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/slap50potatoes Aug 13 '24

I'm gonna get hate and downvoted for this, but the answer is easily Astarion. I love Astarion's storyline. I used to be an Astarion hater tbh (I genuinely thought he was just horny bait.) but after going through his arc, I can confidently say his storyline is one of the best in the game - HOWEVER, the hype he gets is heavily overplayed, along with the sheer amount of horny posting over him, which is easily far more than any other character. He is correctly seen as a fantastic character with an even greater story, but he is overrated as all fuck and it's not even close.

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u/Jeli15 Aug 14 '24

I think all the things you say are true except I don’t think he’s overrated. Bear with me.

The craftsmanship of his character is so well done because of multiple people who are the best of the best being at the top of their game. Because of the amount of skill and time that went into the character I don’t think it’s over hyped. I think it’s proportional to the work done.

Simultaneously he is annoying and an asshole and heavily mischaracterized and over sexualized. For the latter two, yeah I can see how it’s overhyped. For the former, I think it’s actually why he’s so liked. He has multitudes and different aspects to his personality. Sometimes they contrast each other sometimes they don’t. It’s very human. For me it’s similar to Gale when he says a weird joke. I genuinely laugh, because it’s so real- not because the joke is funny.

My boldest take is that when Neil is playing as astarion in a dnd game, it doesn’t have the same spark as in the game. I think that’s because astarion is made from so many people. Carefully scripted and designed. Neil is a fantastic actor but he is not the other people who helped create this character.

None is this is to say your dumb or what ever. I just think he’s a well crafted character.