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Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)
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They did change him last minute from an insane, tortured, goblin hating, trigger happy goblin slayer to his current incarnation.
Trust me this Wyll is better. Would be funnier if he started as a Paladin, but the moment we learn about the pact he'd respec to Warlock lol.
Everyone in early access was more vicious, including Tav. One theory I saw was that everyone was Bhaalspawn, but they dialed that back for the final game. Not sure I believe that theory, but it exists.
And EA Wyll, from what I can see, was a wannabe hero who had to make a warlock pact just to be powerful enough to live out his hero fantasies without getting his arse kicked by goblins. That sounds WAY more interesting than what we got. And hating the creatures who took your eye is pretty justified.
Though I'm not keen on the concrete stuff I've seen from EA Wyll, I agree that it seems like a more interesting direction for him. I'm not averse to them changing direction for his character, but I wish they'd give the new Wyll something more to his character — some more internal conflict to make him feel deeper.
I don't know, to me everything I've heard about the Early Access versions of the companions sounds much better than what we ended up getting. The danger in wanting to please everyone and not wanting characters to be seen as abrasive or off putting is risking everyone feeling milquetoast instead.
But maybe you had to play it to understand why they were bad? I really should try to dig up some old footage.
https://youtu.be/0UI6Rt3Tl0A