel! Lol. Amelia's narrator voice is perfect, but I love my boi Astarion. Neil is incredible in the role. Thanks for your hard working creating this video. What mods are you using? Astarion's top looks awesome.
We need to all send feedback to Larian to add these back in. This was the original plan and I really wish Swen stuck to his guns as this is WAY Better. All 6 origins and all 8 Tavs were supposed to have this in-character narration and it was only removed because a vocal minority hated it. We all just have to demand it to be brought back.
@@auroraarchangel369 Yeah, I really wish they didn't remove them and would love to see them add it back in as an option who prefers in-character narrations over 3rd person narrations by a disembodied voice.
I like the self-narration style better, it's more engaging IMO. I just have a distaste for Astarion's demeanor so I can see why people weren't fond of a Astarion narration in particular. Thanks for putting this together.
this was apparently the original vision for the game, each character origin character narrating the game if you chose to play as them instead of the blank slate character, but at this point no, playing the origin characters just adds some extra dialogue options, for the most part. There's some unique content for each one but most of the game plays exactly as if you were playing a custom character, except you now have one less companion. My understanding is that people in early access didn't like the game like this so they scrapped it.
Not in the live release, if you want to see this return as an option send feedback to Larian about it. There might eventually be a definitive edition so it's something to be vocal about if you would like to see it return.
Well well what have we here.. channeling Morrigan I see :D That being said, I genuinely hope this is not part of the game, I already feel like the game is pressuring us to play as one of the original characters instead of our own created pc and I really do not like that, especially in roleplaying game as epic as BG.
You feel pressured by a game to play a certain character? When the same game gives you the opportunity to not play those characters? Makes no sense. If you give other people options it doesn't take anything away for you. They do have custom MC implemented, so no one is taking this from you
@@dominika3762 Its not taking away options, its just making one clearly superior way to experience the story, which is the same thing as making a decision for many people. Consider this, there is locked content behind playing characters other than the one you want to create, however origin characters, have access to everything that a created one has. I want to see all the game has to offer, but I want to play as my character, that is now sadly impossible. I dont want to be told who to play as to see as much of the game as I can, I want to be able to create a character and be given all the neccessary tools to make the game fun for me, like its normally done with dnd titles. Moreover, this isnt a Divinity game, this is a Baldurs Gate game, nobody was expecting nor asking for origin characters, or predetermined characters, thats not how these games are made or played, fans of DnD and Baldurs Gate want as much freedom and reactivity for pc characters as the game can offer. And thats not even getting into the fact of how many resources the origin characters being playable is taking, all the voice acting must be costing a fortune and it will innevitably come at the expence of something, long development time being the best of options here. Bottom line, Origin characters being more then party members and companions is simply unneeded and it has created issues within the fandom for Larian. Its their creation they put within an already established franchise, its up to them to make it feel seemless and like a good adition, at the moment thats not the case for many.
@@KaiSaeren if this way is superior (for you at least? That's what you said) then why being irritated that they might want to give you both a superior and inferior? Buddy, that's some masochism problems :D
@@KaiSaeren well, damn them to hell those that do not like this. They can go and play Pillars or Pathfinder. This nostalgia, wanting a game to be "worse" is maddening. Just because something is called something doesn't mean it has to have it's predecessors flaws. I disliked new Torment tides of numenera but I would never dream of being salty that they called the game Torment. BG3 is just that: third part of something vaguely connected to the story. And that's ok.
I'm happy Astarion doesn't talk like that in the full release version of the game... His narration isn't great. I was expecting him to be wonderful and witty and seductive, like he is in the full release version, but he's not. He's bland and dull. What a disappointment... However, I would still love to do a run where there is more Astarion and more Astarion voice lines. I have a feeling I'll be watching this video more than once lol
to be fair, the witty/seductive voice we see in the game is mostly a performance meant for everyone around him, which is a big part of his story, while he doesn't have any reason to do a performance if these are his own thoughts to himself. but yeah it does show how his voice actor grew into the character over time
Yeah, why would he be seductive if these are his thoughts? His personality is an act. I actually like that duality, THAT would be a difference between Tav playthrough and origin playthrough. Which now is barely noticeable. There is still the sense of wonder, fear and anger sometimes. So this would be more his real self.
@@dominika3762 I'm glad they removed this. His narration was quite bland. And no, if you are an actual funny and witty person you don't suddenly become boring and uninterested when you're by yourself.
