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Baldur's Gate 3 - Voice of Astarion
The voice of Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion talks TTRPGs, storytelling, and the glamourous 'fury and the wrath' of playing vampires
Neil Newbon has plenty of well-wishes for the community, as Astarion takes his post-launch duck on the digital stage.
Neil Newbon, the voice behind my favourite trash-fire vampire from Baldur's Gate 3 - a ethics I've gone to superb lengths to defend in the past--sat down with me last week to talk about his life playing Astarion.
We chatted about Astarion's appearance on the front of PC Gamer, his long-standing passion of tabletop, and vampires. And while he has a deep affection of those creatures of the night, he also holds a preference that took me off-guard.
That's a minor footnote, though--what mainly stood out to me was his boundless appreciation for gaming, the tabletop hobby, and the people who helped him obtain here--here's a few decision moments from our chat on all things vampire.
PC Gamer, Baldur's Gate 3, and the industry
While Newbon's known as the voice of everyone's favourite flamboyant vampire spawn, he also played Karl Heisenberg in Resident Evil: Village, and he's brought his vo
Those animations include running at him, jumping on him, and wrapping legs around him, kissing him, being laid endorse into a missionary position while he...
Even if we consider this is how your Gale or Wyll would operate and react on a first rendezvous with Astarion, and hey if that's you good on you, I've been told by a lot of same-sex attracted men on this forum that they find it a bit weird that their character would be forced into that animation sequence, and that the game would just assume their taste like that.
In fact it was first pointed out to me by a gay male friend who complained about it, I was praising BG for letting players decide and he was like "Yeah but this" and called attention to a whole side of it I had never seen before.
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Baldur's Gate 3 - Voice of Astarion
I reflect they should be less eager when they see that you're already engaged in a bond with someone else, too. Though one of the companions remarked that he had competition and started comparing himself to her as a half-hearted joke (Shadowheart in this case); I ponder it was Astarion. It was a little better than the rest, and since he's a rogue and deceptive by character, there are a few dialogues that are very ambiguous about the subject. He's obviously toying with the MC a little.
I found his approach more innate but the whole behaviour makes me uncomfortable sometimes. In a way, having those reactions and thoughts shows how well Astarion and the other companions are made. And I think it would be impossible to donate such an effect without a good voice acting and the body language that comes with it.
We've come a long way since 'Heya! It's me, Imoen!'
PS: I know, I grasp, it was a last-minute addition.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is possibly my most anticipated game this year. It not only recently released a brand fresh class, but I cannot stop thinking about it the majority of the time, and I’m eager to identify more things about it, and for it to, of course, release its final version out into the earth. Yes, there’s a lot I’m loving about Baldur’s Gate 3 – and that includes the romance options, all of whom are bisexual. To a certain point.
I just think that, as fun as these romance options are, there’s something that’s missing for me. I certainly don’t mean the options are lacking. No, I’m enjoying all of my companions and I’m stoked to convene the more good-aligned characters, whether it be when the full game releases or they are revealed during initial access. But there’s been something bothering me about Larian Studio’s romance system. And that’s the little part I just mentioned. The characters are pansexual, but…to a certain point.
As players will know, Larian contain opted to proceed with the playersexual route – aka, companions will be into you, regardless of your gender. I don’t contain a r