I love patch 3 | Astarion updated cinematics with Araj Oblodra - Baldur's Gate 3

[@NadMia27]

2:57 Astarion: i am sorry but could you excuse us a moment also Astarion: **proceeds to trash talks in front of the drow**

[@cindyrose5306]

the new angles make it more obvious that he's calling her nasty right in front of her face lmao

[@hag8752]

They don't even step away, she's RIGHT THERE

[@lisdraconis2212]

@@hag8752 I mean yeah she implied right in front of astarion that him thinking he can make his own choices is disilutional.

[@hag8752]

@@lisdraconis2212 well yeah but that's supported by lore, this is just insulting 🤣

[@lisdraconis2212]

@@hag8752 As far as I know my tav does not keep any slaves...

[@hag8752]

@@lisdraconis2212 that vampire spawn have no will of their own. In dnd lore they're normally treated like trash mobs not in baldurs gate

[@politecat9207]

Love how his face during the entire thing is just "🤨"

[@thefandomswifterwashington4418]

Araj seems far more expressive! Overall the entire scene seems to be far more dynamic, it's great!

[@gregorywiederecht]

I agree! I was always bothered by her minimal facial expressions. Now, they feel "subtle" rather than "limited."

[@lavishlyvice]

i have a love/hate relationship with larian fixing cutscenes like this because one day i finish recording them for edits, and the next they suddenly have better angles and animations and i gotta do it all over again lmao

[@mzamnesia7190]

bro SAMEEE? but on the flip side apparently they "fixed" the "4th wall break" astarion would do during some dialogue greetings and the angle is no longer possible to get. im glad i got 30+min of footage that i needed for wallapers and stuff lol

[@lavishlyvice]

​@@mzamnesia7190 yes it's actually really annoying imo, i haven't updated to patch 3 yet because of that and because it's apparently buggy as hell in general. i hope they'll give us the close-up shots back in a later hotfix/patch but idk

[@mzamnesia7190]

it is buggy, and the bugs are so random lol my all my characters are just in underwear randomly. romance scene? undies. big fight? undies. middle of town? UNDIES. @@lavishlyvice

[@mzamnesia7190]

huh--i just realized i never asked him "why" ive always just immediately told Araj "no", because no meant no and it didnt matter why. but i kinda like how he shows his appreciation in the scene if you ask him why first--and you still get the approval. i like this !

[@SUPERSONICGIRLIFY]

It makes it a lot more obvious how bothered Astarion is by the situation. I like that. Not just the camera angles, but both Astarion and Araj look even MORE expressive. And the characters in this game have already set a standsrd for expressiveness. Also, awwwww, does he look even happier to kiss your Tav? 🤭❤️

[@caramellpanda]

Fun facts about House Oblodra, one of which you find out if you play a drow in this scene: 1. The daughters were rumoured to be sent away to train and perhaps even breed with illithids. They would also do magical experiments with illithids and their blood, which explains why Araj's blood is corrupted. 2. House Oblodra is considered a deceased house, for a few reasons. One being the fact that the soldiers of House Oblodra would play a game called "Khaless" which involved players levitating themselves over a magically darkened and silenced area over the Clawright (which was essentially a deep, dark chasm in the centre of Menzoberranzan) and whoever left first (either by giving up or falling) would lose. Unfortunately, most players would mistime their levitating spells and fall into the Clawrift. Most of the time there were no winners because every player would perish. The other reason is during the Time of Troubles, House Oblodra tried to fuck around and find out and started to attack the other drow houses. Yvonnel Baenre (House Baenre being the strongest drow house and the matriarch being the ruler of Menzoberranzan, also Minthara's house) summoned a massive tentacle from the Abyss and swept the entirety of House Oblodra into the Clawrift, effectively destroying the house.

[@GayLPer]

When even the followers of Lolth think you're going too far...

[@Sirinoeles]

So obnoxiousness runs in the family.

[@MeredithPutvin]

Lolth enjoys and encourages the chaos.

