His initial impressions so far:

"gale is sus as fuck

I like the two ladies, but they sadly have friction between them

the white vampire lad is just annoying and sitting in the camp

I like the black swordsman dude, but I’m curious what gale is up to, so swordsy is sitting in camp as well"

He’s been playing a half orc barbarian so he has been doing all the classic barbarian things (broke Shart out of her box with strength, intimidated his way through many situations, etc.)

So far, he went straight to the goblin camp after doing a bit of the Grove content and got demolished by Dror Ragzlin.

He hasn’t found Withers yet. I haven’t spoiled anything to him but have strongly insisted he try to find “the talking mummified man”. I have also recommended following up on Wyll’s “hunt” and promised him he will find “something nice” at the end of it. I will return with more updates once he progresses more.

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    11 months ago

    Gale is sus as fuck at first. He’s too charming. My first thought was “this dude’s hiding something…” and I mean… I was right. It just wasn’t about being evil. I never trust a character that’s immediately nice when everyone up to that point has been a jerk.

    • @MagicShel@programming.dev
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      811 months ago

      That MF is also the only one who doesn’t connect tadpoles but he’s all like “hey I was totes on that ship with you!”

      Sure you were, motherfucker.

      Oh and now you want to eat all my shit? Fuck you, wizards are my last favorite caster anyway.

      He ran off and I never found Astarion until my fourth or fifth playthrough.

    • teft
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      111 months ago

      It just wasn’t about being evil.

      I mean, it can be about evil. If you give Gale enough leash he will take the Karsus weave and the crown, merge them, and become a god.

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    1211 months ago

    It’s fun getting commentary from newbies – makes me want to start a new run all fresh and innocent like :)

    Maybe I’ll play something older, like BG2 or Planescape: Torment or something – to scratch that itch again

  • @i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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    911 months ago

    I didn’t release Withers in my first play through and he still randomly showed up at camp later in Act 1. I don’t remember if he said any “we meet again” stuff but it was weird and possibly a bug.

    It’s surprising how many times you need to replay the game to really understand everything a quest or NPC might do. The butterfly effect is strong in this game.

    • ඞmir
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      311 months ago

      I also did a run where I speedran getting Minthara, so I skipped a massive portion of the game in that run. He shows up at some point lol

    • teft
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      211 months ago

      Not a bug. He shows up regardless if you find him in his crypt or not.

  • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    811 months ago

    Yesss, yess! Half Orc Barbarian is so much fun. I only wish we had a voice that was basically just growls. Did you drop a hint for that badass sword you can get from the gith peeps in Act 1?

    • @RinseDrizzle@midwest.social
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      111 months ago

      Honestly yeah. I know it would just add much more work and storage having even more voice acting, but barbarian/dragonborn voices are too prim and proper in current state.

    • @ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
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      111 months ago

      basically just growls

      I think they’ve patched one in, I’m playing a dragonborn storm sorc and his voice is so low it’s jarring sometimes.

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      111 months ago

      Going for a more evil (maybe durge) run next to get more use out of Laez & Astarion. I’ve heard great things about both but didn’t hang much on the chaotic good run.

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        11 months ago

        I never used Astarion, didn’t really care for him. So i got rid of him for something more useful (don’t want to spoil anything, and can’t figure out the spoiler tag on Boost)

    • @FalseAladeen@lemmy.worldOP
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      1011 months ago

      If the price is not a problem for your income level, I highly recommend buying the game if you enjoy turn based crpgs. The game is worth every bit of the cost and more. Definitely the best game I’ve played so far.

      • hh93
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        111 months ago

        My friend really dislikes Turnbased combat but still liked the game a lot just for how much freedom you have in your gameplay

    • @BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com
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      211 months ago

      Honestly it’s a pretty sick game for its price. I have zero regrets, it’s like ME1 all over again. Probably is still on sale.

  • SokathHisEyesOpen
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    111 months ago

    Astarion is my second favorite companion. Karlach is too cool to not be my first favorite, but Astarion with his scheming and sassy attitude is such fun! Astarion was also my most powerful companion, and group face in my first playthrough, so I very much needed him in the party. This time I’m playing as a Bard and don’t need him, but I just added him back to the party to take on Cazador, and he’s still a badass. I’m rolling with him as a Monk/Thief now and he kicks major ass, and doubles as a pack mule.