This is seriously called the epic RPG? Seriously?

[ignis]

One of the first encounters. A totally not suspicious rogue tells you to go behind that totally not suspicious corner and it totally not looks like an ambush. So, your options are: ask him something, use parasite to read his mind, roll for investigation, use spell to make him more friendly and ask something, use mind reading spell, send party member to check, so many options... oh wait, none of those. You can either trust him (and get attacked from behind) or not trust him and walk away (and get attacked from behind). And your party just disappears for the encounter.

is having not braindead main character too much to ask?

[DESTARD]

It's not a Text based CRPG that is for sure it has some ADD qualities to it.

[Muppethero]

Its plot. JFC get over yourself

[Jardenon]

Larian's games definitely have a flair for the dramatic. I don't really have a problem with it. it's fine.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by ignis:

You can either trust him (and get attacked from behind)

Or not trust him and walk away (and get attacked from behind).

And your party just disappears for the encounter.

You talking about Astarion?

Met him twice in two different playthroughs.

Never experienced that. Didn't even know that he could do that.

It seemed like just a casual meeting of another paranoid dude from the ship.

It was a boar in the bushes that he was freaking out about.

[ignis]

Originally posted by katzenkrimis:

Originally posted by ignis:

You can either trust him (and get attacked from behind)

Or not trust him and walk away (and get attacked from behind).

And your party just disappears for the encounter.

You talking about Astarion?

Met him twice in two different playthroughs.

Never experienced that. Didn't even know that he could do that.

It seemed like just a casual meeting of another paranoid dude from the ship.

Thought it was a boar in the bushes that he was freaking out about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYB5DZVoAgc

[eijibayushi]

That doesn't happen in Pathfinder. Come to the better RPG!

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by ignis:

This is seriously called the epic RPG? Seriously?
One of the first encounters. A totally not suspicious rogue tells you to go behind that totally not suspicious corner and it totally not looks like an ambush. So, your options are: ask him something, use parasite to read his mind, roll for investigation, use spell to make him more friendly and ask something, use mind reading spell, send party member to check, so many options... oh wait, none of those. You can either trust him (and get attacked from behind) or not trust him and walk away (and get attacked from behind). And your party just disappears for the encounter.

is having not braindead main character too much to ask?

You... lacking information. The options are different depending on your character.

[Slasher]

Cry baby cry.

[Sigvuld]

"Why didn't the protagonist just do X thing that would have prevented anything interesting from happening in the first place? Are they stupid?"

[OyajiBR☕]

It's more like a 💋hentai RPG. I've played some, at least they admitted they were hentai.

[Zef]

It's because Astarion is a companion you dunce and they don't want to give you the possibility to kill him just yet before you learn a bit more about him.

This is a joke right? Stop farming for awards.

[Sigvuld]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

It's more like a 💋hentai RPG. I've played some, at least they admitted they were hentai.

what is this "This is my first day on the internet" hooplah going on about any sex whatsoever being this degenerate porn thing lmfao jesus h christ

[ignis]

Originally posted by eijibayushi:

That doesn't happen in Pathfinder. Come to the better RPG!

Weeeeeelll... It happens there too. Sometimes game just "forgets" about options and even rules when writers were too lazy. Especially when it needs someone to escape. But I agree, that with all its shortcomings Pathfinder KM/WOTR is way, way better in pretty much all aspects.

[Sigvuld]

Originally posted by Zef:

It's because Astarion is a companion you dunce and they don't want to give you the possibility to kill him just yet before you learn a bit more about him.

This is a joke right? Stop farming for awards.

Unfortunately I guarantee it isn't a joke - there's a very vocal type of person who gets genuinely upset when a story doesn't follow utterly flawless, cold logic in every single situation, at every single turn. Characters making mistakes of any kind is bad writing, characters being fooled is bad writing, and particularly THEIR character losing or being outmaneuvered in any manner whatsoever is VERY bad writing. It's a whole thing

I've known more than one throughout my life that fit into this mold and they've been insufferable every time, no exceptions - can't watch movies without rolling their eyes at every mistake made, and don't even get me started on how often the word "realistic" comes into play lmao

[Janthis]

Regarding stuff like this, I can still remember an encounter with a witch in DOS2. If you try to talk to her, she attempts to seduce you and literally sticks her tongue in your mouth, while your character is given no option to fight or resist. The game just tells you that it's happening. That left a bad taste in my mouth (pun intended). There were others too. For all their talk of choices, Larian writers seem at times too concerned with drama and having things go the way they intended.