I don't care how many companions we have. If 70% of them are assholes, then that's 70% that are assholes. I'll take the dog food that has some variety over the steak that is all burnt.
Very subjective, a character with what most people would agree is an assholish personality isn't necessarily a bad character, many fan favourites and popular characters from fantasy and fiction are admittedly dickheads, and many of the old BG characters were assholes too. But anyway, most BG3 companions are hardly assholes.
"10 " (VERY LOOSE 10) is massive lol? I guess for modern standards.
Baldur's Gate 2 had over 18, not including another dozen great modded in companions. Sure not all are perfect, still leaves many great options.
While I don't think we are short-handed in terms of companions, I do by no means think 10 companions is massive and would certainly welcome some more, of course that is, as long as they're properly written and have at least some depth. Also, using dlc and modded content when discussing these topics isn't really fair.
Man has standards dropped for people to say that. Amount of work?? Like making these older games was a walk in the park?? For the times, it was way harder to make these games than now. Or at least just as hard.
These comparisons with the companions from the older games are just ridiculous, obviously technology and the whole gaming industry have advanced, and you can fit a lot more stuff into a game nowadays than you could back in the day. But if you believe that the same amount of work goes into making a BG3 companion than in making a companion from the original games, you're just delusional. Astarion had probably more work put into him than the entire cast of BG1, you just can't reasonably expect the same number of companions while also wanting them to be more fleshed out.
More IS better in an RPG.
More isn't always better, I'd choose quality over quantity any day.
