It sounds like they have the system to draw from already with regards to the 5e origins. I can only imagine, later when the rest of the classes coming out, how repetitive it will be each time you roll up a new character with the current options. And with the custom companions feature, not having the ability to decently outfit them from the get go will be kind of self defeating.
Yea the voices are a bit too homogenized. I can see how all the people that live in Baldurs Gate, or this particular region of Faerun might have the same or similar accents, and that does go towards immersion to an extent. But the PCs and companion NPCs themselves are adventurers which by definition are people that break the mold of regular people, and both come from and travel throughout all of Toril. So, a little variety here is not only pleasing but makes sense.
