#Larian writes Ascended Astarion's romance a very specific way because the writer assumed people who romanced him on that path | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

tuxedo-rabbit · 2 months

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You know, one of the most interesting thing about BG3 to me is that all the different choices and RP moments you can make mean that it's very easy to have a multitude of playthroughs that don't neatly fall into the boxes of "good" or "evil" runs.

The other interesting thing is that whenever Larian talks about their game, it feels like this was a complete accident.

#bg3 #the “true good” path has more content than any other path #because Larian did not expect a worldstate where the tieflings were dead for any other reason then because the player murdered them #and they wanted to have consequences for players doing the “evil path”#which is also just. maybe the consequence should be anything besides having less content to playthrough #but they did THAT bc they assumed people would mostly be doing evil playthroughs for their 2nd or 3rd run when they'd be tired of sidequest #Larian writes Ascended Astarion's romance a very specific way because the writer assumed people who romanced him on that path #only cared about the sex and power #so your tav/durge gets pigeonholed into a very specific personality #and these are only the things I know for sure bc they've been outright stated in interviews or tweets from writers #i know they can't account for every playstyle #but I never felt this way playing a bioware game #the whole 'oh I clearly am not meant to rp or play this way' feeling #im caught between being glad to have more rp choices but wondering if its worth it when i get punished for taking them

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