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Is it just me or is the whole Karlach romance EXTREMELY well done? I know I'm a big ol' weird softie and your mileage may vary, but it had me laughing and crying and cheering!

I just couldn't help but feel her frustration, be touched by her love for my fictional avatar and her giddiness the morning after is one of if not THE most touching example of infectious giddy happiness I've ever seen in a game, he'll in any fiction at all!

Hats off to the the team who created, drew and brought to life the visual aspects of the character and to Samantha Béart for a masterful achievement in voice acting!

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would have been interested in seeing it but my save was completely hardlocked out of it. In contrast to basically every other character she never ever came on to me (middle of Act 3 currently).

I must have done something in the wrong order, I've heard others have had trouble with it as well.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I was at the beginning of Act 3 when I realised that I had irrevocably missed out on it. I had to start a new game from scratch and follow a guide, but it was absolutely worth it!

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The romances could do with a bit of an overhaul, in my opinion. Feels like several of them have weird pacing, and so many characters go from 0-100 in the blink of an eye. You say a single affirmation to Halsin and he acts like he's been in love with you his whole life and you're soulmates. Dude, I just offered you a drink at a celebration out of common courtesy.

With every other NPC being so horny it's actually been refreshing to have Karlach just behave like a buddy in my playthrough, but in general for the Karlach romance to be so fiddly you need to follow a guide to not lock yourself out of it just sounds... poorly implemented.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's fiddly for sure, but the payoff is more than worth the bother IMO 🤷

[–] joe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My first playthrough was the same thing, but I think it's because I picked her up so late in Act 1. I have no actual data but I think that if you don't have a certain level of approval with her when you

spoiler about Karlach's side questhave her heart tuned the first time
you miss out on romancing her for the rest of the game. For my playthrough, I basically picked her up, and started progressing through her quest immediately, and already that the item needed to finish her act 1 storyline; I think that's what locked me out. Again, I'm just speculating, though.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 2 years ago

That would explain it, though not make it any less poorly designed. I also picked her up just at the very end of Act 1 and already had plenty of the item needed.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have a similar lockout problem.

During a camp scene both Gale and Karlach (and Shadowheart) offered to spend the evening with me.

I spoke with Gale first (at random) and his spend the evening was just "show some magic" which I didn't realize was code. Karlach made no mention of Gale but did a fist pump when I agreed. When I finally spoke with Shadowheart she mentioned that I already had plans (unless?).

Then the Gale romance scene happened and Karlach never brought it up again. Nearly everyone else in the camp gave me a romance option and Karlach and I had a nice moment after fixing her heart the second time, but I think it's just broken.

Additionally Shadowheart has always had the romance option since it first appeared. I skipped it since we're just homies, but I think Karlach is locked out for me.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

if that nice moment with her was both seated talking, then that's the first scene. One thing you can do with followers once their approval is high enough, is to go back to act 1 and spam partial long rests to trigger the remaining act 1 scenes. Then go to act 2 and do the same to see if new ones pop up.