Was it not obvious from the start, I mean I already saw this when I was introduced to the ''totally not dorian pavus'', sassy vampire character of Astarion who seemed to be just created to bring over all of the Bioware/Inquisition fans desperate for another DAI type experience in Bioware's decline. And that worked as i've seen tons of articles from the bio fans making those comparisons, i've seen a lot of the artist making fanart for the character say things like ''I don't know what BG3 is but I love astarion'', ''I never played this game but I love vampire sass'' lmao. My fear is that, as someone else posted on the subreddit, they'll focus too much on catering to these ''new fans'' posting on their social medias, and forget to make the game they initially set out to make.
Ok so having just re-played DA:I - aside from the sassy irreverent attitude, Astarion is not that similar to Dorian at all... I agree with Nyloth here. He is not the same sort of character. (Although I don't quite understand the people who claim to love Astarion and write fanfic etc about him without ever having played BG3, but whatever floats their boat I suppose!)
Also, weren't the original BG games created by Bioware? So what's wrong with having Bioware/Dragon Age fans become Larian/BG3 fans, exactly?
There is no One True Pathway to this game... Some people arrive here with a DnD background, some have played Larian games before, some have played the original BG games, some just enjoy RPGs in general, such as Dragon Age series, etc, and some people are trying this sort of game for the first time ever.
Larian are still "making the game they initially set out to make". We don't even know what is in the rest of the game yet! We can only judge by what we've seen so far, and on the verge of a big patch that's likely going to change things.