@@yuuya2111 i don't think it was bland. It seemed to me as if we had a real him - narrator - and a flamboyant over the top personality. Maybe we could have seen a duality
I don't see the point on playing an origin character if they don't have these lines. They have amazing personalities dulled down by the mute protagonist syndrome. Thanks reddit, brandead idiots ruined something that could have been a masterpiece.
![All Party Banter If You're Romancing Astarion [Fixed in Patch 7] | Baldur's Gate III](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ers9ph_1LuM/mqdefault.jpg)
We get to have a little bit of Astarion narration, as a treat
Just a lil snack.
Meanwhile back at camp: Tav holds up three fingers with smiley faces drawn on them.
"The gang's all here," she whispers before sobbing.
Lol, I thought of this Spongebob scene:
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@@user-sf9gs2pg1b lmao that one works too 🤣
I don’t need EVERY line of narration to have the origin voices-that’d be an obscene amount of lines to record, and Amelia Tyler’s fantastic, anyway. But I’d like the important moments to be voiced by them, at least. Let origin Shadowheart voice her own conflict when she meets the Nightsong. Let origin Astarion actually have some thoughts about the situation when he meets Araj. Let whichever Durge voice you chose narrate the thoughts that come from the Urge. I just think that would be a good middle ground.
Send feedback to Larian asking for them to make this an option for Origin play-throughs.
@@MistyKathrine Where can I do that?
Agreed.
You bless us Chubblot!! Us Astans are very grateful for this gift
Haha, I knew there'd be at least one dedicated group interested in this.
I don't think it's possible now, so many voicelines to record. So much money spent without any things ng back for them. Everything Amelia says but with all origins? Madness
To be honest, I’m not into playing origin characters. But this feature alone would probably tempt me to try it, at least once. It makes you connect with the character in a much deeper way. I’d love it to be in the game, but I understand if it isn’t. The game’s so huge, they need to cut somewhere.
even Tav had a unique narrator but all of that were cut
Wait, what! You actually CUT and EDITED this?
I was 100% sure it was Astarion's voice actor just having a great time. O.O Beyond amazing work, per usual, Chubblot!
I did kinda yeah, I had to find the lines and sometimes chop them up to make them fit. Sometimes you can tell it doesn't really fit. But thank you Beatrice! Glad you enjoyed it.
Will you ever do a mod to add this in? I'd love to try it
So sad they removed this! Playing an Origin run adds some neat interactions from time to time, but for the most part, it feels like you're playing without that character. Having them narrate everything would have added so much to the experience.
I encourage everyone who wants this to send feedback to Larian about it. If enough people send feedback asking for it, it might be something they can bring back as an option later.
Yeah, now it's just Tav with pointy teeth most of the time ;(
Why would they cut this?!?!! This was an awesome feature! I hope they add it back honestly. 👀
I don't know. But I like this more. It sounds really as his thoughts...and make me feel the character better. :D
Send feedback to Larian asking that in character narrations be brought back as an option for Origin play-throughs.
As much as I love Neil Newbon, I wish they had gone with that style of dice-rolling instead of the slow "screw this, click through it" animation we got.
Astarion's VA will have such a huge career growth after game releases. Can't wait to hear his next projects already xD
He's already pretty known and runs a voice actor academy. He's done voice acting for final fantasy xv, RE8, Detroit become human, etc.
@@AmberPrice881 if he was known before, well now he is REALLY known 😄
Woah Chubblot this must have taken you quite some time to put it together. I can never thank you enough for the work you do.
You're more than welcome Beril!
wow, Astarion become a lot more likeable from this view.
That’s so interesting that the grove, a place now so heavily associated with Silvanus, wasn’t even for him originally, but for Eldath. I think the direction of Silvanus was a good move considering the moral alignment of the druids. Elgath is too peaceful a deity to have followers who try to kick out/kill refugees
This is absolutely amazing! I really wish that they would add it back, AT LEAST to the origin characters, because I can't imagine playing the origin characters without this! They already have their backstories, so it makes sense. I can understand not wanting it for Tav, since people often make up their own backstories or base them off already existing OCs or characters. But like, this is what I thought playing as an origin character was like.
Send feedback to Larian, I encourage everyone who wants this to send feedback about it. If enough people ask for it, it might be added back in as an option.
Yeah, I played Astarions origin, it actually wasn't worth playing it. I got nothing, no extra story, no great interactions in the world. And just lost my favourite companion.
Didn’t even realize I missed a bunch of your vids. Thanks chubblot!
