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[Luckywallace]

As far as I am aware it is impossible for Hawke to kill either Varric or Aveline and neither have super expensive celebrity voice actors so I cannot see why Bioware would not be able to get them back. Everybody else could potentially be not-recruited or get killed off so I would understand if they were missing or did not have any new dialogue.

If we are going to a new area then it would make sense (from a production point of view, not sure about story) for Varric and Aveline to travel along with Hawke. Introduce a friendly new mage and you've got a complete party. Now, if that mage happened to be Morrigan... no, that'll never happen. :-(

If this is an Awakening-style expansion (which I really hope for) then a few new companions would be nice.

[Chromie]

Zjarcal wrote...

Lenimph wrote...

 If the DLC doesn't have Isabela or Merrill in it I'm not buying it.
... Immediately... 

Word.

Eh, who am I kidding, I'm buying any DA2 DLC immediately. 

Ha...sucker:sick:

[Shastadog]

Yes would like to see some of them, but no more Anders please. Would like ot see Merrill, finish the mirror and maybe an apearance from Morrigan. or maybe that story is bigger than DLC.

[SilentK]

Blanchefleur wrote...

Yes, I want at least some of them to return, especially Hawke's LI. Please don't give us an Awakening type of letter from your LI! I want my Hawke to have her LI by her side.

Yess!! 

I want my team back and most of all the LI. Would be really great to listen to some new banter and seeing new sides to my companions. Currently in ME2, have done three Hawks so far so I took a little break. One swing through the ME-universe and I'll be back to DA2. I really enjoy all of them and would miss the alot if they were not in the dlc.

Hmmm.... but I know that I would get any dlc simply because I had so much fun in DA2. But I would be much happier if the companions came with it.

[88mphSlayer]

yes, if there's one major flaw to the dlc in ME2 it's that your companions never speak

[wildannie]

I very much want them to return.

The reason I did not buy witch hunt or golems was that the absense of Zevran made absolutely no sense for my wardens so it is a bit of a deal breaker for me.

I'm hoping that BW always planned the inclusion of the companions and booked and budgeted the costs of the VAs already.  

At the very least, for post DA2 DLC, the LIs should be there. 

[catofnine]

On returning DA2 companions: Yes, please.

Though Bioware if you bring back Oghren as an "old favorite friend", you guys are effing dead to me.

Modifié par catofnine, 30 mai 2011 - 05:08 .

[neppakyo]

catofnine wrote...

On returning DA2 companions: Yes, please.

Though Bioware if you bring back Oghren as an "old favorite friend", you guys are effing dead to me.

I prefer Oghren over all (but varric and aveline) DA2's companions. A cliche drunk dwarf, but better than Cloud, the emo anorexia chick, and the pirate hooker.

[wildannie]

@catofnine - I can't stand oghren either, having to put up without the rest of the squad...ugh (and that's just for the short time that I *have* to use him - he's usually swiftly sacked.
I'm no fan of Merrill or Anders but I'll put up with them if I can get Fenris and Isabella back, it'll be good to see Varric and Aveline too

[Night Prowler76]

Im not buying anything related to DA2, and Mike posting those screens just make the game look more pathetic compared to TW2, it just looks so ugly, and rest assured, it will be more of the same bland low texture environments that DA2 is known for.

On the bright side, the Dragon Age series had a good run of one game lol

[Shimmer_Gloom]

The Dragon Age hate is pretty stifling sometimes. Also, whats wrong with Ohgren?! Its Steve Freakin Blume man! Spike Speagel as a dwarf! Or Wolverine! That guy is a legend of voice acting.

As an FYI, Aveline can get booted from the party in act 3. Varric is really the only one who can't get lost. I'd say bring back Varric AND Ohgren! A warrior and a rogue. All you need is a mage companion and the party is set!

[Aesieru]

marshalleck wrote...

I didn't really like the companions in DA2. They were almost universally obsessive and one-dimensional. Made worse by the fact that interaction with them was done in brief, shallow snippets.

As for the DLC screenshots, their presentation reeks of shiny baubles meant to distract from larger concerns, namely the huge flaws in DA2. But who cares, here have some griffons!

I have to agree completely.

[wildannie]

Shimmer_Gloom wrote...

The Dragon Age hate is pretty stifling sometimes. Also, whats wrong with Ohgren?! Its Steve Freakin Blume man! Spike Speagel as a dwarf! Or Wolverine! That guy is a legend of voice acting.

As an FYI, Aveline can get booted from the party in act 3. Varric is really the only one who can't get lost. I'd say bring back Varric AND Ohgren! A warrior and a rogue. All you need is a mage companion and the party is set!

Why not bring them all back so everyone's happy?  BW create diverse characters to increase the likelihood that most players will like *someone*, there's nothing *wrong* with Oghren, I just don't like him.  

