I'm confused by these posts. Gale and Wyll are clearly good, Shadowheart is neutral with good leanings, and Astarion and LAezal are evil leaning. Gale and Wyll in particular are chipper, fun loving guys. What the hell are you people doing to piss them off?!
Shadowheart is a Sharite. Astarion and Lae are cringe evil. Gale is a power hungry sycophant with delusions of grandeur and Wyll took power from an evil being. None of these characters are good.
Well put.
And for all the talk of: "the good companions are coming later," the possible additional companions don't seem very "good" either with the exception of one certain individual. Seems like Larian's message here is: If you want to have a good-aligned party, you have to go with a custom party. But that is so wrong in a party-based cRPG.
how about you stop assuming stuff like that and just wait for what's to come? any of what you're saying Larians 'message' is, completely lacks evidence. never did they hint on there being only evil companions in the finished game.
And how can anyone say Wyll is evil just because he made a deal with an evil entity? the reasons why he did it are important. and if you play an evil playthrough you will find out really quickly that he does not approve of your actions. not so evil afterall.
