Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player explains why unlikely Astarion ending is his worst Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players have highlighted one of the more unlikely endings to the game as the worst possible for him, and it\u2019s the one that requires the least amount of effort. By now, it\u2019s pretty clear that Astarion is one of the most popular companions in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. After Neil Newbon picked up an award for best performance at the Game Awards last year, his place as the most recognisable character in the game is well cemented. A massive part of his popularity (outside of voice acting, style and romantic potential) is his story, which reaches its peak during the confrontation with Cazador in Act 3. From there, players have to decide if they\u2019ll let him ascend, or keep him tethered to reality, but relegated to being a spawn forever. The conventional wisdom is that ascended Astarion is actually the worst outcome, as he becomes more cruel and callous, even if he does get his reflection back. He gives into his insecurities and lust for control, rather than overcoming them, and for many players, it hurts to see that happen. However, some players believe it might actually be worse for Astarion if they never do his quest in the first place. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players debate the worst possible ending for Astarion One player posed the question on the Baldur\u2019s Gate subreddit, saying: \u201cI want to start a tav in which I turn everyone into their worst possible self, so for example ascended Astarion, he\u2019s alive but I\u2019d consider it one of his \u201cbad endings\u201d. So which ending for each character would you say is the worst outcome for them?\u201d The top reply said: \u201cThe worst ending for Astarion has to be where you don\u2019t do his quest at all, it\u2019s heartbreaking to hear him beg you to kill Cazador at the epilogue party and see how scared he is.\u201d Many other players agreed, with one comment saying: \u201cI don\u2019t think I want to do that ever but I also want to see it out of morbid curiosity\u201d. It\u2019s not the only time a companion will react like this if you don\u2019t do their quest. If you leave Act 2 without helping Halsin lift the shadow curse, he\u2019ll mope around in the departing cutscene. However, it hits different when it\u2019s happening to Astarion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player explains why unlikely Astarion ending is his worst Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players have highlighted one of the more unlikely endings to the game as the worst possible for him, and it\u2019s the one that requires the least amount of effort. By now, it\u2019s pretty clear that Astarion is one of […]<\/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-20190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20190","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=20190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}