Ben “CohhCarnage” Cassell is a well-known Twitch streamer who presents many different games. Now he has been given a great honor because he was able to voice a character in Baldur’s Gate 3. However, this character is supposed to be very annoying and keep talking even when you kill him.
What kind of character is this? The streamer voices the character Naaber and shared on Twitter how happy and proud he is of this character. However, the blonde man could really annoy players, as the developers revealed in a short video clip.
Chrystal Ding, Writing Lead at Baldur’s Gate 3, explains:
There is a character that is intentionally written to be incredibly annoying. And people who have played the original games will surely recognize the lines he comes from. As soon as you meet him, he starts to follow you. He constantly annoys you and you can try to tell him to shut up, but he just won’t!
Ding continues: While players can shove Naaber into a river – just like they could with CohhCarnage in the real world – even then, he keeps coming back to you. Even after his death, his corpse can still keep talking. This could make him the most annoying character of all time.
You can listen to the developers’ statements and the first quotes from Naaber in this tweet:
Who is CohhCarnage? Ben Cassell is 39 years old and has been a streamer since 2013. He made headlines for being online for 2,000 consecutive days. However, he took a short break. Still, he is almost online daily. He has about 1.5 million followers, which puts him at 250th place in the Twitch ranking. On average, around 9,000 people watch him at the same time (via Sullygnome).
“Oh God, he’s like the admirer from Oblivion”
How are fans and other streamers reacting to this? Naaber is causing many funny reactions on the internet. The character immediately reminds many of the admirer from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. This was also the first reaction from DansGaming, another Twitch streamer.
But actually, the developers of Larian Studios are just following their own inspirations. Already in Baldur’s Gate 1, there was the NPC Noober, who constantly annoyed you with his chatter. In the second part, there was Neeber, who kept talking about how annoying others find him.
In both parts, there were rewards for listening to the characters long enough. Perhaps something like that will be in Baldur’s Gate 3 again!
Is the character received well everywhere? No, some users on Twitter believe that such characters don’t really fit into the game. They only disturb the game world and immersion.
However, Naaber is generally receiving more support. In the comments at our colleagues from GameStar, Chabneruk writes: “Can a role-playing game truly be a real role-playing game if the developers don’t intentionally annoy you somewhere? Oblivion, Gothic, Baldur’s Gate… that’s practically a quality seal.”
What do you think of intentionally annoying characters? Is it really necessary, or should developers refrain from such things?
In Baldur’s Gate 3, you will also have quite a lot to do if you want to experience every ending: 17,000 alternative endings: The new role-playing epic on Steam apparently wants to redefine ‘replayability’
