Cutting down VO's by 50% is not the same thing as bland and devoid of character. I haven't read anyone requesting "bland" companions.
Oh so you're saying give up voice acting..
It's wasted on characters you don't like anyway since you will never hear 99% of it.[/quote]
VO is pricey sure, but I am not sure if it would equal writing, art, design, programming, cinematic team QA (and more?) required to add more characters in.
And with BG3 focus on cinematics partial VO is not an option.[/quote]
Less content for origin companions = less dialogue = less VO and cinematics.
All I'm saying is I would prefer a much stronger focus on Tav and more companions to choose from.
I'm not at all interested in playing Larian's origin characters as the protagonist.