I think that just drawing minsc from a 20 year old game into a new game written by different people in different context means that he wouldn't be the same, unless the writers are super talented (and honestly I don't think Larian's writers are talented enough). So if only bringing minsc is a very complicated writing work, creating him as an origin character is even more complicated.
Hmmm... I strongly disagree with that. Minsc is not a complicated character to write. He is about as easy and straightforward as a character can be. He is big and dumb and runs around saying “evil, meet my sword. Sword, meet evil!” and “butt-kicking for goodness!”
There is nothing complicated about that.
True. But you got it backwards, I'm not worried they will ruin him by simplifying him, but by overcomplicating him
Hmmmm... sorry, but no, I didn’t say anything about complicating or simplifying him. You said writing Minsc will be a complicated task, I said that I don’t think it will be because he is so straightforward.
But I don’t think there is a big risk in Larian overcomplicating him. I’m sure they will add a sense of pathos to his character, as Minsc’s naive and binary morality will lend itself well to that, but I’m equally sure that at the end of the day he will be just as silly and transparent as he has always been.
