I cannot understand why a game is seen as "dumbed down" if there is no main hero and party leader. The "hero" and "exceptional sole saviour guy" subject is such a one-sided, boring and overstretched thing that I would be glad for a game without it. I usually don't want to become the leader of this and that. In the EA you already see where it is going in DOS2 and I'm not sure I'm glad about it. Let's wait and see.
In DOS2 the companions are quite strong chars, so there is hope. In the EA in at least two situations some companions can act in a way that totally changes the flow of the events/dialogs I expected. I was very surprised and a bit shocked. It's a good design.
