My impression: Boring and predictable companions. You know right away that every companion has a secret and I find the use of an inflated number of companions with secrets boring anyway. In the previous games they didn't have secrets, or at least not to an exaggerated extent, they were just strong personalities from the start like Edwin the Red Wizard from Thay or Jahreira the Harper (which she only revealed to the party). Just a few characters had real secrets like Xzar and Montaron and were therefore a bit more special because they weren't that common. They are also all annoying "a-hole d-bags", but rumor has it that in EA only the "evil" companions are introduced anyway.

Last edited by Lotus Noctus; 02/06/23 08:44 PM.