Originally Posted by Noelle666
Originally Posted by Asri
I didn't play EA, but the snippets I have seen and heard of Halsin from EA, he sounds like a much more compelling and interesting character. More emotional and vivacious.

I'm sad I missed that version. The release Halsin seems a bit like a blank slate upon which players write their version. I think it would explain much of the love him or hate him response.
I also missed this version (I played only a little during EA) so I can only watch, read and listen to all what's left on YouTube and Tumblr. Yeah, he was more interesting, he had a real motivation to go with Tav to Act 2 and, I'd say, he also had strong story line in this act which was intertwined with the main plot. Maybe Larian team thought this story is too complex for a mere NPC and they removed it and made it simpler, but when people expressed their desire to have Halsin as companion, it was too late to bring back this because of lack of time.

I played EA and honestly, I'm pretty sure everything of him that was in EA is also still in the current version. There really wasn't much interaction with him at all in Early access in act 1. Even now I have trouble fully understanding what it was that people latched so hard onto given the relatively little that was there. I feel like Kagha had more interactions and more of an actual arc. I'm pretty sure that everything up to the part where we solve the shadowcurse was what Larian had always planned for Halsin, it's everything after that where he joins our party that's new.