Baldur’s Gate 3 players want to smooch Shadowheart, avoid bear sex

polygon.com:

More than 1.3 million people have playedand completed Baldur’s Gate 3, according to developer Larian Studios. The majority of those players — 1.24 million, actually — got transformed into a sentient wheel of cheese at some point during their playthrough. That’s a lot of bouncing wheels of cheese! Baldur’s Gate 3 was released on Windows PC and Mac on Aug. 3, and Larian’s latest statistics tell the story of how many people played the wildly popular role-playing game set in Dungeons & Dragon’s fantasy world.

It’s probably no surprise that 94% of players created a custom character, and those players spent a “combined 8,196 years” perfecting their avatar. You can, however, choose to play Baldur’s Gate 3 as one of several characters, the most popular choice of which was Gale, followed by Astarion. Karlach and Shadowheart are nearly tied for third, followed by Wyll and Lae’zel. What’s more, both Karlach and Shadowheart — for people not playing as them — are among the top romantic interests. But Shadowheart is the clear leader there as the boo of 51.3% of players that reached the “final act of her romance arc.” Karlach and Lae’zel follow.

⚔️ Since our launch in August, over 1.3 million players have completed Baldur's Gate 3.
A number almost equaled by those of you transformed into a wheel of cheese.
All this, and more in our latest thread of amazing stats! pic.twitter.com/38hSZw1wPk

Speaking of romance, you may have heard of Baldur’s Gate 3’s bear sex. Halsin the druid is one of the game’s romanceable characters; part of his shtick is that he can transform into a bear. And yes, you can have sex with Halsin while he’s in his bear form. As it turns out, the majority of Halsin lovers choose not to “bear all,” as Larian put it, and