Forum:Origins type party or DA2 type party?

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I noticed a considerable difference between the companions in DAO and DA2. In Origins many of the people in your group don't get along, simply cooperating with you for either necessity (World ending blight and all that) Or personal gain (Evil baby pumping machine that is Morrigan) While in DA2 it feels much more like a group of buddy's hanging out with their leader type figure Hawke. Sure there are some people who don't get along in the group (Hypocrite elf and hypocrite mage) but overall the group are very close. My question is which do you prefer, personally I kind of prefer the DA2 approach. The Origins one is better for the game that it is, uniting people who would likely be killing each other in a situation where they all have to cooperate. However the DA2 approach had a certain charm to it. I always felt that while companions had clear reasons to bail, they never would because they cared. Whilst in Origins I thought Zevran would slit my throat given a chance or Sten would batter my face in if I make a joke about the Qun.

Which do you guys prefer? The dysfunctional band of heroes, or the Scooby Doo gang?--TheRageMage (talk) 13:28, May 20, 2012 (UTC)TheRageMage

... and which is which? Because for me, DA:O's band was both less melodramatic and hostile than DA2's. In DA:O's party, Morrigan hated everyone and that was it. Everyone else were friendly or at very least civil to each other, as for DA2, I haven't seen so much interparty hostility since KOTOR2, only with moar dramz and - unlike KOTOR2 - with no sensible explanation of why such a hateful bunch would hang out together. Dorquemada (talk) 14:02, May 20, 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps I wished for a mix of both? I would've loved having Varric around as comic relief, rather than the whiny Man-Child royal bastard that is Alistair. Having Fenris around for Unrest in the Alienage would also have been awesome, considering his hatred for Tevinters, magisters AND slavers. :P From my own viewpoint, I thought the extremely differing views of Origins' Companions made a little more sense, given that if one character were to be a blood mage, the other character wouldn't just brush it off. Whether this is actually enacted in dialogue is another story, but the fact they'd actually react rather than let it lie is simply more like real life. EzzyD (talk) 13:50, May 20, 2012 (UTC)