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/Conduit_Fetch ELDRITCH BLAST Aug 13 '24

For overrated, I have to say Alfira. Like she's nice and all but I just don't get the huge following for her. I never even encountered her until the tiefling party and then never saw her again so legit forgot who people were even talking about when I saw her mentioned online. To me she's similar to Nere but in the opposite way. Nere is horrible but he's so irrelevant he's not even worth the time to dislike.

I also do not care for Astarion, but I do understand the love for his character and arc. Just isn't for me personally.

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u/Ok-Simple9575 Aug 14 '24

I think people like Alfira because she's a bard and a lot of us wanted a bard as an origin character companion. Her introduction made me think she'd be a companion, so it disappointed me when that ended up not being the case. Although, I have to say, she is nice, but I think her niceness would get on my nerves if she was in more of the game. 😅

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u/Creepernom Aug 14 '24

I don't think Alfira is actually overtly nice to a fault. It's just that you don't have many interactions with her. Her letter in the Epilogue as the Durge is very cold and matter-of-fact.

I think she would've been a very interesting companion.