Bg3 Hot Take Edition

[u/Feeling-Classroom729]

I'm feeling spicy and I want to hear some of your hot takes about the game. Perhaps, I'll see the game from a fresh perspective and/or learn something new.

There's no limit to the hot takes you can share.

I'll go first.

Despite Araj's negative reputation, I think she's one of the best merchants in the game. In act 2, she carries the risky ring and the ring of free action, which is already amazing. But she also offers unique elixirs in act 2. In act 3, she sells sanguine explosives, which is basically a level 4 fireball that you can buy for less than 20 gold. Getting the unstable blood condition from her in act 3, can also be powerful if you build around it. The +2 to strength is super powerful if you're willing to torture Astarion, but even without that, she's still an amazing npc. She's a little pushy with Astarion, but she ultimately accepts his no. So, I don't stay mad at her.

I don't think completing a "good run" automatically makes your character good aligned. Basing your decisions around not making your favorite npcs sad is not a sound moral compass. I think there are more morally neutral people out there than people are willing to admit. It isn't a bad thing to be morally neutral. Jaheira is canonically true neutral in the older games, and people love her.

[u/dragonrcool]

I HATE Gortash with a passion. He's literally so bland and people dont want to admit that they only like him because he's hot. Most overrated character in the game imo (or pretty close)

[u/grumpus_ryche → u/dragonrcool]

Indeed. I skip his cutscenes, humor him at the coronation, then never bother with him again until after I level the foundry and ambush him in his room. He presents as a badass but is quickly humbled by Sleet Storm.

[u/vagithug → u/dragonrcool]

Hot in a Noel Fielding sort of way?

[u/Substantial-Mess666 → u/dragonrcool]

Is he hot tho? The jury is out on that. I like Gortash bc he actually has a pretty rich backstory that you can uncover through exploring Baldur's Gate and piecing it together. I like his relationship with the Dark Urge (I don't necessarily interpret it as romantic, I just find it compelling). I feel like there is so much build-up to meeting him. It does pay off in the end and it throws a lot of curveballs. He has a tragic backstory and he's an evil piece of shit. It's really fun to thwart his plans if you're playing a good guy run; it actually feels like you're making Baldur's Gate a better place. I like that he's just an evil piece of shit. He makes a great villain.