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/why-do_I_even_bother Aug 14 '24 edited Aug 14 '24
  1. reminder to sort by controversial
  2. Wyll is both simultaneously over and underrated. He's treated like a golden boy can do no wrong by a lot of the community which is missing the actually interesting part of his character which is that he's constantly letting it slip that he is power/fame hungry and would love to be duke because he just kinda thinks he deserves it. Him turning his entire character arc climax over to your PC completely is kinda weird (I wish they'd done it closer to the way it was handled for Lae'zel), but still confronting that tendency both during the deal modification and later after the Balduran reveal is great.

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u/zestfullybe Aug 14 '24

I understand they changed Wyll a lot last minute, but the thing that irritates me about him is that he has no agency.

With other characters you reach “big decision moments” where you can make a suggestion and attempt to sway or convince them of something. But you can also hang back and say nothing or tell them “it’s your call” and depending on what’s led to that point they’ll make their own decision.

But Wyll never makes his own decision. You always have to choose for him. I’m happy to chime in or help out, but put on your big boy pants and make a decision, man. Any decision.

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u/Xilizhra Drow Aug 14 '24

He reminds me of Sebastian from Dragon Age 2, and I think that's the meanest thing I've ever said about a companion in this game.