Shadowheart feels like the default straight option, as her and Wyll are the only ones that don’t seem to want you dead and are nice from the beginning
She's the "Alistair" of the group, meant to be the most agreeable to the player.
I'm on break from playing after finishing Act 2 but pretty much always had Lae'zel and Shadowheart in the party, lots of character development for both, got used to them. For the third character I had Astarion in the beginning and then Minthara later. I didn't go the 'full evil' route to get Minthara but it still cut off some quests early as a result.
Am I the only one who didn't like all that stuff? It felt so forced and uncomfortable to me. We're all covered in goblin viscera from our last battle and these guys all want to bang? It gross, no thanks, I just want to be friends guys, you're all cool people, but the sex stuff is a bit much.
I guess we're just very different people. Last thing I'd want is to bang someone right before I'm in a life or death situation with them. What if it's really awkward? I'd hate for someone's last contact with me to be weird and awkward, and not in a good way.
I didn't mean to insult you or anything, my response to potential death would be far less of that sort of stuff (plus while the characters are traditionally attractive, I'm not really attracted to any of them and wouldn't really want to fuck them even if it was potentially our last night alive.) I would probably be more panicky and trying to overprepare for whatever comes next. I'd probably be a terrible party member on an adventure lol.
I’m bi and I really don’t want to fuck anyone in that party except maybe Wyll.
The racist murder-fish is a hard pass, I don’t even want her in my party even if a fighter would be pretty helpful right now
Muscular mommy is really not my thing
Astarion’s fun to have around but he mostly activates my “creepy weirdo” detectors and not “hot guy”
The whiny horny Wizard who eats my magical items I’d generally like to talk less
And then Shadowheart is… fine I guess. Kinda boring and I don’t think she’s that cute but better than being actively awful
Wyll is a cheeseball but I think it’s cute. Bro named himself like he’s a whole group
Larian's character writing has never been very interesting to me - I'm not sure what it is, perhaps there's a showiness to them that feels shallow. It doesn't help that their back stories are almost always "supercool world-shaker who had a More Interesting Adventure than this... Level 1", as that always starts them off on the back foot with me for entirely petty reasons.
By contrast with various other games, perhaps their character backstories and the talk they inspire are less about "the cool things I did and their Dark Consequences that now directly affect you" and more about life events that exist outside the Plot?
Eh, I'm probably remembering things a bit rosily...and, uh, I forgot that I was originally trying to say something about their appeal rather than just rambling.
I myself love Big hairy gay men, so imagine my surprise when I was told I could have sex with a bear, dream cum true.
Frankly, I might cut my playthrough short as well; too many games nowadays.
Yeah, I'm glad that Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II felt perfectly paced and just the right amount of padding and side-quests and content.
Damn, and I miss the first Assassin's Creed...
I will say, I however, that I really liked Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag but I love "nautical games."
I've heard that Assassin's Creed Mirage is kind of a return to the original, shorter format.
I also really miss the first game. I loved how it seemed to be trying a new thing, even if it was a bit janky. God, if only I knew what it would become
Assassin's Creed: Rogue is the shorter remix version of Black Flag that you might enjoy.
so much bloat and busywork which can be nice for a while but after like 30-40h im usually kind of fed up with most AAA games
Yeah, I get the conflicting "I just want to finish the game" and "I don't want to miss the side content" feelings and I usually just drop the game at that point lol.
I hate being evil in video games, but god damn does that evil twink make me want to commit crimes for him
Yes I would say so
