Since we have endless threads of telling everyone your favorite companion, how about letting us know which cast ensemble from each game is your favorite? This doesn't mean your favorite character is in that game, but which cast do you feel you like the most.
By the way, this is focusing on the main/central cast. Thanks to Orlan Tabris and KaiserShep for pointing this out.
Modifié par sniper_arrow, 31 décembre 2015 - 07:33 .
We all know which would win this: Origins.
People keep going on about wanting an "Origins 2", ever since DA2 disappointed people. Seeing as how Cullen was in DAO - even in a minor role - combine him with Morrigan and Alistair, and not even the ever-popular Varric stands a chance. Plus, there's also the original Anders from Awakening, which probably got a popularity boost since DA2.
For me personally? I dunno. It's like choosing between ice cream, pizza and chocolate.
DAO
Can't go wrong with the masterpiece 
I'm torn between DAO and DAI. Each cast has people I like and don't like. And of course it's REALLY hard to not let my adoration for Dorian tip the scale toward DAI, but that shouldn't really factor into the decision.
You know what I think makes the DAI cast stand out? Cole. The way the devs used him to tell us personal tidbits about all of our followers was just brilliant, and it's an experience we won't be able to have ever again. There were so many revealing nuggets about everyone and I think that their interactions with him really help tie them all together.
There is also the fact that, with the DAI banter there was more of a sense of relationships changing, or friendships forging. This is particularly evident between characters like Cole and Cassandra, where she really warms up to him as the game goes on. DAO has a bit of that, but not to the same degree. The most comparable thing in DA2 would probably be the friendship that grows between Isabela and Avaline.
DA2. Having the ability to either be a character's friend or rival really made the cast feel varied from the other games. Not only that, but there was a good amount of variety in the cast relationships with some characters greatly enjoying each others' company and other characters genuinely hating the guts out of each other.
Inquisition by far. Most of the companions in Origins were unremarkable, and I didn't like most of them in 2. Whilst having characters to dislike isn't always a bad thing, it needs to be balanced out by having some that I do like.
Inquisition has a nice balance here, with some I love (Solas, Dorian, Cole), some I hate (Blackwell, Vivienne, Leiliana), and a bunch in the middle!
DA2 for me.
I found all of them bizarre and "uncomfortable"; though I understand this is one of the reasons why the game is so unpopular.
This said it's worth mentioning that, while DAO had Zevran & Oghren and DA2 had Sebastian & Fenris, I actually cared about everyone (to some extend) in DAI.
Yep. The relationship between the two of them and how it evolves over the time in Kirkwall is gold.
*fist bump*Gold.
At first I thought this was a DAO no brainer since I loved DAO Banter. But... in reality, DAI won out because even though Alistair will ALWAYS hold a very special place in my heart, there are more DAI NPCs with real depth - 9 companions AND 3 advisors with some solid back story/interaction and even a few other NPCs that have more depth than other characters in DAO (Harding, Mother Giselle, Morrigan, etc).
Roughly half of DA:I's cast is DA:O's and DA2's casts. So, DA:O.
For me its DA:O then DA:I only because of Sera-she livens the place up.. DA:2 group is next.
I voted DAO, but come to think of it I didn't care much for quite a few characters. Zevran, Oghren, Wynne, and Sten all fall a bit flat for me though I didn't dislike any of them. Comparatively in DAI, I disliked Vivienne but felt everyone else was worth their salt.
It's actually DAI because a lot of my favourite cast members from DAO and DA2 play big roles in DAI as well.
Tough one. DAO has better standouts, but DAI is more balanced. DAO had more "freedom of speech" during quests (I never cease to be amazed at the back-and-forth the three companions have over releasing Jowan without the Warden saying a word or the many variations of the prison break), but DAI has better cutscenes (Cassandra flipping the table on Varric was golden).
All in all I liked the not-so-snugly, underdog team dynamic in DAO more, it gave way more tension to disagreements even if no one was killed (which could happen). DAI was too easygoing fluffy fantasy in that sense for me, despite the supposedly Earth-shattering conflict going on. Everyone being confined to a tiny camp also added more to the homey, "we are doing this together" feel than the vast halls and many rooms of Skyhold, though this is more due to game design reasons than anything else.
Furthermore I think general exposition through the characters was handled way better in DAO. As many additions to the lore as DAI has, most of that was exiled into long-ass texts and random codex entries instead of making NPCs tell you the gist of them. Yes, there's Solas with the spirit babble, Mother Giselle with the Chantry babble, Cole's insights etc. but nothing particularly new or intriguing. Dorian hardly shares any Tevinter lore we didn't know already, the only one who is actually interested in Ancient Elven lore wouldn't talk about it (heck, the ones who actually did were the returning Morrigan and Flemeth), Iron Bull barely delves into Qunari customs, no Chantry person seems to care about what Cory said of the Black City's empty throne, the list goes on. I found these baffling, for it wouldn't have been much effort to remedy these.
DAO wins.
Sorry DA2, I could never connect with a single one of your lot.
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