I think the fairness is probably hard to get too because not all of the companions do have the same elements present in their stories. Just talking about the main companions: Astarion, Lae'zel and Shadowheart each have locations specifically dedicated to them (God's favourite princess has two), Wyll sort of kind of has one too, even though he has to share; Astarion, Lae'zel, Shadowheart and Karlach have big heroic moments with fancy cinematics to celebrate the end of their quest dedicated to them; Astarion, Lae'zel, Shadowheart, Karlach and Wyll have boss battles that are tied into their quests, Astarion, Gale and Shadowheart have a lot of little interactions throughout the game; and Gale has insanely good dialogue with tons of variations for the other Origins and classes - I list that as a point because I think he is the most fine-tuned of all the characters. They seem to have written variations of how his new friends compare to Tara for each of the Origins for example, and each of them has a special line for how they might envision harmony - Astarion has two because one of them is canceled out by being a bard.
So yes, Gale's act 2 romance scene is insanely beautiful, both in its writing and in its visualisation and it is so full of nuance and hidden detail, that I am in awe of it every time. Did you spot Tara's pet bowls in the Waterdeep portion, Crimsom? It does fulfil the double function of being his big cinematic as well as his big romance scene though. (It's like the ritual, abandoning the ritual, graveyard scene and last-night-alive in one.)
This is just to make a point that the direct comparison is maybe a little hard to make. That aside, I of course agree that some of the companions, desperately need some fixes. I am very sad that Minthy currently thinks we are in act 2, when Elminster asks Avatar-Gale to come to the Tabernacle, so I don't get her awesome pep talk. I know that's not related to romance but it friendship is important too, yes?
Last edited by Anska; 14/09/24 10:24 PM.
