It's no secret that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 contains its fair share of dark themes and cutscenes, but one especially quꦡestionable moment between Astarion and Shadowheart was cut from the final game – and fans aren't sure how to feel about it.
Warning: the contents of this article touch on particularly violent scenes that readers might find distressing.
post highlighting its content. An attached clip shows the scene play out between the two beloved 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 companions, and admittedly, it's pretty brutal.In it, Astarion sneaks up on Shadowheart to bite her, much like he still does in the RPG's first act – except this time, when his unsuspecting victim wakes up and noti🍸ces, his🍸 reaction is different.
After a surprised Shadowheart gets up, Astarion tackles her to the groun𒀰d and strangles her as she struggles, leaving her dead. It's an animation I never expecte🔯d to see as a hardened stan of the game (and the two companions) myself, and judging by the comments, it seems I'm not alone.
"If this actually had happened in the game," speculates a fellow fa♊n under the video, "then I imagine 75% of the🎃 playerbase would be killing Astarion immediately."
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Another simply e🌊xclaims that the scene is "actually really dark," with more players agreeing underneath their resp⭕onse.
"Well," writes someone, "I can see why they cut it." Fans also take to the replies with possible reasons why Larian Studios was cooking the scene up in the first place, with many guessing that 𒅌it would fit well into an Origin playthrough featuring Astarion instead of the user-created Tav: "This animation is probably from an Origin Astarion PoV."
In that case, the scene wou𝔉ld make sense as a reaction from Astarion during the "bite night" moment in which he tries to drink a camp member's blood. Regardless, it's undeniably a heavy scene, and it's not difficult to understand why Larian chose to axe it ꦫfrom the game's final cut.
"This made me uncomfortable," as one fan puts in a comment. "Glad they removed it" – and honestly, despite the RPG'ꦗs other dark themes, 𓆉so am I.
After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form wo🙈rds into coherent sentences, she's probably 🐻daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.
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