Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players argue Astarion is \u201cirrelevant\u201d to the plot Baldur’s Gate 3Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are arguing that one of the community\u2019s most-liked characters is \u201cirrelevant\u201d to the main plot of the game. Part of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s appeal is its wide cast of characters, all of whom have their own unique personalities and intertwining narratives that play off of one another. As players near the end of the game, seeing these stories pay off and build with each other is a part of what makes the story so special. However, some fans are arguing that one of the community\u2019s favorite characters is the exception, providing little significance to the main plot, if any. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players argue that Astarion is insignificant to the story Over on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 subreddit, a post was made detailing a player\u2019s thoughts on how Astarion really has no impact on the overall story. \u201cAstarion\u2019s story is only ever focused on Cazador, who honestly feels like an afterthought,\u201d the user explained. \u201cAside from the quick interaction with the hunter in act 1 Cazador has no presence until act 3, and in act 3, he has no bearing on the greater story.\u201d They detail how they never felt themselves drawn to Astarion as a character, and they have come to realize this this is the reason why. Surprisingly, a number of other Baldurs\u2019 Gate 3 players have come to agree with the sentiment, though many of them don\u2019t view it as a bad thing: \u201cEveryone is irrelevant to the main plot, but everyone except Astarion is tied into the main plot. And that\u2019s something I like.\u201d Another poster continues with: \u201cI don\u2019t need his story to be weaved into the plot like everything else (some of it actually felt a little bit shoe-horned in). Astarion\u2019s just an unlucky man, who got lucky by getting picked up by the nautiloid.\u201d One fan even feels that Astarion as a character provides an almost-meta feel to the game: \u201cHe is the representation of all the snark, lewdness and sass that has taken place at D&D tables since the 70\u2019s. Without him, the other characters would take themselves too seriously. Plot or no plot, he\u2019s invaluable.\u201d Astarion\u2019s sarcastic, biting personality is what drew so many players to him as soon as the game was released in Early Access, and having a player come out against him is sure to stir up some conversation. Whether or not they feel that his character is important to the overall story, it doesn\u2019t seem to have any impact on anyone\u2019s enjoyment of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players argue Astarion is \u201cirrelevant\u201d to the plot Baldur’s Gate 3Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are arguing that one of the community\u2019s most-liked characters is \u201cirrelevant\u201d to the main plot of the game. Part of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s appeal is its wide cast of characters, all of whom have their own unique personalities […]<\/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-20366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20366","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=20366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}