Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players praise Gale as \u201cdumbest companion\u201d Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are praising the writing for Gale, who they view as \u201chigh intelligence, low wisdom\u201d kind of character. The writing of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is one of the game\u2019s many strengths, and the fanbase has loved finding all the bits of dialogue and events that show this. Even in the case of a character\u2019s, maybe, lesser qualities, the community loves the way Larian has written these companions and more. Now, some fans are showing this appreciation by recognizing that Gale is a lovable, if dumb, character. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players praise Gale\u2019s smart, but dumb, characterization In a post to the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 subreddit, a fan gives their explanation for why they view Gale as \u201chigh intelligence, low wisdom.\u201d They go into detail how they love Gale and \u201cundoubtedly intelligent in many fields.\u201d However, they also feel that Gale is kind of useless in a lot of ways, to the point that he might be, \u201cin the running with Minsc for dumbest companion.\u201d Further, they say that most of Gale\u2019s arc is about helping him not make the wrong decision, whereas other companions have much more independent kind of arcs. The responses to the post have been largely in agreement, with one user saying: \u201cSpot on imo, I have not and probably will never be able to decide if Gale is my most favorite or most hated companion for exactly this reason.\u201d Many people view Gale as someone who possesses book smarts, but is socially inept in many situations in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. One user describes him as being, \u201clittle more than a child desperate for an adult\u2019s guidance and approval.\u201d While this may sound rather harsh, this does not mean that the community views Gale as a bad character. In fact, many of the players in the thread describe him as one of the most relatable companions in the game. The strength of the writing in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 continues to keep the game rolling and has players coming back for several repeat playthroughs. It doesn\u2019t seem like its popularity is going to die down anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players praise Gale as \u201cdumbest companion\u201d Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are praising the writing for Gale, who they view as \u201chigh intelligence, low wisdom\u201d kind of character. The writing of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is one of the game\u2019s many strengths, and the fanbase has loved finding all the bits of dialogue […]<\/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-20595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20595","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=20595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}