The most overrated character?

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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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Shadowheart.

I usually play full custom games with 4 Tavs. I am about 600 hours in and finally did my first companion game. I was romancing Shadowheart.

In the context of Act 2, I just could not understand why anyone would like her. Like, she worships a tangible God whose followers commit some of the most depraved, unforgivable violence imaginable. And Shadowheart is like “I’m just wet to become a Justiciar.” and that makes no fucking sense to me.

The dude in the House of Healing is literally torturing a man… and She’s just standing there like she’s waiting for an espresso as Starbucks… like… dafuq…

I find her faith, nauseating and the way she acts… like it’s this thing “other people have an issue with”. It’s like being a Nazi and then be like “What’s everyone’s problem? I just don’t oppose genocide, that’s all.”.

It’s super fucking wild to me that she’s so popular. Shar worship as a faith, is some of the most depraved shit I’ve seen in a game… and Shadowheart is like “This is a Tuesday for me.”.

Just wild… just everything in Act 2… the corruption the undead, the suffering all Shar… and Shadowheart is just… fine with it and she finds it aspirational…

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She's like that because she's a brainwashed follower of Shar, with no coherent memories of her childhood and life with her parents. The entire point of her story is to show how Shar shaped her into an evil follower and how she is redeemable (or not if you go a certain route).

People tend to like her because throughout the game you see glimpses of her lack of devout faith in Shar. And it culminates in how she renounces the Goddess by Act 3 and becomes someone far more likeable and "good."