Baldur's Gate 3's senior narrative designer, Baudelaire Welch, has reflected on the game's infamous bear scene, calling it a "watershed moment" and revealing that Halsin almost wasn't a romance option at all.
As I'm sure all of you know by now, Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the most beloved and influential games to have released over the past few console generations. Although a lot of players were already into it after its early access release, one of the main things that drew a lot of people in was the infamous romance scene between the player and Halsin.
It feels like we're already writing off Dragon Age even months before launch.
Originally shown off before the game's release during a livestream, the optional romance between Halsin and the player was so weird and wild that it's unironically what caused a lot of players to become interested in Baldur's Gate 3. Of course, they ended up sticking around for much more than that in the end, but it's a very important moment in the game's history.
As reported by GamesRadar+, that's exactly what Baldur's Gate 3's senior narrative designer Baudelaire Welch reflected on during Develop: Brighton 2024. While speaking at...
