I mean, crap or not, even if they do the Origin characters amazingly in the story, dialogues, etc. I won't play them, I didn't in DOS2 where even the story was written around one of them, I def will not do it here for the simple fact that I like freedom. Yes, freedom, my character may not get an amazing lore deep background, etc. But I will be able to make any class, race, the appearance I want. make choices that I want based on the kind of character I decided to play.
Playing as an Origin character it just won't be the same thing. You go and change any of the origin and it will be odd (At least for me), Having the option to change their classes (which I doubt) will be even weirder, changing races or even appearance it's not a thing too because they have their iconic looks thrown at you on every loading screen, etc. It just feels fake. So, With all said, I don't think I personally can even try playing without the freedom of creating my own character, even if it will be diminished in the story.
But I do understand those who like the origin system, and that they are using DOS way of storytelling instead of conventional RPG where you, the player, is the "chose one", and companions are just that, companions.
