True! Then again, Larian removing the scenes you posted... Why? Why would they do it? It's the little moments like these that help define a character and show team dynamics. I had a feeling something was missing right after killing Gandrel.
1. Make great scenes 2. Remove scenes that are greatness. 3. Add them to the Definitive Edition, making DE great. 4. ??? 5. Profit
Here are two thoughts. 1 - Practical, it was just a lot of scenes, and probably should have updated the animation, colors a bit, since Astarion has enough scenes, it just wasn't done, spending time on something else. 2 - Defang - these scenes show even better that Astarion is… have the fang, good for evil, and immoral, in the release version either, if a few puzzles got lost the big picture is visible all the same. Gods, let it be 1. It will be good if scenes that don't logically contradict the plot are brought back. For example, in EA he was affected by running water, now, so the dialog is not needed. A "little death" is always needed, geez. But what are Larian doing with Astarion? EA has had people complaining, lots of people, that companions are evil. Because Larian just didn't show the good ones at that point. It was Jeheira, Minsc, Karlach - they showed up later. It was only Wyll who still demands attention now. Now it's the other way around. The only man for evil is Astarion.Yes, Larian, that Prince is "evil", we know that. And I love it so much. Astarion fixed me for evil, completely.
Originally Posted by Zayir
A poll (125.556 votes) on youtube says 80 % of the players choose Astarion’s good route and 20 % of the players choose his evil route. And I am sure of this 20 % also some primarily choose the ascended route to avoid the „dock scene“. If Astarion gets a cure.. and/or the good route becomes better… the 80 % will increase.
Nah, not for me, never. I choose a vampire as a love interest for: decadence, danger, hedonism, passion, and domination over Faerun. My (our) castle, ships, being on silk sheets and a golden goblet in my hand with an "Evil" King who is really happy, loves me, and got everything he wanted along the way - is the whole point of Dark Fantasy for me. His yandere mod is understandable and nice.
There's the initially unpopular that later becomes iconic.
Originally Posted by Ametris
It's noticeable that something is missing there. There's a saying "if you erase someone's past you control their future". It just looks like they're sneakily trying to turn him into a good guy, when he's not.
That's so true!
On one hand I want to be dramatic to the changes and say don't touch it. On the other, I want to be a titan and say go ahead because I want his "evil" past so badly and it would be fair to EA players who were waiting for the reasoning behind the "evil justice" theme. His quest will get deeper in general, for friendship. And honestly it wouldn't be a surprise, for those people who are deep into the darkness of Astarion.
