Originally Posted by Sozz

I'll use the two previous BG games.

Baldur's Gate: you get a VO setting the stage, you're an orphan living a monastic life with your foster father, you go around meeting people, allowing you to get a feel for what your character is like and introducing you to the world, this ends when you're waylaid by some baddies who murder your mentor and set you on the path of adventure.

Shadows of Amn: completely out of left field after your triumph at Baldur's Gate we meet our hero after he's been captured by a mad scientist, who subjectes him and his friends to torture, after an indeterminate amount of time you escape and rescue (or not) some old companions, Irenicus's dungeon lets you establish what kind of character you are, tells you this story will be incorporating more darker elements into the high fantasy before putting you into a completely foreign city.

I know people like to vent at having to play through Irenicus's dungeon but that only really became an issue to me after I understood your character is only ever going to be a cipher in this game, so your choices don't really matter, and because at that point I've played the game so much I can go through it blindfolded. Shadows of Amn had a tutorial too, which deals with your capture I think, I only played it once well after finishing the game multiple times, so I can't comment.

Compare with BG:3, you awake in a Illithid pod, are implanted with a tadpole, then go on an adventure to get rid of it. With the origin characters it will no doubt be different but if you play a custom character don't expect to have a personality that isn't established by other characters.


You are told who you are in those games. With this one you are free to be whoever you want. You are able to develop whatever personality you want, it isn't going to be established by other characters unless you let them. That is what is so great about this game, you can use whatever your imagination comes up with. Why do you wish to limit this?