Worth playing an origin character?

[hawk7389]

I am about to finish my first run with a custom Tav. Would playing next as an origin character add much story wise in comparison to what I saw from them being companions? Is there much unique dialogue or story content you see playing as an origin character?

[Sima Marlin]

Good question.

I only know that Dark urge is vastly different than others.

[Inazuma]

Dark Urge 100%

[Mr. Otter]

Weeeell....It could be good. But as Sima Marlin said, Dark Urge is the only one that is unique. By that I mean if you have done the companion questlines as Tav, you have basically played as the origin character somewhat. They will have the exact same quest, and you will be able to pick the same choices.

[hawk7389]

Originally posted by Mr. Otter:

Weeeell....It could be good. But as Sima Marlin said, Dark Urge is the only one that is unique. By that I mean if you have done the companion questlines as Tav, you have basically played as the origin character somewhat. They will have the exact same quest, and you will be able to pick the same choices.

Cool this is what I was wondering.

[Gingermonkey]

Its certainly interesting if you were planning on playing an origin character contrary to how they act as a companion, ie altruistic Astarion, or evil Wyll. It can also give you some insight on how the character felt during certain situations

[sevensided]

Yes and no.

If you have been meticulous in cultivating your companion quests as Tav (or dark urge), then there will be little gained in playing as that origin character. However, if you tend to neglect companions, playing as one will pretty much expose you to all of their story.

Also, there are different insights you get from playing as origin characters as opposed to watching their story third person as Tav.

(I would also recommend playing as only origin characters if you plan on playing a set multi-player group of 3 or 4 players)

[Sima Marlin]

Originally posted by RMS_Gingermonkey:

Its certainly interesting if you were planning on playing an origin character contrary to how they act as a companion, ie altruistic Astarion, or evil Wyll. It can also give you some insight on how the character felt during certain situations

I guess some of their special skill set related choices you can do would be avaialable for the player instead of needing to get comapanion in.

Like Gales expertise with the moonlanters in act 2 and so on.

[Ommamar]

Originally posted by Mr. Otter:

Weeeell....It could be good. But as Sima Marlin said, Dark Urge is the only one that is unique. By that I mean if you have done the companion questlines as Tav, you have basically played as the origin character somewhat. They will have the exact same quest, and you will be able to pick the same choices.

But you can also make difference choices. I find them interesting to play as you get some subtle reasons why they act the way they do. Since they are the focus where playing as a custom character or the Dark urge you are the focus so you will miss some of what makes them tick and think/act the way they do.

[Dragontoast]

Dark Urge, you can also customize their looks which is nice.
They have a lot of unique story and dialogue options.