They cherry picked the vampire traits that caused probelms and explained them with a really weak plot device "because tadpole".
Can you please share how'd you want vampire features implemented in detail - gameplay-wise and storywise. Would in your "version" of the game Astarion stand behind the door and ask for invitation? Would you only be able to travel at night? Would they need to implement boats so that you'd be able to cross a river? Or maybe a bridge building simulator? See where those emotional arguments lead you - nowhere.
Drinking blood, still a "problem" because you can have a fun ability and an extremely cringe camp scene.
Would you please elaborate what exactly you are talking about here. What is the cringe scene? How does the cause in that sentence relate to the consequence? Again, I only see emotion, no logical structure, thats why I ask for clarification.
Also stuck on how a "centuries old vampire" is mechanically level 1. Oh that's right, "because tadpole" again.
This seems like your personal take on it. In the game there is 1 banter dialogue between Astation and Wyll and 1 cinematic dialogue which elaborate on the topic of how powerful the spawn is. And it is clearly stated that it is not very powerful and weak even, when it doesn't consume blood.
Astarion could just be a living High Elf with an evil sadistic character because of a history of abuse, and he would be a much better character for it.
True, I even think the whole story is a very obvious copy paste from Sebille, which is like, not bad, but for someone who'd played DOS2 it can be rather repetitive. I actually think the "vampire" twist saves the day here for that audience.
Edit: don't get me wrong, I respect your opinion on the matter. It is just that you use a barrage of emotional arguments and those only create a fuss. This tactic kills any constructive discussion and devolves into "shouting opinions" and it is clearly seen through the fact that you'd ignored my previous post regarding your first emotional barrage. I don't want this thread to turn into hate speech polygon
