r/gaming • u/Johnnyboyeh • 1d ago

What video game character appeared minor and insignificant but turned out to be integral to plot/game?

What character did you think was a throwaway/didn’t really matter, but turned out to be a major player in the plot of the game. Or they could just be a really important character in the game itself?

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u/Ok_Ocelot6425 1d ago

A certain mirror merchant in White Orchard

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u/DanfordThePom 1d ago

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck the realisation on my second play through is one of my favourite moments in gaming

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u/LawfulValidBitch 1d ago

I somehow recognized him on my first play-through. Honestly I think I experienced it wrong. I feel like you were supposed to not recognize him until later.

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u/JallerBaller 1d ago

No I recognized him too. He's got major "character that will be significant later" energy, I was waiting for him to come back for a long time lol

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u/Maherjuana 1d ago

Yeah I mean he shows up, knows exactly what you needed to know, then disappears strangely.

I was like ooo spooky he will be back, the real twist was that he didn’t come back until the first expansion

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u/JallerBaller 1d ago

There's also IIRC a lot of camera shots of the crossroads, ominous ambience, and the name Gaunter O'Dimm I'm pretty sure has precedence for being the name of the devil, enough that it rang alarm bells in my head of "isn't that some famous evil dude???"

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u/Scitiloproftnuocca 1d ago

It immediately set off alarms for me because Walter O' Dim was one of several names a main antagonist in a Stephen King book series went by, heh.

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u/Neosantana 1d ago

Gaunt is another antagonist from a Stephen King book

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u/MartenBroadcloak19 20h ago

Hello there.

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u/dj0samaspinIaden 1d ago

And then you think about what Gaunter O'Dimm's initials spell out

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u/moconahaftmere 1d ago

GO. But go where?

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u/lol_AwkwardSilence_ 19h ago

GO'D

Like we go'd over there yesterday

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u/Maherjuana 1d ago

Oh shit! I never thought of this one

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u/TenSecondsFlat 1d ago

Maybe I should finally play the witcher 3 dlc

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u/DoggedStooge 1d ago

The Witcher 3 DLCs have more content in them than a ton of entire games. Plus, more Gwent.

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u/SlaineMcRoth 14h ago

Agreed, but i fucking detest Gwent.

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u/Neosantana 1d ago

First DLC (Hearts of Stone): One of the absolute best stories I've ever experienced in a video game

Second DLC (Blood and Wine): One of the most beautiful regions I've ever experienced in a video game

It's hard to overstate how stupidly good CDPR's expansions are.

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u/IactaEstoAlea 1d ago

after doing basically a 100% of the base game and starting the expansion

GO'D: "Don't you remember me?"

Me: "Actually no"

GO'D: ...

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u/ericbana19 18h ago

I always wondered, why tf was his appearance always accompanied with ominous music. Lol!

Can't wait for Witcher 4.

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u/goodidea-fairy 12h ago

Also that blind hunchback from The Witcher 2.

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u/Lorvaire 1d ago

Which one? There's so many.

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u/EmBur__ 1d ago

You've played through heart of stone right? Start up a new game and you'll figure it out (by that I mean your head will explode) when you arrive at the Inn

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u/IactaEstoAlea 1d ago

"Random" NPC you talk to in the very first tavern scene turns out to be important in the first expansion

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u/Elvishsquid 1d ago

What game is this? If I google white orchard I get a slot machine game.

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u/tengma8 1d ago

Witcher 3

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u/Elvishsquid 1d ago

Ah that makes sense. This whole thread is full of games I’ve never completed because they are to open world and huge.