I think that having all the companions available increases the enjoyment for the largest number of people, we don't all like the same things 

[Ottemis]

You know with the Chantry going *spoiler*, I'd really really like a DLC that takes you to Starkhaven with Seb, and then hopefully you know.. with a bit more 'action' *cough*
And yeah with the whole crew available, but i'd like that for any DLC.
Asmuch as I hate them at times, I love them all in the end. Cept maybe Anders.. I'm very torn =P

Modifié par Ottemis, 30 mai 2011 - 06:31 .

[AngryFrozenWater]

Getting the companions back in a DLC is fairly expensive because of the voice acting. It is also hard to sync the schedules of the voice actors (which all have their own work and projects). One way to avoid a bit of that is to record the voice acting during the development time of DA2. So, we may be lucky with the first DLC. The same is true for the PC voice actors. Like other DLCs for DA:O we may see that even the player character will be replaced by another one. One or both happened in the last 4 DLCs for DA:O and Awakening. So, I don't think we have much of a choice here. It all depends on the budget for and schedules of the voice actors.

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 30 mai 2011 - 06:31 .

[grey_savant]

I will give the plus vote to the companions Merrill and Aveline, as I thought they were the most entertaining. Hope to see them again.

[_Aine_]

AngryFrozenWater wrote...

Getting the companions back in a DLC is fairly expensive because of the voice acting. It is also hard to sync the schedules of the voice actors (which all have their own work and projects). One way to avoid a bit of that is to record the voice acting during the development time of DA2. So, we may be lucky with the first DLC. The same is true for the PC voice actors. Like other DLCs for DA:O we may see that even the player character will be replaced by another one. One or both happened in the last 4 DLCs for DA:O and Awakening. So, I don't think we have much of a choice here. It all depends on the budget for and schedules of the voice actors.

Pantomime.  Pantomime would solve this issue.     

[AngryFrozenWater]

shantisands wrote...

AngryFrozenWater wrote...

Getting the companions back in a DLC is fairly expensive because of the voice acting. It is also hard to sync the schedules of the voice actors (which all have their own work and projects). One way to avoid a bit of that is to record the voice acting during the development time of DA2. So, we may be lucky with the first DLC. The same is true for the PC voice actors. Like other DLCs for DA:O we may see that even the player character will be replaced by another one. One or both happened in the last 4 DLCs for DA:O and Awakening. So, I don't think we have much of a choice here. It all depends on the budget for and schedules of the voice actors.

Pantomime.  Pantomime would solve this issue.  

Haha. Stop that! I nearly derailed a similar thread in the past by joking about that.

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 30 mai 2011 - 06:44 .

[Droma]

the best solution in my opinion would have been (assuming dlc plays after the events of da2) to have your LI perm at your new "home"/base (whereever this might be). allowing for some interaction and some dialoges (should be repeatable, stuff like kisses or even a bed scene). as companions in the game they then could birng up some totally new ones (which is allways better for them, because they don't have to factor in that many choices we made and also allow them to hire new voice actors). so it would be in my opinion the best solution to please us gamers (with our romance at home with some dialoges) and at the same time give the developers enough freedom to actually make the game work. of cause everything would be better if our romance would be a complete companion in further add ons (or even other characters from da2) but it would also greatly increase the work bioware has to put into the dlc.

[Aesieru]

What if we didn't have a love interest?

After all, the choices weren't very interesting and I was more concerned with surviving and not being caught by the Templars as I was a mage.

I didn't have time to fraternize to any degree that I'd actually "fall in love".

[macrocarl]

New areas to explore was my main beef with DA2 and the screen shots show........ new areas! And they look cool. As for returning companions, I'd love them from DA2. I thought they were all great and totally flawed in interesting ways. And if the story fits for some DAO companions to poke their head in and say sup I'm all about that as well. If they want a combo of the above plus some secondary characters from all the past stuff to take a more prominent role than that'd be great too. I really really dug Merril and Isabella coming back and getting a closer look at what makes them tick. So long as it fits the story bring it on!

[Aradace]

Tommy6860 wrote...
 Merrill just didn't fit the persona she had in Origins, IMO.

There's your problem right there.  You assumed they wrote her to actually be like her persona in Origins.  Fact is, they diliberately took her away from that persona.  Which, IMO, was a smart move.  I liked Merrill in DA2.  In Origins, she seemed very...well...for lack of a better word, two-dimensional and/or generic.

[Droma]

if you don't have any love interest, your new home would be empty. easy as that. or maybe the could/will add romancable new companions. the whole your old LI stays at your home fragment should only be a small amount of the dlc. the main part should focus on a great story about whatever. therefore new companions are a better solution for bioware. but they simply can't just ignore your old LI imo, would anger lot of people =(