The worst thing about character banter is some of the characters are just too likeable. I genuinely hate swapping out Minsc for anyone else even if I want to have characters I never used before. Minsc is a fun character to have around. Vowing to protect Aerie? Being quite amusing with just about everyone in the group. Doesn't matter if I've already completed the game a few times with Minsc; playthroughs somehow don't feel quite right without him. :)
Still to this day feeling the same.. Finished my over a dozenth playthrough and entered ToB now, want to pick Sarevok and change his alignment to Good, but just.. cant give up Minsc.. Letting Minsc lose on Pirate Lord Desharik to get us into the Asylum is the single funniest moment of the entire RPG World for me.. -- Player Character: Minsc! Tell the Pirate Lord how much I should be in the asylum! --- Minsc: Pirate Lord? Such a name does not conjure images of righteous behavior. Stand still a moment and let Boo have a look at you. - Pirate Lord: "Er, why is your friend pointing a hamster at me?" --- Minsc: Boo will soon have you figured out. You certainly seem friendlier than I would think a Pirate Lord would be. and where is your peg? - Pirate Lord: My.. what? --- Minsc: Your peg. a proper pirate has a peg, whether a leg, arm or... uh... some other expendable extremity. And a parrot. - Pirate Lord: A Parrot? --- Minsc: Certainly! As I have my Boo, so too must you have your parrot. Boo likes parrots. They could wrassel. - Pirate Lord: I've seen enough. Congratulations, you are on your way to Spellhold. You are clearly a danger to the general community. By the gods, I think I'm stupider for talking you you. Stupider? More stupid? Get them out of my sight, all of them! They may all have his disease of the mind!
I know in Baldurs Gate 2 certain characters just might never be included in the same party purely based on the role they fulfil especially if there's the odd character that excels in a dual role. Jaheria and Anomen were decent in melee and could still dish out some rather powerful spells. I rarely felt the need to have more than one frontline swordsman like Minsc if the likes of those two compliment his abilities but I'm starting to regret that now. Wish I'd had him and Keldorn in the same group. The banter is just brilliant. Minsc is fun to have around just about every character.
"My battles won unscathed are my greatest pride. When I have served the cause of righteousness without a mark to prove my deeds, I know I am acting for the greater good... and not just my own foolish ego." That is so true shit Keldorn.
My favourite line has to be when Minsc asks Aerie to be her Witch. I was honestly happy because Minsc had a purpose again, and the few times where you see minsc vulnerable.
All glory to the amazing talent of voice actor Jim Cummings. He also did Gorion and Firkraag..... And tasmanian devil, doctor robotnik, lurch, darkwing duck, winnie the pooh, tigger and many many more!
Minsc and Keldorn are basically BFFs. I remember I had a party with both of them for one of my characters, but I didn't get this many banters. I must've had them too far apart in the formation to trigger them. :(
@@Milwaga WOTC actually retconned that. Now Minsc and Boo got petrified and then returned to normal slightly before the current timeline in 5E. They're the stars of their own ongoing comic series, and are canonically the heroes of the 5E adventure modules Murder in Baldur's Gate and Descent Into Avernus, which are very much tied into BG3. It's almost certain Minsc will make, at the very least, a cameo, and quite possibly play a more substantial role in the game.
@@FoxyDean Minsc had better fucking be a recruitable party member. A multiclassed Beastmaster Ranger (because Boo is his animal companion) and Barbarian (because big fuckoff sword, and rage). And Jim Cummings had better voice him. Anything less than that, and I _will_ start a riot.
+Alcovitch Wen this game first came out, it was shipped on 6(!) CDs, a huge amount for that time. 4 were solely for install, and 2 play discs. So yeah, space limitations
+Eara With ToB? I'm replaying SoA now, it's on 4 CD-ROMs all discs needed to install all discs needed to play and are interchanged throughout like BG1. Using original year 2000 discs, with my big box by my side.
Aww...the convo Minsc has with Rasaad about what a honeymoon is didn't make the list? (I think that confirms my assumption that you have to be romancing the monk in order to achieve it). It's actually really cute. Minsc asks Rasaad what a honeymoon is and Rasaad explains it as a newly married couple traveling together to a private area with a keg of mead to get to know each other better. Minsc asks about bees, as Boo mentioned they're involved in a honeymoon; which confuses Rasaad - who admits he isn't sure, seeing as he's never been married. It was the cutest and most awkward convo ever.
