Posted 3/21/2024, 5:57:58 PM
Baldur's Gate 3's Vampiric Elf Astarion Wins Fans Over Despite Early Tiefling Design
- Astarion was originally designed as a Tiefling with yellow eyes and black hair in early versions of Baldur's Gate 3
- He had a similar voice and quote "I'm just a simple tiefling with a brain parasite"
- Astarion is now a popular High-Elf vampire character played by award-winning actor Neil Newbon
- Fans have created lots of fan art, mods, memes of Astarion, including giving him guns
- IGN gave Baldur's Gate 3 a perfect 10 review score, calling it the new standard for CRPGs