Fully agree with all you wrote, from the bugs to the fetish part.
Halsin and Astarion are the 'star' companions from Larian's perspective. It was no coincidence that it was Halsin and Astarion in the ridiculous bear scene.
As more people finish the game, more posts are appearing expressing disappointment with endings or confusion with the story. This game is nowhere near as good as the hype claims.
The graphics are okay but not great - I use reshader which blows the vanilla graphics out of the water. Character Creation is pretty basic - 2 or 3 body shapes, less than a dozen heads, no sliders for anything. Lack of a decent number of companions. Poor writing with too many modern phrases. Far too many cutscenes - if I want 'cinematics' I'll go to the cinema. Overly complicated, rubbish story which is mostly a vehicle to allow the name-dropping of every deity in the Faerun pantheon and walk-on parts for NPCs from the original BG games - Jaheira, Minsc, Volo, Elminster, etc.