It´s interesting how Astarion voice changed, compared how it was to what we got in the final game. Here he sounds like his forcing his voice to sound more masculine somehow, idk how to explain, while in the final game he sounds more melodic and natural, could be because I´m used to the final version tho. Also Cazador looks better with the beard XD
He sounds closer to the VA's natural voice
How it is more popular after the release? I wish they would keep Amelia as narrator but keep origin's voices as thoughts. When we play origin characters, they are mute, which feels lacking, especially if we experienced them from other person playthrough. If, instead of some narrator's comments, we could hear the thoughts with original voice, it would help a lot. Of course, talking characters would be even better, but that would mean, that Tav had to be voiced too.
He sounds so much like Lucifer here. It's crazy.
its really cool to see this and the changes larian generally made and i know this video isnt completely polished but i do think it feels very out of place. having the cast voice actual dialogue, with amelia tyler narrating would be really cool though as origin playthrough
Man, I was a fan of the second-person dialogue options and first-person narration idea, nice to see glimpses of what would have been.
This is awesome! So much of the origin personalities are lost without their voices. I understand the roleplay appeal of having a silent protagonist when you're having conversations, but this narration could definitely be patched back in sometime and it would improve the game. This is a great way to give the origin characters some flavour even when you're playing as them.
Send feedback to Larian demanding it back. This was their original vision and it was only removed because a vocal minority hated it.
So much work has gone into this, it'll be a shame if they don't leave the files somewhere for modders or re-implement it as an optional way to play.
Interesting to get a new perspective on what he's thinking
Thank you for the effort you put in to collating this
Kind of adorable of him narrating his own stuff lol
It almost feels like he's reading a bedtime story.
I hope they don't discard this, honestly. It feels much more personal to have the Origin character narrate their /own/ experiences, adding more insight and emotionality to the scenes.
We can't be sure if they will but while Amelia's narration has been updated and added to with every patch the companion narration hasn't been, and a lot actually got removed.
@@Chubblot I figure that if they decide to do this, they may leave any polishing, or redoing of lines, for all the way 'till launch, when the Origin characters are released, the same way I sort of figure we won't have certain sound effects, etc., until then, as well - usually the first patch contains all the extra polish that EA didn't have.
Amelia's still has to be in primary focus though, I think, because whether or not these lines are in the files, they're not currently implimented, but her lines /have/ to be there, or else the scenes would feel very empty without them.
Lines being removed might have been for polishing reasons, or they could be sitting on them now, who really knows except for Larian?
For instance, asking Lae'zel to say please no longer seems to appear, among other lines that existed in one way or another. I think Astarion approved robbing the Fishermen at one point, but now he doesn't approve or disapprove. I can only hope it'll be one of those things that gets reimplemented later down the only.
@@Chubblot I guess I understand why. Even if the origins have some of their own narration already in the files, it still somewhat sounded a bit like a draft recordings. So restoring that system may take them another recordings with 5 different casts, so the possibility of it being implemented in in release would be thin.
Yet I suppose if some fans are optimistic enough, those removals could be a sign of replacing them with fresh recordings. And the fact that Amelia is focused on narrating, while the origin cast have other things to voice atm; add the fact that we currently only able to play custom in EA, might explain a possible delay on those updated origin narration and why Amelia's narration kept being updated and added in EA. But that's quite a far fetch.
It's a massive game so maybe to keep on schedule they've had to either stop doing origin stuff for the EA or just shelve it from the main release. Hopefully not as I'd love a chance at exploring the game as Astarion after playing as Tav. Maybe they're release it after the initial release as an update (like god of war 2018 did with new game+).
They better play these VA’s good. Especially Neil. He’s fantastic
idk why they cut all this, its great
Vocal minority hated it, I'm encouraging everyone to send feedback to Larian demanding it back.
I tried to play him as origin and just couldn't get very far because he feels soooo empty without voice lines. This would've made me able to actually play through all the way. Sad they removed it.
Yeah, I totally agree. I would love to play as Astarion, but I don't want him to stay silent the whole time.
Send feedback to Larian demanding it back!
Player the whole Astarion origin, it was soooo disappointing
This was amazing, well done! Maybe it's just me, but I guess some of us would love to see one for Shadowheart as well!
