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Please use another colour for the text as I find it very difficult to read with the grey background.
So far I am a little disappointed with the companions but I hope they are mutually exclusive.
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if they make cullen a companion, then yes cause i want to watch him die... if its him or the warden, im taking the guy with not much time left over the douche known as cullen
I'm rather fond of the idea, as it adds more replayibility to the game and really shows that actions have consiquence. Plus, it often lets us squeeze more companions into the game, which is always good.
Not a huge fan but I wouldn't have minded the whole DA2 sibling thing so much if I'd gotten to choose which sibling lived. I don't like that the game forced me to "balance" my party depending on whether or not I played a mage. I'm sure many a player who rolled a mage Hawke wished they could have kept Bethany around, for example. I like playing a mage and I like Carver and wouldn't have chosen differently but still.
I also agree that having a choice at the end of the game is silly, since you didn't get much time with characters like Loghain at all. I'd prefer no mutually exclusive companions but if we HAVE to have them, I'd rather the choice be relatively close to the beginning.
I'm pretty meh on the whole mutually exclusive companion thing, to be honest. Though if I had to choose between two characters there are a few questions that run through my head before deciding.
* Who's the more interesting of the two?
* Can I bang them?
* Are they worth banging?
I like them. Though if they do it like Alistair/Loghain It should be earlier in the game, id say like halfway-ish. That way you get enough time to know the one but then if you don't like him you can always kill him and replace him and have enough time to get to know the new one. Also unlike other people here I did like the way Carver/Bethany was done mainly because I could never choose Carver over Bethany but I do like playing as a mage and it also adds this kool effect to the game where Hawke doesn't have to make a choice and live with the consequences but instead **** just happens to her/him and the choice is in how to deal with that. The part I really didn't like about Carver/Bethany is that they get taken away after the first act, which sort of ended up making them like half a companion.
especially since the only healer after bethany left was anders.... ugh
I like Anders.... just saying.
I like Anders.... just saying.
with mustard sauce?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Mutually exclusive companions can go sit on a cactus.
I was so happy when I learned the classes would finally be distributed evenly. If I end up having to cut anybody from the squad, and screw up my entire party balance, I will flip a goddamn table all the way to Canada.
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I like Anders.... just saying.
It is good that someone does.
I like them. Makes me want to play the game again to see the difference.
Since I normally like to do two playthroughs I love this concept. Sure I play favorites most of the time, but it's nice to have the option. I will agree that choosing based on Class in DA2 sucked a bit, but Bethany was a more likable sibling for my Rogue Hawke than Carver was.
I don't really like them. If it turns out I can't finally have my four mage party, I will be very disappointed.
I love it. I love the idea of "optional" companions. It can give the game more unique flavors. Replayability to the nines. I posted a topic about companion crises and how I'd enjoy seeing them again; a Virmire situation in DA:I would be a very welcome addition for me.
I'd love to see it implemented
Mutually exclusive in the form of how DA2 implemented it? No. It is cutting one character's content between two people and limiting them both in various ways. If you want to discuss mutually exclusive characters that are full-game companions, with equal content, yet if you get one you cannot get the other and vice versa, then I'd be more inclined to be fine with it.