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Ballas Gate 3 but instead of fighting the absolute you go hard in the paint. Picture felt relevant since Im known to enjoy both twinks and muscle mommies.

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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Feel like I'm the only one on Team Lae'Zel

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seems everyone is Team Shadowheart.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Shadowheart feels like the default straight option, as her and Wyll are the only ones that don’t seem to want you dead and are nice from the beginning

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

She's the "Alistair" of the group, meant to be the most agreeable to the player.

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I fucking loved Lae´Zel was probably my fav. char. Minthara was cool but it didnt feel worth it to loose out 3(?) other chars just to get her (and I do like Minti).

I think they changed how you get Minthara in one of the updates ? So its not so punishing anymore.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Coward too spineless to get beat up by space battletoad gf

[–] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I'm on break from playing after finishing Act 2 but pretty much always had Lae'zel and Shadowheart in the party, lots of character development for both, got used to them. For the third character I had Astarion in the beginning and then Minthara later. I didn't go the 'full evil' route to get Minthara but it still cut off some quests early as a result.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I’m bi and I really don’t want to fuck anyone in that party except maybe Wyll.

The racist murder-fish is a hard pass, I don’t even want her in my party even if a fighter would be pretty helpful right now

Muscular mommy is really not my thing

Astarion’s fun to have around but he mostly activates my “creepy weirdo” detectors and not “hot guy”

The whiny horny Wizard who eats my magical items I’d generally like to talk less

And then Shadowheart is… fine I guess. Kinda boring and I don’t think she’s that cute but better than being actively awful

Wyll is a cheeseball but I think it’s cute. Bro named himself like he’s a whole group

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Without spoiling too much, there is quite a bit of payoff for sticking with Lae'Zel until the end, imho. I do agree that she is a bit off-putting at the start, though. Unfortunately, I didn't get much time with Wyll or Karlach, which is a shame since they seemed like some of the more enjoyable companions.

I'm also bisexual, and frankly, I'm not a picky eater, so some character quirks don't really stop me from having a good time. (I do understand that some people have more specific tastes or higher standards, and there's nothing wrong with that.)

[–] Nacarbac@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Larian's character writing has never been very interesting to me - I'm not sure what it is, perhaps there's a showiness to them that feels shallow. It doesn't help that their back stories are almost always "supercool world-shaker who had a More Interesting Adventure than this... Level 1", as that always starts them off on the back foot with me for entirely petty reasons.

By contrast with various other games, perhaps their character backstories and the talk they inspire are less about "the cool things I did and their Dark Consequences that now directly affect you" and more about life events that exist outside the Plot?

Eh, I'm probably remembering things a bit rosily...and, uh, I forgot that I was originally trying to say something about their appeal rather than just rambling.

[–] motherofmonsters@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

You might just be ace

[–] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

I myself love Big hairy gay men, so imagine my surprise when I was told I could have sex with a bear, dream cum true.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Baldur's Gate 3"

was (is?) GOTYS, mfs!

soviet-huff

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was glorious. I almost regret playing a rather quick (60h) evil playthrough. Missed a bunch of stuff but that gives me an excuse to play it again in a couple of years after its super polished and has a ton of mods.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Frankly, I might cut my playthrough short as well; too many games nowadays.

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Baldurs Gate is one of the rare games where a 100h game time can feel earned. Stuff like Assassins creed just got so much bloat and busywork which can be nice for a while but after like 30-40h im usually kind of fed up with most AAA games.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm glad that Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II felt perfectly paced and just the right amount of padding and side-quests and content.

Damn, and I miss the first Assassin's Creed...

I will say, I however, that I really liked Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag but I love "nautical games."

[–] Orannis62@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've heard that Assassin's Creed Mirage is kind of a return to the original, shorter format.

I also really miss the first game. I loved how it seemed to be trying a new thing, even if it was a bit janky. God, if only I knew what it would become

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

I loved the atmosphere.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Assassin's Creed: Rogue is the shorter remix version of Black Flag that you might enjoy.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago
[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

so much bloat and busywork which can be nice for a while but after like 30-40h im usually kind of fed up with most AAA games

Yeah, I get the conflicting "I just want to finish the game" and "I don't want to miss the side content" feelings and I usually just drop the game at that point lol.

[–] motherofmonsters@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

What is this, my transition timeline?

[–] bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I hate being evil in video games, but god damn does that evil twink make me want to commit crimes for him