Noted! 😇
Gosh, such a pity it was scrapped! First person narration sounded amazing. And Astarion speaks faster, I don't like how the woman narrator speaks so so so sloooowlyyyy
Having the narrator be a separate voice is basically having a DM, so it brings a much more authentic dnd experience
You could choose
While I agree with others that it was a good call to keep Amelia as narrator in every scenario (she is fantastic and it is the most reasonable choice) playing origins is... lacking. I am on my second playthrough as Astarion origin (my 4th in general) and I get SO LITTLE of his insight and voicelines it feels criminal. If I never played the game as Tav and Dark Urge I would have so little understanding of what his personality is. I understand that origins are a bit less static to accommodate for player choice and it's perfectly fine but I get next to none appraisals or repercussions whenever I make a decision that aligns with the character or goes against it, whether or not those could be pure flavor I'd love something. Like, I can never bring myself to force Astarion to bite Araj but when I AM Astarion? Why would I ever not? It's a little bit untasty, literally no angst about it at all. Companions barely say anything to me when it's my personal quest, romance goes fully along with COMPANIONS' scenarios when it could be cool to have both origin and companion romance scenes mixed somewhat (I can think of a way to make them work pretty coherently together in each case tbh). I completely understand that fully voicing the PCs and narration is next to impossible and grew to love that even, despite being against non-voiced pcs before (I hate how bland MC in Skyrim is, for example) I just want SOMETHING, man :(
ALSO, I am not fully sure so I won't make any claims confidently but I got the feeling that origin characters don't have their usual banter with the rest of the companions. Why is that? This is already made why is it not a thing? If I am wrong about this please correct me I don't know why I got such an impression in that case.
Oh, and it's a shame that all the companions are such basic and repetitive races. I don't judge the decision in the littlest because can't think of better fitting races for them myself (maybe Gale as a short race?) but I grieve it all the same. Like I want to try short races and half-orcs SO BADLY but also I want to see Karlach and Gale origins a bit more :((( [jokes on me for picking half-elf on first playthrough, worst decision I've made in my lack of experience with dnd, LMAO]
P.S. Astarion Origin unable to affect Karlach's fate because he is hiding from the sun and it does not matter if Wyll is Blade of Avernus, the dude will just fucking watch her die is straight up outrageous. Literally why the actual fuck. I don't even like Avernus ending for Wyll but Kalrach gotta live bro I got through the trouble and for what. SO depressing
To conclude, I love playing Origins. I hate playing Origins. Playing Origins could be so much better. It could be a little better with minimal effort already. The only reason I am playing origins is because 1) I love all the extra PC lines they get, which they lack in normal playthrough; and 2) I cannot for the life of me make the fucking decision between romancing Astarion and Gale now. I need help.
Sorry for the rant, thank you for reading. None of my friends are into BG3, so I can't talk about it. I love this game. Peace!
I don't know why but I have a feeling that they will add these first person narrations as a dlc after games full release. Those are too good to be passed. And thank you for your hard work Chubby, as usual
Love the Mod for the outfits, makes them really pop!
I can see why this was cut. It feels like an exposition dump this way and creates a disconnect between player and the character. As much as I like astarion, mama malady is more suited to narration.
Edit: I should mention that I'm still very greatful to be able to see this. Thank you.
Nope, hate there is no origin character in game. Finished the game as Astarion and he is Tav with pointy teeth. No personality, you just lose a great voice and actor. Absolute waste of time playing as origin now.
Is it just me or is Astarion really pretty different when he's the player character and narates? It not only feels more personal but his expressions and sometimes voice are softer. That said, if I have to choose, I would choose Amelia Aš our dungeon master.
hes more emotionally available
When he's talking to the pc I feel like he's got his guard up, even later on at higher approval levels. Everything he says is almost like a performance, to protect what he's really thinking/feeling. When he's narrating, it's his innermost thoughts and feelings, raw and unedited, so it makes sense they'd be delivered differently by va Neil Newbon
오리진은 이렇게 나왔으면 좋았을텐데... 오리진이 타브나 다크어지랑 비교해서 선택지에 딱히 큰 차이점도 없고, 좋아하는 오리진 캐릭터 보이스도 들을 수가 없어서 상대적으로 심심한 감이 있어. 라리안 이거 녹음한 김에 오리진 나레이션 온오프 기능 만들어서 넣어줘라 흑흑
if he won't say effervescent at some point
certainly interesting but I would be lying if i said i wouldn't miss the Narrators voice far more,Amelia Tyler's smokey and almost seductive voice is just too good to pass up and the self narration kinda takes away from the feeling of hearing a DM describe what's going on like i think they're going for
Whaaaat ?
Origin characters voice their narration lines ?
