I know it seems like I'm being un-pleasable, but when I was hoping for 'good' companions, I wasn't thinking companions from the older games, was sort of hoping for someone new. It feels so weird starting at level 1 and having Minsc and Jaheira being companions on the same level. these are legendary characters in the Baldur's Gate universe and they're going to be slumming around with a bunch of level 1s? It's just weird.
Also, even if we don't get them at level 1, and it's not until much later in act 2 or something that we do meet them, that's a huge chunk of the game without any 'good' companions. Most people have established who they want their party to be by the first 10 hours (imo at least).
Yup, agree with all of this. Have said as much myself. Even if eventually we get a full good-aligned party, at the very least we will have to go through a pretty big chunk of the game initially carrying evil companions with us before we're given a couple of old retreads almost like being thrown a bone. And for me, that's just not fair. Larian has made it so someone who wants to play with an evil party gets to do so. Ditto for someone who doesn't care about alignment one way or the other. The only people who don't get their thing are people like you and me. Seems to me that Larian is going out of its way to screw over anyone who wants to play "good" in their game.
