As someone who didn’t know a single thing about the series before Baldur’s Gate 3, the game’s launch period was very confusing. My colleagues kept talking about companions making advances at them, the weird underwear in the game, different paths, and Mind Flayers from Stranger Things. However, none of those were as surprising as when I learned that you could have sex with a bear.
Over two years and multiple playthroughs later, I now know why the game is so loved, and even have a yearly replay routine. However, the fact that the devs let you sleep with Halsin while he’s in bear form still surprises me. It seems even Halsin actor Dave Jones finds it as funny as the first time he learned about it.
Halsin Actor Reveals How He Reacted When He Heard About The Bear Scene
In an interview with Fall Damage, Jones revealed that he found out about the scene well into recording for Baldur’s Gate 3. In fact, he was on his way to a recording section when he saw the script for the scene. Of course, he knew more than we did at the time, so he couldn’t help but find it hilarious that the devs would allow players to sleep with a bear.
“When I first found out about the bear scene, I was on a train down to London to one of the sessions,” said Jones. “We get the scripts a couple of days before and you can look through. I just burst out laughing. It was more the fact that, ‘Oh, oh, we’re going there. We’re going there.” Larian was clearly not afraid to give players what they wanted, even if they didn’t know they wanted it.
There aren’t many other ways you can react to finding out that the player can sleep with your character in bear form. Laughing out loud is way better than being absolutely baffled when I was when I first heard about it.
- Released
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August 3, 2023
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
- Engine
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Divinity 4.0
- Multiplayer
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Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
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Full
