Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian teased some… unusual romance options in the upcoming fantasy role-playing game.
Contains spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3.
One of the characters that Baldur’s Gate 3 fans have been keeping an eye on throughout the game’s Early Access period is the druid Harshin. Halshin is an NPC and a potential companion who can be rescued from prison. But Halshin can be so much more if you play the cards right.
literally. As a druid, Harshin can temporarily “wildshape” into a bear, and does this during a romance cutscene.Larian Showed off a hairy encounter inside panel from hell live stream. You can see it in the tweet video below.
So Baldur’s Gate 3 is a 10/10…that’s a proper D&D experience. #baldur’s gate 3 pic.twitter.com/HEi2PJRLLu
— Vaughan (@vaughandavies97) July 7, 2023
It turned out to be too cheeky for TikTok and took the livestream offline an hour before it ended. “TikTok canceled our stream because it was too artistic to understand.” tweeted Michael Douz, Director of Larian Publishing.
Larian got banned on TikTok for Halshin’s Bear/Astalion scene 😂😂 #panels from hell @baldursgate3 pic.twitter.com/m0evr7JaoJ
— Cypher 🔪 Queer Fury and Villains (@cypheroftyr) July 7, 2023
In an interview with IGN, Larian boss Swen Winke called the bear sex scene in Baldur’s Gate 3 “hilarious.” “Everyone who sees this is like, ‘Oh my God,’ but it’s funny.”
Buff “Daddy” Harshin probably Most popular NPC for romance internal Baldur’s Gate 3 Community.fan is data mined The game is looking for voice lines and assets that hint at him being a romance option. Now they don’t have to wonder anymore.
“Have you ever thought about the pleasures and pleasures of having sex with a wild-looking druid?” added lead writer Adam Smith. “Because at Larian, I was able, and ultimately, to be on the side of giving people what they wanted: a tender, consensual romance with a man who was temporarily turned into a grizzly bear. is.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 is an expansive, open-ended Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from the makers of the Divinity: Original Sin series. Larian has pushed up the PC release date by a month, from August 31st to August 3rd, to avoid conflicts with Bethesda’s upcoming behemoth Starfield, which is scheduled for early September. Announced. Meanwhile, the PlayStation 5 version has been slightly delayed to his September 6th, and the Xbox Series X and S versions don’t have a release window (read more about Baldur’s Gate 3’s Xbox holdout here).
Vincke told IGN that the developers expect a typical playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3 to take between 75 and 100 hours. However, a player who wants to “get it all done” should expect twice that number for him.
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