I love Jon as a villain, but he works better the less you know about him. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks Baldur's Gate II's story peaks right before Irenicus' plan is put into action.
Without compelling human motivations, ones you can sympathize with, you'll have trouble creating drama in your narrative. I think you could have gotten something like that with Irenicus, but the majority of your interactions with him occur mid-apocalyptic scheme. I'm not even sure you ever have dialogue choices when talking to him.
The interesting thing is that Jon and Ketheric's motivations are more or less the same. Thorm feels scorned by his faith, so
something something Doomsday. Parsing out so much about the game from the vagaries of a game trailer is a little much.
I will be honest, the character didn’t work for me at all when I watched the trailer. The delivery is subdued - it’s at odds with trailers combat music and overall “epicness” but VO itself paints an evocative character. But I don’t think it is an indication that performance or character is bad - I just don’t think this trailer is very good.
I don’t think it shows the game at its best. It’s also rather split in its purpose - one one hand it reveals a new character, while also revealing console port and coop features. Showing goofy jumps and running animation quite effectively undermine the voiceover. And cutscene quality is what it is.
I think the mismatch is because they're using lines from a scene with a very different tone, the same from the VO trailer, but the trailer is building up to a big fight.
