I think some of the interest comes from the way that these games still key off real world conventions, and along the evil path, Minthara is oddly one of the more sex positive characters in Act 1. They played it up further by going all porna with her in the celebration scene. Basically the Evil path S&M one night stand, where she still tries to kill you afterwards, unless you really thread the needle there lol.
If Astarion suddenly had silver eyeliner, I don't think anyone would be too up in arms about it hehe, but its like they're trying to do too much of a 180 on this one. Just make a new character at that point, I mean right?
Originally Posted by Hachina
Minthara is way better in patch 5 imo. Cleaner look, more graphic.
I agree that she looks more graphic now, but I see that as a net negative with the rest of the game's aesthetic being what it is. To me it flattens the figure, but not in a good graphic design type way like a Mucha drawing or something, instead I just get the impression that she's not fully rendered. The profusion of hard edges and general lack of contrast annoys me compared to the earlier iteration. Maybe this is what they wanted all along, but then they shouldn't have given me the chance to see their rough sketches first, since of course I'd end up liking those better haha. Isn't that always the case with revisited sketches? lol
