Originally Posted by TheOracle
edit: Oh and for the fantasy bit, that's a pretty strange thing to have in your videogame. I understand everyone has their fantasies, I have them too! (completely unrelated but, please dm me if you know any good minthara cosplayers) We weren't meant to analyze it like this, but imagine if this was real scenario. Your significant other just admitted, in front of you, that they have been fantasizing about banging your best friend. Would that not warrant a serious discussion irl?

Yup, it's just more reason making it inconsistent, out of character scenes of questionable quality. I mentioned this in the other thread, but in real life that would be grounds for divorce. Add the disapproval and.. well, I can think of a lot of real life cases where that did not end well. At all. Keeps the cops and courts busy at least.

It's making me kill Halsin in every playthrough before going to act 3 from here on though, regardless of who I romance (sorry people, I want him changed too but until then...).

Originally Posted by JeyFrey
To be fair, there was no more money to be made from us, who already bought BG3 for the EA. But, there still was a large number of people, a pool of untouched money, so to speak, still waiting. From his first time in the game onwards, Halsin maybe was the most promising candidate to use for marketing. Especially for the younger folks, who are easily impressed by the scenes shown at the last PFH. And I think, this is why we have the Halsin who's in the game now. I don't even blame anyone, it was a matter of money and they decided to take this steps. Do I appreciate it? Not in the slightest. Do I wish I had a nice adult chill buddy names Halsin? Yes of course.

Maybe, now that the hot phase of selling copies is gone, we can get a version of Halsin that's more like he was in EA.

Question is if it was worth it. That's up to them to decide of course, but the way I see it is that they lost a lot of loyal fans who spent hours upon hours sending in feedback during EA - which they supposedly really appreciated, and supposedly still do - just to have it used against them, even if unintended. And what did they gain? A bunch of immature people buying their game who saw some scenes they thought were funny, then never got past act 1 because it's not their type of game and the rest of the game doesn't whatsoever reflect what those scenes of questionable quality do.

Last edited by Michieltjuhh; 26/10/23 08:22 PM.