Worth remembering due to space limitations back then; they couldn't have every line of dialogue spoken. These days it's very common to have just about every line acted out but back then you didn't have the massive storage mediums of today; Baldurs Gate II was already 2GB which was massive for the time and it was initially split into 4 CDs a good few years before games came out on DVD. You'll notice especially in Baldurs Gate: Siege Of Dragonspear (2016) that a lot more lines are spoken since it was made recently and file sizes are less of an issue. The predecessors were from the Late 90's/ Early 00's.Anyway that's why fewer lines were recorded.
@@Damocles178 I actually prefer this method! I sometimes find fully voiced dialogue a bit grating, but this works perfectly. I actually prefer voices from older games, there is something with the audio quality and compression that feels cosier.
![Baldurs Gate 2 Sounds - Companion Audio Collection [Mazzy,Minsc,Nalia]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y8hZP9OwWMg/mqdefault.jpg)
The worst thing about character banter is some of the characters are just too likeable. I genuinely hate swapping out Minsc for anyone else even if I want to have characters I never used before. Minsc is a fun character to have around. Vowing to protect Aerie? Being quite amusing with just about everyone in the group. Doesn't matter if I've already completed the game a few times with Minsc; playthroughs somehow don't feel quite right without him. :)
Still to this day feeling the same.. Finished my over a dozenth playthrough and entered ToB now, want to pick Sarevok and change his alignment to Good, but just.. cant give up Minsc.. Letting Minsc lose on Pirate Lord Desharik to get us into the Asylum is the single funniest moment of the entire RPG World for me..
-- Player Character: Minsc! Tell the Pirate Lord how much I should be in the asylum!
--- Minsc: Pirate Lord? Such a name does not conjure images of righteous behavior. Stand still a moment and let Boo have a look at you.
- Pirate Lord: "Er, why is your friend pointing a hamster at me?"
--- Minsc: Boo will soon have you figured out. You certainly seem friendlier than I would think a Pirate Lord would be. and where is your peg?
- Pirate Lord: My.. what?
--- Minsc: Your peg. a proper pirate has a peg, whether a leg, arm or... uh... some other expendable extremity. And a parrot.
- Pirate Lord: A Parrot?
--- Minsc: Certainly! As I have my Boo, so too must you have your parrot. Boo likes parrots. They could wrassel.
- Pirate Lord: I've seen enough. Congratulations, you are on your way to Spellhold. You are clearly a danger to the general community.
By the gods, I think I'm stupider for talking you you. Stupider? More stupid? Get them out of my sight, all of them! They may all have his disease of the mind!
🤣🤣🤣@@demran
Wow, all these years playing this game and I had no idea about the bromance that is Keldorn and Minsc.
Mazzy and Valygar have a bromance as well (albeit an oppositely gendered one).
I always loved that.
I know in Baldurs Gate 2 certain characters just might never be included in the same party purely based on the role they fulfil especially if there's the odd character that excels in a dual role. Jaheria and Anomen were decent in melee and could still dish out some rather powerful spells. I rarely felt the need to have more than one frontline swordsman like Minsc if the likes of those two compliment his abilities but I'm starting to regret that now. Wish I'd had him and Keldorn in the same group. The banter is just brilliant. Minsc is fun to have around just about every character.
"My battles won unscathed are my greatest pride. When I have served the cause of righteousness without a mark to prove my deeds, I know I am acting for the greater good... and not just my own foolish ego." That is so true shit Keldorn.
My favourite line has to be when Minsc asks Aerie to be her Witch. I was honestly happy because Minsc had a purpose again, and the few times where you see minsc vulnerable.
Hear that, Evil? Minsc has a new witch! WOE IS YOU!
Such a shame that bg3 made viconia purely evil
All glory to the amazing talent of voice actor Jim Cummings. He also did Gorion and Firkraag..... And tasmanian devil, doctor robotnik, lurch, darkwing duck, winnie the pooh, tigger and many many more!
@@TheCoolCucumber maybe you assume that i even know this character.
@@salamandarin8626holy hell, a reply after 8 years.
Minsc is just unforgettable.
Minsc and Keldorn are basically BFFs.
I remember I had a party with both of them for one of my characters, but I didn't get this many banters. I must've had them too far apart in the formation to trigger them. :(
Minsc is the best guy and companion an adventure could wish for!
Indeed.
Nice! These interactions were some of the best part of BG. And you'll never hear all of them playing through the game, so this video is great!
