Originally Posted by Michieltjuhh
Of course more general forums, sharing platforms etc. are going to be more popular than a forum specifically made for the game. I still think the majority of silent players who finished the game would've preferred a consistent story and were put off by these inconsistencies. That kind of feeling doesn't disappear - they'll have less faith in a good story next time. On the other hand I think the majority that haven't reached act 3 are those who weren't convinced to play the game until they saw these scenes, because it's just not their type of game otherwise and there's nothing more than just these scenes for them. It's like Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom putting emphasis on the return of Jeff Goldblum just to have his entire presence thrown into the trailer. Meanwhile act 3 itself is still an unfinished mess and now we know what they spent their time on instead.

And the people that gave all that feedback during EA, which I'd imagine are those that are here on their official forums (not I, I don't bother with EA)? Well, I don't expect a lot of them to return for the next title's EA, now that they know what happens with their feedback. They do still have the time to fix it, and give Halsin a real romance, but that doesn't mean this didn't happen in the first place.

So they got short term profit at the cost of long term profit. In the grander scheme of things it very likely didn't matter whatsoever, we're talking such small margins (of both gain and loss) that it's not going to harm them at all. But it still sets a precedent that if they continue will start cracking the veil of 'good company amongst all the bad ones' which is something I can imagine they'd rather uphold.

Sorry for double posting, but thought I should answer to that, too.

First of all: I really wish they would change Halsin, but I am trying to be realistic.

I don't really want to disagree with you, but if lot of people would've preferred another gaming or story experience, where are all their comments, rants and such?
Looking at Metacritic, I see a 96 and a 8.9 - lets be honest, a whole lot of companies would offer a bowl of kidneys to get that.

The first time I went into the forum and Discord, I was way more emotional ridden, mostly because I disliked that this totally good game made a few dumb writing mistakes. I like to write and play tabletop myself and felt like it was way too rushed or they sacrificed some good writing to get more sales (also on most tabletop rounds, sexual stuff is not really appreciated and if needed, its just a quick classic fade-to-black).
Now, after a few weeks have passed, I try to understand and see the facts.

I really understand everyone who is disappointed, tired, angry or even feels betrayed by how Halsin turned out in the full game - he has changed compared to EA Halsin. Its a bit like it could happen in real life: You get to know someone, you start dating and at some point, the person shows a completely changed behaviour - one that you dislike. I really get that and all of you have my honest support - I just think, we don't take the right path if we try to downvote everything in the game just because of the experience made with a single character (well, maybe 3 if we add SH and Astarion to the mix).

As for Act 3, of course it lacks depth, but I feel like thats mostly due to bugs (that are totally fine, if they try to fix them in a proper timeframe), performance issues and the game itself being rushed. With like 300-400 people working on it, I feel like its not right to blame the addition of Halsin for the state of Act 3. We don't even know if the people who worked on Halsin would've worked on Act 3 otherwise.