[@veracalli8387]

If you play a drow during this scene, you get a special dialogue option after Astarion calls Araj’s blood rank. It basically discusses how House Oblodra used to do magical experimentation with Illithids which could have possibly corrupted her blood. After you choose this option, Astarion says it makes sense and then states that he has enough mind flayer in his head he doesn’t want it in his stomach as well.

[@NeuroticErotic]

My main Tav is a half drow and I didn’t get this… I know half drows aren’t accepted in a full drow society but I feel like some of the drow options should still be available! Like his half drow side had to come from somewhere so why would he not know about some drow things? Maybe this specific dialogue about House Oblodra would be too niche but I think I saw only a very small amount of half drow specific dialogues so it’s kind of disappointing:((

[@veracalli8387]

@@NeuroticErotic Half Drow are usually rare and the product of surface dwelling Drow intermingling with other races. Because half drow are pretty much never raised in the Underdark without either being enslaved or killed outright for even being a mix, it makes sense that they would not be familiar with House/Matron culture.

[@NeuroticErotic]

@@veracalli8387 I’m on my second playthrough now (same Tav, but evil this time) and I’ve been getting a lot more half-drow dialogue options. There was even one about the underdark being my home. I wonder why I didn’t get that last time. I doubt that I’ll get anything with the drow chick whenever I meet her again but who knows.

[@ichi_san]

damn the way Araj treats him like an object not even talking directly to him at first and sneering at Tav saying he's his own person... that was cruel. And it's so liberating in the aftermath scene

[@ScribesVirgin]

She is obviously bad news, but I kind of admire her confidence of just standing there while Astarion calls her blood rank, disgusting and wrong with a smirk on her face, probably thinking something like: Thanks for noticing.

[@GayLPer]

Because she doesn't care what he thinks. His protests don't matter. All that matters is what the person she thinks is his master will tell him to do. She's dehumanized him.

[@asverith]

She's a drow woman, so she probably thinks *everyone* is beneath her, especially a spawn. Her house used to keep... vampiric Illithids as pets. But I wouldn't be surprised if it IS also just a compliment to her. Awww, you noticed.

[@rajabuta]

Probably because she's had that happen her whole life

[@damien678]

​@@GayLPer This is what fetishizing someone does. It's honestly pretty great Larian is calling out all of us that are into vampires 😂😭

[@fbskxnwkdnworkir]

​@@damien678can't even spell the word and thinks they can put input on the topic lol

[@ChangesOfTomorrow]

I wish they would let us say "You know you CAN actually say 'no', right?" when he says "How could I say no?" especially five minutes after he just tells Tav he doesn't know how to say no...

[@princessjiji]

lol i love that he didn't bother to say any of that out of earshot.

[@cinder4181]

I JUST was noticing this not 5 minutes ago when I had this interaction with romanced astarion and my light Urge. It was wonderful. It just shows how openly he is like she's freaking RANK not 2 ft from her.

[@ZZmeyka]

5:59 we hear Tav's ribs crunching... XD

[@kirax7293]

Completely obsessed with Astarion saying the word ‘rank’

[@ninjificus]

The romance scene after Cazador keeps messing up for me and a good bit of his lines cut short. It worked fine before this patch. I do like the flow of some of the updates but they really messed up some stuff.

[@MeredithPutvin]

I've had the diaglog issue happen a couple of times. I go back to my last save and try again. But, make sure you save right before you initate dialog.

[@dominique5620]

he’s so cute with his little “ i gave you my answer !! ✊🏼😤✊🏼»

[@Purpie_Slurpie]

7:33 gah he is too precious

[@jefferyscholl]

Damnit the more I watch this stuff the more I have to do a romance of everyone! This was amazing!

[@morganwebb5244]

the thought of making him do something he doesnt want to makes me sick to my stomach :(( poor boy hasnt had the freedom to say no in 200 years

[@0promo]

You know the redemption paladin in me wants to give Astarian another chance after bite night.

[@thrower0fmangos]

Your Tav is SO PRETTY

[@TheHistoricalHiker]

The new angle is so funny. Like, how awkward!

