Originally Posted by Dez
Two games handled this worse than the other titles - namely Pathfinder Kingmaker and Pillars of Eternity 2 (I did not at all feel this way about the first PoE..). Pathfinder Kingmaker is an extremely long game, and the small amount of actual dialogues you get with your companions prove... Disappointing. You see their amazing character development during their quests and you experience all of these amazing (and horrendous) things alongside them, yet you don't really feel like you ever talk it out (except for their personal quest objectives - I'll give credit where credit is due). In general, the dialogues in Pathfinder Kingmaker are limited, especially the ones related to the relationship between you and your companions (both romances and non-romances) - and in a game as long as Pathfinder Kingmaker (not just irl play-wise, but actually ingame-wise too) it just feels so odd to not have more proper dialogues with your companions. I mean, you basically live with these people alongside you for *multiple years*... A video containing *ALL* of Valerie's interactions with the player (romance run) only rounds up to 40 minutes (including the time given to read the conversations) in a game that is MORE than 50 hours (!!!) long! That's nowhere near enough, imo. frown

I'll just respond to this as this is what I know the most about compared to most others on these forums.

You might be pleased to know that the sequel addresses this problem, at least in a different way. There is slightly more interaction between your character and your companions in general (and also seemingly more elaborate companion quests, chapter 3 of WotR feels like it's 40% main quest and 60% companion quests - sidequests seem to have taken a back seat in favor of the main story and companion quests), but they also went all in on party banter in general. They talk, a lot, often reacting to each other.

For example, here's a screenshot of FOUR party members talking to each other at one point in the main quest, one of them outside of the party for story reasons but about to rejoin, and three inside your current party.

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