But honestly my biggest gripe is with the final scene you get with him just before the credits.
Aside from how weirdly abrupt it starts (we just saw him run away in terror from the sun and now we're...where, exactly?), it just feels so loveless! Where's the emotion? Why can't we hug him or kiss him? Why is Tav standing 5 feet away from him with their arms crossed? If you changed only one or two lines in the entire conversation, you wouldn't even know that this was a romance scene, it could have been a scene between two platonic friends. I'm sorry, but Larian...what were you thinking? This the very last time we're ever going to see this character that we've grown so attached to over the past 80+ hours! It shouldn't feel so empty and lifeless. I don't care that there's no sex. I don't even mind the fact that there's no magical last-minute asspull cure for him, because you do get the option to bring up finding one and I'm content to let my imagination do the rest. But I really wish it didn't leave me with the feeling of "That's it?"
I hope that they can improve the endings to some extent, either in future patches or even a definitive edition of some kind. It's an amazing game and an amazing romance otherwise.
Yes, agree. As I wrote earlier, this scene needs more physical intimacy (not sex, but something akin to the hug in Act 2.) I think it's okay that
it's a bit distanced in the beginning because it is totally in character for Astarion to be a bit cautious now that everything has changed. You are finally free of the tadpole and he is back to being limited by his vampiric curse which means you would have to adapt to a life mostly in darkness for his sake. No matter how often you have said you want him for his own sake it makes sense for him to still be afraid that it is not so. That's why it is so important that there needs to be a lot more intimacy in the answer you give him to his question if this is what you want. Like it is now it kinda fizzles out. Instead of "we will have a lot of fun together" I'd prefer something along the line of "Whatever challenges we'll face, we'll face them together". The focus on having fun together is perfect for ascended Astarion, but not spawn Astarion IMO.
Originally Posted by andromeda087
Can we, please, have something similar to Aylin/Isobel kiss with our love interest?
Yes, please! But minus the spinning around. Because I would cringe into oblivion.