Jesus this game is already so insanely good. It makes playing origin characters soooo juicy now!
Edit: just saw "seemingly cut". That would make sense. I really hope it's the opposite and they will just introduce it later on when it's ready. It would be so good.
Thanks Chubblot! This is amazing! Interesting how it was Eldath and not Silvanus in his narration
That's correct. When datamining patch 1, there was so much text devoted to Eldath instead of Silvanus.
Silvanus is a better choice imo, and far more known in the Realms!
Yeah, there are quite a few pre-release changes. Like the harpy kid being a halfling that Ethel sends you to find. And the chapel where you find Skelebro being dedicated to someone completely different.
Menzoberranzan? I would *not* want to go there lmao. Though I guess being killed by various creatures lurking in the underdark would be one way to solve the tadpole issue. Love the vid btw :D Can never have enough of Astarion!
I like to imagine all the Origin characters VAs and Amelia Tyler recorded all these at the same time, bouncing tips about tone and inflection about the same line off of each other.
Wow! How did I stumble across this jewel??
Incredible!!❤❤❤❤
Holy shit Chubblot, this must have taken ages! So cool! And thank you!
You're very welcome Munmomuu! It was a bit of a task.
DLC now. take my money
Oh, hello new favorite ASMR video
This was a treat as usual. Thank you chubblot!
OMG! It was so awesome 😭 Why did they remove it??? It adds so much to the game.
I love Baldur's Gate 3 so much. I regret stumbling across this video because I now know that it could be better 😭
Just imagine, the entire amount of voice line from the narrator, sometimes re-written for the personal cases of each character, and then multiply by 8 (for each companion). It's an gigantic amount of work, and God damn expensive. I don't doubt that Larian wanted to do it. They wanted it enough to record the much you see in the video.
@@strrb8578 I totally understand that there would be an enormous amount of lines. Gosh, I would even pay for this if there was such a DLC. The playthroughs feel unique enough already, but this... It's just something else.
@@cryophoinix I agree, I'd get that DLC too hahaha. Maybe that's something they may do in the future, who knows !
Vocal minority hated it. This was Swen's original vision and we need to send feedback to Larian demanding it back. If enough people tell them this is something we want, we can get it back.
@@strrb8578 Act 1 was completely recorded for all of the Origins and some of the Tavs, nearly 10,000 voice lines were recorded and not used. It wasn't cut for cost, this was Swen's original vision, it was cut because a vocal minority hated it and Larian listed to the wrong section of the fan base. Send feedback demanding it back because the game would be better like this.
These should be restored with mods.
Astarion 😍😍 thank you for this awesome video Chubblot!
26:15- HE'S SO CUTE!
I guess Gale really does taste awful.
You just made an awful day great! Thank you, I can't imagine how much time and effort went into this.
Glad to hear it helped!
Aww yiss! Thank you for this gift, kind sir!
You're very welcome! I sat on it for long enough, Astarion day seemed like the perfect time to post it.
Wow this is effort, I adore this lol
Lol if only you had waited for the full release to do this it would be 5-10 hours or smth
this is exactly what i need
What can I say? YESSSSS!
THE FOOT SUCKING SCENE??????!?
NEVERWINTER!!!
Mod to put these back in game when?
Yes pleaseee
The good stuff :)
Thanks, Chubblot
Larian trying to make me choose between Neil and Amelia is cruel! Lol. Amelia's narrator voice is perfect, but I love my boi Astarion. Neil is incredible in the role. Thanks for your hard working creating this video. What mods are you using? Astarion's top looks awesome.
Astarion's voice to me sounds like Stewie Griffin as an adult
Omg i 100% prefer this to the other narrator 😭
mod to add this in the game like ASAP????
We need to all send feedback to Larian to add these back in. This was the original plan and I really wish Swen stuck to his guns as this is WAY Better. All 6 origins and all 8 Tavs were supposed to have this in-character narration and it was only removed because a vocal minority hated it. We all just have to demand it to be brought back.
i will send a feedback right now cause why would they be so stupid to even consider removing this @@MistyKathrine
@@auroraarchangel369 Yeah, I really wish they didn't remove them and would love to see them add it back in as an option who prefers in-character narrations over 3rd person narrations by a disembodied voice.
Thank You!
I like the self-narration style better, it's more engaging IMO. I just have a distaste for Astarion's demeanor so I can see why people weren't fond of a Astarion narration in particular.
Thanks for putting this together.
