Volourn Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 OMG! Out of all the BIO characters - both good and bad - you had to pick 1 of the three worst they ever created? *puke* DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajaat the Warbringer Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Minsc was okay. But one is enough. "It is an extraordinary act of courage to come to know a stranger's pain. To even consider such a thing demands a profound dispensation, a willingness to wear someone else's chains, to taste their suffering, to see with one's own eyes the hue cast on all things -- the terrible stain that is despair." -Tulas Shorn "Toll the Hounds" by Steven Erikson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurky Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Minsc had his moments, but he was pretty one-note. I'm cool with P:E having an earnest idiot that provides comic relief from time to time, but just give the character a little more variety and depth. It would be interesting to see the conversations with a Minsc-like idiot NPC and a low intelligence PC, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlintlockJazz Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) Yeah, Khelghar was pretty damn awesome. And hey, he even had a fairly fleshed out character arc, that was kind of a parody of character arcs for his kind of character (Quite a Character he was). Character Also, I'm a bit surprised by how much people on this board don't seem to like him. I mean sure, hes kind of the Holy Grail (Quotes) of RPG geekiness, but I didn't realize he rubbed that many people the wrong way. Few of us are teenagers still, I bet. He was good the first couple of times. But the constant clamoring for Minsc or Boo can get pretty grating. I don't think I was a teenager the first time I played BG all those years ago... God I feel old now. Edited December 13, 2012 by FlintlockJazz "That rabbit's dynamite!" - King Arthur, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail "Space is big, really big." - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Leif. Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Magic is impressive, but now MINSC leads! SWORDS FOR EVERYONE! I love Minsc. He's easily one of my favorite characters from the BG series. Perhaps it's because I played BG 2 before 1 so I couldn't imagine a game without him, but he's who I usually go with. He was many troupes in one; barbarian yokel from the east, questing warrior in the service of a lady, dullard do-gooder. No other character can be more Minsc than Minsc, so we should leave him to the BG series where he belongs. We will see him perhaps in BG 3 (should that ever manifest). Obsidian Entertainment should out-do themselves on these 8 ( or 12, or 15) companions. We can all expect compelling companions. Agelastos's idea of a Edmund Blackadder-esque mage sounds great. Someone a bit between Xan and Edwin, more optimistic than Xan and less malevolent than Edwin. Perhaps the Drow-like Mage they've shown will fill this role. The dude on the left. If Minsc is to be referenced just let it be a squeak from a hamster. That's enough. We'll know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganrich Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I liked Minsc, but we don't need a rehash IMHO. Minsc is fun, for sure. Personally, I liked Edwin more. That is the cool thing about being able to choose your companions though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabaliero Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 i'm hoping for a crowd of noober-like characters someplace 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikolokolus Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I'm all for characters with a touch of comic relief, so from that perspective, Minsc-like character is fine, but it really shouldn't be a mentally handicapped, barbaric ranger with a pet rodent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moirnelithe Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 If there have to be comic relief characters in the game please let it be NPCs but not companions. I really dislike playing an epic story while feeling part of a travelling circus full of oddballs or freaks. I don't normally play 'good' characters and usually play 'soft' classes (rogues/mages) so having one of the main meatshields be an irritating moron that I can't leave behind or I'm mush for quite some time is really not what I'm looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoxNoctum Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) I'm only about 5 hours into BG2 (first time) so maybe my opinion isn't worth much but I haven't been that impressed with Minsc as a comic relief character thusfar. I think Shale from DA:O is much more interesting and humorous. Minsc just seems kinda cheezy and trying too hard to me. And just not funny frankly. People have different senses of humor though. Shale though---solid. Edited January 4, 2013 by NoxNoctum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Minsc was a great companion to have in the party and very humorous , I hope we have someone similar in PE. I can understand people don't want the exact same stereotype character in PE, so maybe we can have a barbarian called Ninsc and he could have a pet Turtle instead of a Hamster. That way it won't be familiar? "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryticus Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I really don't think, that people want Minsc , because he was such a good comic relief, Personally when I think something like Minsc what I think of is character that isn't despertly prove how deep he is and make everything complicated, I think killer robot from KOTOR is the same thing just that he is evil, I am all for complex characters and so on but one character that isn't trying to make everything in to some sort of deep philosophical discussion, and simply goes" I want kill meatbags, so I will kill meatbags" or "This is good and helps people so I will do this" Both characters are kind of a comic relief, but their "comic reliefie" stuffs comes from the fact that they are simple, I know that peole like to say that Minsc was retarded , and supposedly this is why people found him sometimes funny, and/or annoying , but to tell truth I may have played slightly to idealistic characters, but I sometimes, caught myself on thinking that while he is very blunt he is absolutly right. To make it short. NO for Minsc in P:E YES for one character that thousen't try to make stuff complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchR5 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I don't understand the fascination with his character. It's like Jar Jar Binks suddenly becoming popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Gates' Son Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) Oh God, No. Please don't[ make another character like MInsc; he's irritating. if they have to copy a character personality that's crazy, then I wouldn't mind having another character like Xzar, who was crazy in an insane evil way (thanks to his awesome lines in Baldur's Gate 1). Edited January 6, 2013 by Bill Gates' Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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