Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General What else do you think Larian is keeping a secret?

First impressions are VERY important to me and I'm betting a lot of other players. To this day, I despise Astarion simply because I am unable to meet him without feeling like a buffoon because the game forces me to let him 'trick' me. In addition, Gale immediately comes across as arrogant and borderline "oh, you're an idiot, that's okay :)" to the player character. That was part of why it was so obvious SH (and the box) are meant to be so important. Larian actively started to tone her personality down, to the point where she'll actually say "hey, thanks for saving me on the ship" now instead of just the snarky "whatever" attitude she previously had. They realized that they needed to make it easier for the player to like her.

That all said, and I've said this over and over again, I'm simply not convinced Larian was being totally honest when they said that we have the evil/neutral party now and we'll get the good companions later. This is the main party, like it or not.