I'm def. on team first person. I think the hang up was less the first person nature of it and more the fact it's all in past tense.
Fabulous.
Oh, wow. I haven't played the game yet, but it's this narration available in the current iteration? Or was this only early content?
this was apparently the original vision for the game, each character origin character narrating the game if you chose to play as them instead of the blank slate character, but at this point no, playing the origin characters just adds some extra dialogue options, for the most part. There's some unique content for each one but most of the game plays exactly as if you were playing a custom character, except you now have one less companion. My understanding is that people in early access didn't like the game like this so they scrapped it.
Not in the live release, if you want to see this return as an option send feedback to Larian about it. There might eventually be a definitive edition so it's something to be vocal about if you would like to see it return.
Only Karlach origin run has any of this character narration left. It's been cut from everyone else.
@@itamiozanare 😭
I kinde get why they got rid of them, good chioce
Chubblot, do you think we can change the narrator voice ingame?
Well well what have we here.. channeling Morrigan I see :D That being said, I genuinely hope this is not part of the game, I already feel like the game is pressuring us to play as one of the original characters instead of our own created pc and I really do not like that, especially in roleplaying game as epic as BG.
You feel pressured by a game to play a certain character? When the same game gives you the opportunity to not play those characters? Makes no sense. If you give other people options it doesn't take anything away for you. They do have custom MC implemented, so no one is taking this from you
@@dominika3762 Its not taking away options, its just making one clearly superior way to experience the story, which is the same thing as making a decision for many people. Consider this, there is locked content behind playing characters other than the one you want to create, however origin characters, have access to everything that a created one has.
I want to see all the game has to offer, but I want to play as my character, that is now sadly impossible.
I dont want to be told who to play as to see as much of the game as I can, I want to be able to create a character and be given all the neccessary tools to make the game fun for me, like its normally done with dnd titles. Moreover, this isnt a Divinity game, this is a Baldurs Gate game, nobody was expecting nor asking for origin characters, or predetermined characters, thats not how these games are made or played, fans of DnD and Baldurs Gate want as much freedom and reactivity for pc characters as the game can offer.
And thats not even getting into the fact of how many resources the origin characters being playable is taking, all the voice acting must be costing a fortune and it will innevitably come at the expence of something, long development time being the best of options here.
Bottom line, Origin characters being more then party members and companions is simply unneeded and it has created issues within the fandom for Larian. Its their creation they put within an already established franchise, its up to them to make it feel seemless and like a good adition, at the moment thats not the case for many.
@@KaiSaeren if this way is superior (for you at least? That's what you said) then why being irritated that they might want to give you both a superior and inferior? Buddy, that's some masochism problems :D
@@KaiSaeren well, damn them to hell those that do not like this. They can go and play Pillars or Pathfinder.
This nostalgia, wanting a game to be "worse" is maddening. Just because something is called something doesn't mean it has to have it's predecessors flaws.
I disliked new Torment tides of numenera but I would never dream of being salty that they called the game Torment.
BG3 is just that: third part of something vaguely connected to the story. And that's ok.
I'm happy Astarion doesn't talk like that in the full release version of the game... His narration isn't great. I was expecting him to be wonderful and witty and seductive, like he is in the full release version, but he's not. He's bland and dull. What a disappointment... However, I would still love to do a run where there is more Astarion and more Astarion voice lines. I have a feeling I'll be watching this video more than once lol
to be fair, the witty/seductive voice we see in the game is mostly a performance meant for everyone around him, which is a big part of his story, while he doesn't have any reason to do a performance if these are his own thoughts to himself. but yeah it does show how his voice actor grew into the character over time
Yeah, why would he be seductive if these are his thoughts? His personality is an act. I actually like that duality, THAT would be a difference between Tav playthrough and origin playthrough. Which now is barely noticeable.
There is still the sense of wonder, fear and anger sometimes. So this would be more his real self.
@@dominika3762 I'm glad they removed this. His narration was quite bland. And no, if you are an actual funny and witty person you don't suddenly become boring and uninterested when you're by yourself.
@@yuuya2111 i don't think it was bland. It seemed to me as if we had a real him - narrator - and a flamboyant over the top personality. Maybe we could have seen a duality
@@yuuya2111 That's just his persona. He's actually a lot more stern if he's not in performance mode
I don't see the point on playing an origin character if they don't have these lines. They have amazing personalities dulled down by the mute protagonist syndrome. Thanks reddit, brandead idiots ruined something that could have been a masterpiece.