Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans call out lack of variety in Companions races Larian StudiosSince its full release, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has been an incredibly popular title, with tons of fan support \u2013 but not all elements are popular, especially when it comes to Companions. With tons of quests to complete, places to explore, secrets to unlock, and Companions to romance or find, it\u2019s clear many Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are still deep into the world of Faerun. However, such a long storyline has encouraged players to take a step back and in some cases, question the decision of Larian\u2019s game design. One major example of this is Companions and their lack of diversity, particularly when it comes to their chosen races and the implementation of such a choice on both the player and the exploration. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players call for more Companion variety Posting onto Reddit, one user shared the races of all the ten companions in the game, highlighting how \u201c5 are elves\u201d, \u201c3 are human\u201d and \u201conly two are kind of different races\u201d in the form of a Tiefling and a Githyanki. They then went on to ask the community \u201cDoesn\u2019t it feel like we could use some diversity?\u201d Then they provided their own ideas about \u201cseeing a Dwarf Companion or a Half-Orc\u201d taking their place as key factors to the story. Shortly after posting, the question quickly took off, with thousands of upvotes and comments alike. Many shared the same confusion and frustration, with one explaining how they were \u201cvery surprised we never got a dwarf or any small companions. Considering all the hidey holes small characters can go through.\u201d After all, most players have to use their shapeshifting hat or other spells to explore those locations. Some players shared their disappointment with a certain Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Companion design, sharing how felt \u201cstunned and disappointed we didn\u2019t get an over-the-top stereotypical dwarf.\u201d Hinting towards the relationship between certain Lord of the Rings characters as a reference. While tons loved the idea of a Dwarf companion, many ended up reminiscing about Helia, explaining how many fans are \u201cstill sad we didn\u2019t get Helia. She was supposed to be a halfling bard werewolf. Maybe in the enhanced edition she\u2019ll be added back?\u201d Helia was a brief addition in Early Access but was quickly removed and hasn\u2019t been seen since. It\u2019s clear plenty of the community are searching for a different raced Companion, with the primary focus being on smaller races. In fact, according to many veteran players: \u201cwe\u2019ve been clamoring for a shorty companion all through EA and mentioned exactly the same thing.\u201d So it\u2019s clear this is a point of frustration that\u2019s been happening for a while. Who knows, a new Companion could be added in a Patch, but nothing\u2019s been confirmed yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans call out lack of variety in Companions races Larian StudiosSince its full release, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has been an incredibly popular title, with tons of fan support \u2013 but not all elements are popular, especially when it comes to Companions. With tons of quests to complete, places to explore, secrets to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}