[@DarkScarlettVixen]

Looks like they also fixed Araj's expressions too. They seemed odd before

[@kamonohasheesh]

Unpopular opinion but I liked the original, it just felt more intense with the close ups

[@kamonohasheesh]

@@lastchips7638 lol no i didnt mean original as in early access, i meant original as in the cam angles. All the animation is the same between patch 2&3

[@clairealexander140]

Jealous of that Gith manicure

[@purydango]

eeey i wanted that potion in the next walkthrough, and now i ccant do it anymoooore aaaaah

[@epli72]

I love how Astarion is slouching - is that new aswell?

[@melissamoreira13]

I had the scene with the drow 2 days ago, but after going to camp I don't get the confession scene, just an alternate one where he talks about how he is no longer a slave and doesn't need to use his body for these kinds of things anymore. I didnt make him bite her, also have excellent approval and a relationship with him in act 1 😭😭😭 After that I get the dance scene with Wyll and by the next morning Gale is the one that is pissed off asking me to choose between he or Wyll, wtf Idk whats happenning, can anyone help me plsss 😭 This game's relationships manage to be almost more complicated than real life lol

[@hustlemalonefan1015]

HE REALLY SAID ALL THAT SHIT RIGHT TO HER FACE HUH

[@The_Nightsong]

I played this scene after the update, and I loooooove it ❤❤❤❤

[@DCdabest]

Most Sane True Blood Fan

[@EKATERINAS-bv8ld]

Wow, i thought you couldn't get ane potion from her without trading Astarion's bite. I guess I missed my blood potion😢

[@nocturna76]

as much as i adore these scenes, didn't notice any difference between the patch 3 version & the previous version 🤔

[@astridchang704]

Your gith tav is simply gorgeous! Love it❤ is Astarion camp clothes from mod? The black leather texture is hoooooot!🥵

[@anaghaacharya562]

no it's his original shirt but dyed!

[@mzamnesia7190]

dog Gith's are so goddamn cute the one i made is stunning like im in love w her. idk why more people dont play gith

[@shibernyan2009]

3:02 is a terrible angle if you ask me. It's also a bit more glitchy at 0:12 and such. The expressions are better but I don't get why they keep changing the camera angles in scenes that don't really need it. They almost always make them worse. One of my favorite scenes from Astarion from EA is the one where he says "I thought the two of you would just flop about like dying fish". He does a hand motion mimicking flopping fish there, but in the launch version they zoomed in on his face preventing you from seeing his hands at all. In general most scenes from EA were changed for the worse imo. But even now they keep changing the launch versions with each patch and they only really change the scenes that were perfectly fine, while ignoring the ones that could actually be improved upon.

[@belalalalal363]

wdym…. it looks better beo

[@michaella366]

Completely agree with 3:02. Why do I need to see the side bit of Araj and Tav here? The focus before was on Astarion. And yeah caught the glitch at 0:12. I agree it's worse than before.

[@Hapsetshut]

What was the scene like before?

[@pedrocustodio623]

I killed her after this interaction 😅

[@Cinder5195]

Now I'm sad because I traded him for a potion :( but my gamer brain says it's worth it because now Karlach smacks shit harder

[@rosehill7919]

You know, if you keep pressing in the dialogue afterwards, Astarion will break the fourth wall and straight up ask if it's all a game to you.

[@fishfreakrequiem]

oh you guys actually liked this. i really didn't like the cinematic changes.

[@azramajere]

Now, as he is even more expressive, he can expressively shut up and drink from Araj for that potion :D

[@GayLPer]

YOU drink from her.

[@DarTunwarm]

You aren’t the first person to tell him to shut up and just suck it. He’s had 200 years of doing things for someone else’s pleasure, even though he hates it.

[@S0LAVELLANHELL]

weird ass comment

[@DallasOrSomething]

​@arthurianmaiden It is?? Damn.

[@azramajere]

What a pitty little corrupt magistrate who sold people to vampire and dreamt of immortality, how can I. Potion that will help save the world > feelings of corrupt elite who suffered because of his own actions

[@i_say_chick]

Stupid question, where I can find her? What’s the quest?

[@WraithReaper09]

Moonrise Towers, Act 2.

[@daliblue_]

Moonrise. Go there before raiding the towers because she disappears after that