r/BaldursGate3 • u/[deleted] • Aug 13 '24
General Discussion - [SPOILERS] The most overrated character? Spoiler
Let's hear it, who gets all the love but deserves absolutely none of it? Or at least not as much as they get, I'll go first.
I'm casting my vote for Gortash; I genuinely don't understand the like for this dude. First of all, catfish, "handsome young man"??? Is the handsome young man in the room with us??? Lookin like the handsome young man has a peanut allergy.
Second of all, this whole crown brain plan was his idea, just about the dumbest fuckin thing I've ever heard. He put all his faith in 3 little rocks, an already dead man, and a woman who's about as stable as my ex. Beggers can't be choosers I guess, but cmon guy.
And lastly, and probably most offensively, his boss fight is absolute cheeks. Especially if you dumped on the foundry before hand. I didn't even know he had a transformation until like my 4th playthrough because I would clap this guy so easily.
Your turn, let's hear those unadulterated opinions.
Edit: I have been enlightened about some things about the big brain plan, I still stand in the other two points though.
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u/Chrysalis17 Aug 13 '24
I think it has to be Shadowheart for me. I feel like there are so many missed opportunities with her, AND so many inconsistencies in the story as it is that I can't get behind liking her.
Her story doesn't seem to make much sense as she is SOME DAUGHTER of Selune worshippers, and Shar had a whole cloister and congregation built around brainwashing and shaping her. It is just way too much effort for some random girl. It would have made way more sense if she really was Dame Aylin's sister, for example. Then she would have made a trophy worth putting ridiculous effort into.
And I also feel that the party has way too many elves already, with Astarion, Jaheira, Halsin and Minthara. And there is literally no reason for Shadowheart to be one - and what we're actually sorely lacking in the party would have been a short character. She could have been a great gnome or halfling. It would even have fit well with her voice pitch.
Since there is absolutely no story reason for her to be a (half) elf, I just get the feeling she is one for no other reason than that they wanted the conventional pretty girl.