If Minsc and Jaheira can turn against a presumably good PC
I assume they will turn against an evil PC => thefore something to counter the balance their absence if players chooses the evil path. So far only killing tieflings can result in loosing a companion, but who knows how act1 will develop further.
Okay, but the evil party still has the gith, the vampire, and the Sharran. That's a full party. The good party, however, has nobody (neutral companions not inclusive) until we meet Minsc in Act 2, and then still only half a party.
There are no Good characters right now :-/
No one still believes that do they? It seems pretty obvious that SH is meant to be "good" and the rest are more grey. I think the obvious shift in SH's personality over the course of the EA have shown that Larian was talking out of their ass when they said they were giving us the evil party first. What we have are the main origin characters. They're meant to be our main party, like it or not.
At least from what we've seen, that's my opinion.
Sorry but no. SH does NOT count as good, at least certainly not in Act 1. And you can't count the neutral companions as "good" either. Thus far, Minsc is the ONLY "good" companion. So as things stand right now, my good PC will have to go with two neutrals and one evil companions. That does NOT constitute a good party, which means Larian is forcing me to not be able to play with a good party (one neutral among four would be acceptable). This goes against their assurances that we will be able to play with a good party.