I don't understand why for the D:OS games people love playing the Origin characters there, and how the story feels richer playing one of them, but they hate the idea here in BG3. How is it any different? And why resist the idea so much in BG3 if it already worked well in D:OS?
I for one love the concept in both games, and can't wait for the OPTION to be available. Yes I plan to play as one of the companions, after playing my own character I love the concept of getting into my favourite companions' minds a little more, so to speak.
It is an option - people who don't want to try it, don't have to. Just like people who don't want to do the Evil Path, don't have to. Etc...
Was it loved, though? Or was it just that people disliked playing their own custom characters because of how much less they felt connected to the world? If you make two options and one option is "eat a pizza with pineable and ham" and the other is "get kicked in the balls", and it turns out that most people pick the pizza, then have we really found a convincing answer to the age old question of pineapple on pizza? I suspect not. For the record, since I brought it up, I'm actually on team pineapple, but you do have to add some black pepper or the ham might feel a bit hammy.
As far as playing as companion characters, there are scenarios where I don't mind the idea, but can you imagine going through BG1 and 2 as Minsc? What would your connection to the main storyline actually be, particularly in game 2? Irenicus wants my totally non-bhaal-tainted soul? Not really. Irenicus wants the soul of my friend, so what happens if I don't bring that dude? And then there's the whole turning into the slayer stuff and of course the ending of BG2 becomes really weird and the ToB expansion would make less than no sense. Now imagine playing as Jan or Nalie or Aerie. What, they don't deserve "origin" treatment and should be reduced to mercs with no story or plot or anything? Isn't Edwin way cooler and more fitting as a right hand in a Shadow Thief guild hall, something that wouldn't really be possible if he was a playable protagonist?
