#and characters like Fane and Sebille are far more enjoyable for it

[optiwashere]

what are your thoughts on the differences between Early Access characters and full release? Did you play it?

I don't play early access games. I don't have the time for it, believe it or not, and I also don't want to burn myself out on (usually) shittier versions of games without experiencing the full scope. If someone wants me to beta test their game, they can pay me.

I played the first Darkest Dungeon in the earliest patches, and it's forever tainted my perception of early access games for me personally.

That said, I can only go off of what people say about those versions of the characters and that is exceedingly difficult without just watching playthroughs of those various versions. Why? There are plenty of people who have their heads on straight, but I see enough mythologizing of cut content, older sketches of things, etc. for me to be wary of relying on second-hand accounts. And I definitely don't have time to watch playthroughs of an obsolete version of this video game lol.

Anywho, my point is: I like the game at release. Thinking about what was and what could have been is as useful to me as rocks in my shoes. I prefer to discuss what we have.

#hey you can ask me things! #I do wonder if some of the people that talk about how “bitchy” some of the characters haven't actually played full release #because I have seen how some of the characters are needlessly hostile in the early forms #but we also don't know what the latter stages of the game looked like in Larian's heads at that time #so it's possible they wanted to go the current route (push characters down 1 of 2 paths) #and the act 1 iterations from EA would have had spectacularly jarring tonal shifts if choosing one over the other #or it's resource allocation/management/nobody on the team was happy either #like people imagine Larian is Swen and a nameless pile of programmers and artists #those people have opinions too you know -- and in a company like Larian if everyone wanted something else...? #+ apparently a lot of the EA complaints were that the companions were too hostile #not having played EA myself but based on a few examples I've seen I do agree with that conclusion #even the “harsher” characters in BG2 or (to use a Larian game) DOS2 are much closer to BG3 full release #and characters like Fane and Sebille are far more enjoyable for it #plus... people whine about fucking SHADOWHEART of all characters for being “mean” they would piss their pants over Sebille #what are these tags holy shit lmfao