Baldur’s Gate 3 just lately launched Patch 6, which lots of gamers have been extraordinarily enthusiastic about. Contemplating it is packed full of latest content material and vital fixes, it comes as no shock that it is such a scorching subject amongst followers.
Plenty of gamers appeared to get misplaced within the concept of the brand new kissing animations (which look completely wonderful), new camp animations, and the streamlined technique of switching out your camp members. Nonetheless, amid all that recent goodness, it appears lots of people missed out on the one function that I really feel is definitely the very best a part of the whole patch — with the ability to consolation Shadowheart after the occasions at The Home of Grief.
Shadowheart’s questline hit me more durable than every other quest in a recreation earlier than. She is such a well-written character, and Jennifer English (her voice actor) couldn’t have achieved a greater job. Whereas the whole questline packed an emotional punch, the ending hit me the toughest. So, once I noticed within the patch notes that “now you can give Shadowheart a hug when she’s crying after shedding or saving her mother and father,” I used to be elated.
A Tragically Lovely Character
I’ve all the time been drawn to tragic characters, so it comes as no shock that Shadowheart rapidly turned my favourite the second that I noticed her on the Nautiloid. The extra I realized about Shadowheart and her backstory, the extra ache I felt for her as a personality. This ache solely intensified once I performed as all of the Origin Characters and realized the reality behind her mysterious wound.
I went into the sport fully blind, and fortunately, I did not have a tough time constructing a terrific relationship with Shadowheart. Each time that she had an vital resolution to make, I stood again and instructed her to do what she knew was proper. In any case, I feel everybody ought to have company in their very own lives.
However when it got here to the second within the Home of Grief, I had no clue what to inform her. My mother and father have performed a pivotal function in me being who I’m. I can not think about a world the place I grew up aside from my mother and father like she did, after which to be reunited with them solely to lose them once more is a ache I can not fathom. The reality is, both possibility for her sucked — rather a lot. So, I instructed her she did not want me to determine for her, which led to her mother and father begging her to avoid wasting herself and sacrifice them. And he or she did.
A Buddy In Want, Nonetheless In Want
After returning to camp, Shadowheart instructed me she wanted to consider what she had achieved, and who may blame her? Later that evening, I discovered her standing by an outdated Selune statue, questioning whether or not individuals misplaced religion or simply left the statue behind. Earlier than lengthy, she was sobbing and questioning why her story needed to finish the way in which it did. Why could not Shar simply depart her alone? Why could not she be the proper daughter that saved each herself and her mother and father? Watching her break down in these moments, I felt like I used to be watching my greatest good friend undergo the toughest second of her life, and as an alternative of serving to, I stood there watching prefer it was some sort of present.
Being the empath that I’m, I used to be completely devastated by what was unfolding earlier than me. Larian Studios did such a tremendous job at bringing these characters to life, and I actually felt like I used to be simply… there, doing completely nothing. After Shadowheart completed sobbing into her palms, my Tav awkwardly stated bye and fully dipped, leaving their greatest good friend to face there throughout a traumatic time, on their lonesome. I simply left her hanging.
Righting The Wrongs Of Playthroughs Previous
Now, with Patch 6, I can lastly do what I needed to do again in August once I first noticed this scene. You now have the choice to hug Shadowheart after she begins to cry. Whether or not she saved her mother and father or killed them, the scene performs out the identical. If she saves them, she’s going to lament that she does not should be anybody’s daughter, and if she kills them, she’s going to lament about by no means attending to know them. As soon as she begins crying, you will have the choice to embrace her.
A hug from Tav actually does not repair all of the heartbreak that Shadowheart experiences, however the reality is that folks want individuals. There are occasions when a hug is all you can provide, and even when it does not look like it, it could accomplish that a lot for somebody. It is likely to be only a small gesture from Tav, however it may imply every little thing to Shadowheart to simply really feel much less alone on this planet. It appears that evidently she has spent her total life hidden away from others, and it is time she lastly bought the consolation of getting a real good friend.
Whereas Patch 6 brings some wonderful issues to the desk by way of romantic love between you and your accomplice, that is not the solely sort of affection that it brings. The pure love on this scene makes this among the best moments within the recreation, whether or not your Tav is in love with Shadowheart or simply loves Shadowheart. I like the brand new animations and fixes to bugs that this patch introduced, however I’d simply give all that away simply to see this scene. Shadowheart is such a fantastically tragic character, and she or he deserves to expertise the love of true friendship.
