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[TheOneAndOni]

 I just finished the game over the weekend having followed every breadcrumb I could find (that wasn't bugged in some way), theoretically completing all of the available companion quests, and Hawke's relationships with his companions feels a bit too transient.  In the Mass Effect games (and in DA:O), you can talk to the members of your party on a regular basis to develop what feels like a full-fledged relationship with all of them.  I appreciate having the option to really get to know these characters, and by the end of Mass Effect, I really cared what happened to each and every one of them.  At the end of DA2, by contrast, I had done some quests to help out my companions, but with a few exceptions, I didn't feel any more connected to those than the side quests I did for other random people around the city simply because I didn't have that much of a pre-existing relationship with the characters.

On the positive side, though, I did really appreciate the fact that I felt like my companions had developed meaningful relationships with each other, and that is something I have always felt is missing in the Mass Effect games.  The party banter had some of the most entertaining lines of dialogue in the entire game, and it was even better to occasionally see my companions hanging out with/speaking to one another even when they weren't in my party.  I hope that the high quality in this area was not a big factor in my gripes from the previous paragraph.

I also appreciated how my companions played a major role in the game's story beyond simply being in my party.  I hope that is not considered to be a story, but I think it is a positive feature of the game to feel like my companions have lives beyond simply being my wingman.

Anyway, here is hoping that Mass Effect 3 (and potentially Dragon Age 3) combine the best of both worlds to give us well-developed characters that have meaningful roles and relationship both with the main character and with each other.