Originally Posted by Chiquidmaster
Originally Posted by Silver/
Originally Posted by Cowoline
One small thing: Larian did try this before with The Red Prince, who did the exact same thing in DOS2. They did the exact same thing as in DOS2 where half of the LI left the main character. The very very nearly killed off half the party like they did in DOS2. And all of this was HATED and complained over again and again.

And I did The Red Prince romance, and you know what? It has NOTHING on Halsin. That romance The Red Prince is up front, but it is hated for a reason.

For all Larian listens, they also repeat the same mistakes over and over.

And if I remember correctly this was all done by the same author who wrote Halsin.

So, they had all the data they needed to know this, and the dark version of this is: They added Halsin as a romance based on player feedback, but then based him on one of the most hated romances in their previous games on purpose.
Wait, what?! Oh, no. It all makes sense now


And why would Larian do something like that? So we can complain endlessly? What strange fetish is this Larian? Do we have to worry?
I'm not sure I would say "Larian", but certainly "this one specific writer". If someone can release a "romance" where the player is some voyeuristic second fiddle, then they will not care how 99% of the audience perceives Halsin. This is the 1% philosophy at work, perhaps, where they strive to keep some content niche. Why it had to be Halsin...