Originally Posted by Rotsen
To be honest I think that Larian misinterpreted what people wanted from Halsin. In EA some folks were making memes and sex jokes about him which led to Larian making him into a 'meme' character.

When I look at Halsin (now) I only see a sex pest and not a druid with a traumatic past (Isobel/Kethric thing), everything about him revolves around 'Can I join?' and 'I can not commit to you because I want to enjoy the natures beauty' (I'm not even going to mention the bear thing)

I was never a fan of polyamory so I wouldn't mind if Larian removed that option entirely and if its that important for his character, have him mention it as something that was part of his past but have his romance be one of commitment.

I've been blasting through my playthroughs trying to see as much as I can story and romance wise and Halsin next to Minthara just feels like a last second addition to the companion roster where they decided to shove all the missing choices/options (poly, kinks etc.) into his story so they can say 'See we have it all!' (In my opinion it kinda ruined his character and other companions that are tied to it also)
Not surprising really. The entire hype and marketing of BG3 is based on sex and giving thirsty people their waifus. Those people are also what is keeping up the BG3 hype and prevents all the problems of act 3 to become mainstream as they are shouting down everything thats not horny meme pictures.

Thats also why multiple interesting characters got rewritten into mallable waifus/husbandos.
In the end Larian knew exactly what their customers wanted. Only that many of the customers dont care about BG3 as a game and instead just want well animated waifus/husbandos they can fantasize about.

Last edited by Ixal; 02/09/23 10:34 AM.