Too much "Humble"not enough "RAAAAGH, Feel my unholy rage."
There will never be a character as great as BG1 and 2 Minsc.
Dat Minsc and Keldorn bromance.
There is a reason Minsc is the face of the game.
Never realized as a kid that Minsc was Winnie the Pooh....
Wait. I JUST noticed that this voice is the same one who did Fat Cat from Rescue Rangers! omg! :O
Keldorn schooling Minsc in Paladin swag.
they just dont make characters like minsc anymore
They don't make games like Baldurs Gate anymore, period :(
5:22, one of my favorites. More or less the both of them giving each others a thumbs-up. ;)
omg... winnie the pooh is ... Minsc?!!
That guy knows how to act.
Cernd really likes to demonstrate that 18 WIS score to everyone, even the mentally impaired that can't understand any of it.
Maybe he hopes some of it will rub off on Minsc.
3:30 and it was at that moment, that evil knew it was fucked
Minsc and boo are some of the best characters
Jan and Edwin(a) is just gold !
I so hope Minsc will return in BG3, and tastefully implemented, with the same voice actor
Not sure how far in the future Baldur's Gate 3 will be, but Minsc dissapeared in advanced age when going around Realms, so I hardly doubt so.
@@Milwaga WOTC actually retconned that. Now Minsc and Boo got petrified and then returned to normal slightly before the current timeline in 5E. They're the stars of their own ongoing comic series, and are canonically the heroes of the 5E adventure modules Murder in Baldur's Gate and Descent Into Avernus, which are very much tied into BG3. It's almost certain Minsc will make, at the very least, a cameo, and quite possibly play a more substantial role in the game.
@@FoxyDean Minsc had better fucking be a recruitable party member. A multiclassed Beastmaster Ranger (because Boo is his animal companion) and Barbarian (because big fuckoff sword, and rage). And Jim Cummings had better voice him. Anything less than that, and I _will_ start a riot.
and return he did!
Good job, Minsc. You keep it up.
I heard like two of these, lol, despite having many of the interactees in my party
Butt-kicking instead off butt-itching... :D
Minsc and Mazzy. This must be a thing.
I think their friendship is so sweet. Actually, pretty much every good-aligned character is delightful to see interacting with Minsc.
Why is only the first two lines spoken when clearly there's more?
Either financial or technical limitations, I presume.
+Alcovitch
Wen this game first came out, it was shipped on 6(!) CDs, a huge amount for that time. 4 were solely for install, and 2 play discs. So yeah, space limitations
+Eara was around 8 gigs for the lot if i remember which was an insane size back in the days think it filled nearly all of my hardrive
+Eara With ToB? I'm replaying SoA now, it's on 4 CD-ROMs all discs needed to install all discs needed to play and are interchanged throughout like BG1. Using original year 2000 discs, with my big box by my side.
Save money on voice acting I pressume.
dawg all of these are missing 1/2 of the dialogue.
this was the extent of voice acting in the 90s
Boo, I think this bard is a little off in the head, no?
Aww...the convo Minsc has with Rasaad about what a honeymoon is didn't make the list? (I think that confirms my assumption that you have to be romancing the monk in order to achieve it).
It's actually really cute. Minsc asks Rasaad what a honeymoon is and Rasaad explains it as a newly married couple traveling together to a private area with a keg of mead to get to know each other better. Minsc asks about bees, as Boo mentioned they're involved in a honeymoon; which confuses Rasaad - who admits he isn't sure, seeing as he's never been married.
It was the cutest and most awkward convo ever.
wtf is Neera??
An additional character, who was added in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.
I like how you only show like the first two lines and leave out the voice dialog for the rest.
Worth remembering due to space limitations back then; they couldn't have every line of dialogue spoken. These days it's very common to have just about every line acted out but back then you didn't have the massive storage mediums of today; Baldurs Gate II was already 2GB which was massive for the time and it was initially split into 4 CDs a good few years before games came out on DVD. You'll notice especially in Baldurs Gate: Siege Of Dragonspear (2016) that a lot more lines are spoken since it was made recently and file sizes are less of an issue. The predecessors were from the Late 90's/ Early 00's.Anyway that's why fewer lines were recorded.
The game is old lol
@@Damocles178 I actually prefer this method! I sometimes find fully voiced dialogue a bit grating, but this works perfectly.
I actually prefer voices from older games, there is something with the audio quality and compression that feels cosier.
I hated Minsc when I first played this game years ago, and it's safe to say I still hate him.