I play since the beginning of early access and what I find sad is, that some characters are mellowed down so much.
Shadowheart now basically pours her heart out after a few nights and you are her instant bestie. And her cottage core tradwife ( exaggerating here, but you know, what I mean) ending when romanced is just too much for me. I would have preferred her more complex personality from early access.
Astarion: same as with Shadowheart. I don't look for rising his approval, I play the way, I picture my characters and I usually have the bite scene in the third night and I hate it. In EA he was more careful and paranoid for a longer time. Granted, he doesn't do a 180 like Shadow, but I still think, his reveal comes too soon. Yes, we all can see, he is a vampire, I still loved to find the clues and him trying to come up with excuses ( for the bloodless boar for example). Same with Shadowhearts reveal, that she is Sharran: both are big things. Most people in the Forgotten Realms would not trust a vampire or a Sharran, so I would love to see both reveals a bit more of a big deal. Though at least, Astarion stays somewhat paranoid up to the drow encounter in Moonrise, which is a nice touch.
Gale: in EA it was possible, that he makes a pact behind our backs with Raphael, if we don't give him magical items. That was kind of cool and it gives a sense of dread and more motivation to maybe break into the House of Hope to destroy the contract, Gale might have made on our behalf. He is ambitious and takes care, to not kill others, plus he is not opposed to dealing with Raphael, so for me, it is sad, this story element is gone.
Karlach was more aggressive towards the group before, though like Wyll, her character had a total rewrite, so that wouldn't make sense with full game Karlach.
Wyll was more hateful towards goblins and had a more complicated relationship with Mizora, though I think apart from the fact, that he has not enough reactivity compared to other companions, I prefer the rewrite in this case. He was always one of the more good aligned characters.
Lae'zel luckily is her bitchy self, she has the slow development, that I wished from Shadowheart. It just makes sense that she takes a while to warm up towards us and Faerun.
Halsin in EA was supposed to be the one, who killed Isobel and therefore felt responsible for the Shadowcurse. I really wish, they had kept that storyline, it would have made his character so much more interesting.
Last edited by fylimar; 06/05/25 12:32 PM.
