What's Your Favorite Companion Story

[DaisyRay]

Having finishing all the companion stories, I feel like Harding is my favorite. I'll try to elaborate without spoilers.

I feel like Harding's story is more fleshed out in this game, from start to end. Some of the other characters have too many things going on that their main story gets lost amongst everything else. So much that I often forgot about their story until it came down to do their quests. This made their overall story not that memorable.

Harding's story has been consistent this whole time and it even ties in to Solas and the Lore of the game. I absolutely was invested in what was going on with her and was excited to finish it. I was not disappointed. The visuals of her quests were phenomenal as well.

After thinking about it, I think Harding might be my overall favorite character. After Lucanis that is. I think his was good too and his comes second, but I chose Harding for first place because of all the lore bits. It was so gooood!

What's your favorite?

[skullymex]

Emmrich's is my favorite by far. His quest is the only one where I can't settle on which is the "better" choice. His phobia is something i deeply relate to as well, and his quest is equal parts fun and moving.
I also really like Davrin's.
...maybe I'm just into dads.

[Swans]

Emmerich and also Neves, even though I did not like her much to start with I enjoyed all the Dock Town stuff.

[ChrillBill]

I haven't finished any of them yet but... So far Neve and Davrin are my favourites.

I have also romanced Davrin

[DaisyRay]

I liked Emmerich's but his villain was a little too cliche for me. I liked him and his skeleton companion though. Same with Neve's. Their villains just didn't feel very fleshed out. It was very much so "I'm evil because I'm evil."

I did like Dawin's a lot, I think his might be my third favorite. I cried like a baby lol. You're going to love it.

[DaisyRay]

Originally posted by MakeshiftRiot:

B team for this game truly. I did like Lucanis, but his romance is awful. I don’t feel close to any of them. Instead I will say The Crow and the Warden faction leaders. They were far more compelling.

As far as the romance goes, I am romancing Lucanis too and besides the lack of scenes, I feel like the game really pushes you into a warden relationship. Darwin is basically Alistair 2,0. You get so many scenes with him, more than any other companion.

I do like his main story though.

[FearAndLoathing]

I was very surprised, but mine was definitely Emmrich. What an awesome character.

[SonnieSlim]

Emmerich was my favorite overall. But I am partial to Necromancers too hence choosing Mourn Watch for my guy too.

Tbh I really liked Taash's questline too. I think they handled their identity well though it could have been a little better but it was beyond just their gender, it was about acceptance, family, and becoming who you want to be. Thought it was really good.

I really liked how Neve, Lucanis, Taash, also had to do with the main opposing factions too, it felt nice having companion quests that didn't feel like "why am I focusing on this when the world is in danger"

[FearAndLoathing]

Originally posted by SonnieSlim:

Emmerich was my favorite overall. But I am partial to Necromancers too hence choosing Mourn Watch for my guy too.

Tbh I really liked Taash's questline too. I think they handled their identity well though it could have been a little better but it was beyond just their gender, it was about acceptance, family, and becoming who you want to be. Thought it was really good.

I really liked how Neve, Lucanis, Taash, also had to do with the main opposing factions too, it felt nice having companion quests that didn't feel like "why am I focusing on this when the world is in danger"

I loved the Taash character and I was glad they made their struggle one about identity. I guess I felt that they could have done it better, because there are a million ways to handle this struggle and in a magic/medieval fantasy setting it seemed a little odd to me that they had moved to a city that used ungendered pronouns, etc. That to me felt forced, like this isn't the first time people have dealt with this issue in history and our current focus on pronouns is fine - but it didn't seem to me that they had to handle it exactly as we do. That said, I still loved the Taash character and her struggle, and the voice actor for Taash did an incredible job throughout the entire game. Seriously one of my favorite companions.

[Ourobyss]

I really like Harding, and Bellaras - I did Taash but the Dragon King was kinda meh. Loved that zone at the end.

[DaisyRay]

Originally posted by SonnieSlim:

I really liked how Neve, Lucanis, Taash, also had to do with the main opposing factions too, it felt nice having companion quests that didn't feel like "why am I focusing on this when the world is in danger"

I really liked that too. Everything made sense with the factions and it wasn't just random "Oh hey, this city is burning, but you need someone to check on your sheep." So 100% agree. I also like how each of the companions had a skill that would help you with puzzles or even progress in certain parts of the world

[DaisyRay]

Originally posted by Riffwizard:

I really like Harding, and Bellaras - I did Taash but the Dragon King was kinda meh. Loved that zone at the end.

Same! The only reason I didn't really like Bellaras is because she didn't have enough quests leading up to it. She was apart of other quests, but nothing to do with her main quest. Then near the end they decided to throw all her quests up. So when the ending finally happened, I didn't feel that emotional invested in it. I wish they had showed more of who she was outside of the magic and history of her people.

[DaisyRay]

Originally posted by MakeshiftRiot:

Originally posted by DaisyRay:

As far as the romance goes, I am romancing Lucanis too and besides the lack of scenes, I feel like the game really pushes you into a warden relationship. Darwin is basically Alistair 2,0. You get so many scenes with him, more than any other companion.

I do like his main story though.

I thought about Davrin, then decided to head canon hookups with Viago instead. The companions this time just don’t work for me. :jawafrown:

I so wish we could romance Viago lol. I liked Lucanis mostly for his accent, it's why I fell for Zevran too in Origins lol.

[Naamtar]

I'm torn between Harding and Emmrich, but Lucanis is pretty cohesive as well.

Part of why I like Harding and Emmrich so much is that the themes of their story arch feels like something that's worth while to the group as a whole. The people who are supposed to be saving the world from Arch Demons.

Part of it is that the overall themes are just better aesthetically to me. Necromancy and dark magic has always been my thing in RPGs, and the dwarven city the first time you step into it is probably the most visually impressive part of the game.

Their story archs just make you feel like you're doing something amazing. The other characters make you feel like you're just along for the ride while someone deals with their personal problems.

[DaisyRay]

Originally posted by Naamtar:

I'm torn between Harding and Emmrich, but Lucanis is pretty cohesive as well.

Part of why I like Harding and Emmrich so much is that the themes of their story arch feels like something that's worth while to the group as a whole. The people who are supposed to be saving the world from Arch Demons.

Part of it is that the overall themes are just better aesthetically to me. Necromancy and dark magic has always been my thing in RPGs, and the dwarven city the first time you step into it is probably the most visually impressive part of the game.

Their story archs just make you feel like you're doing something amazing. The other characters make you feel like you're just along for the ride while someone deals with their personal problems.

OMG right!! I admit while I enjoyed Emmerich's, his villain was just too cliche. Even down to their look and words. It really took me out of it at the end. I love the necromancy stuff though, I admit I am not that versed on it when it comes to rpgs. I just know the basics and I don't know the Dragon Age lore on it. I felt like the game did teach me some new things though.

Plus... Manfred is just the cutest!

Harding is still my number one for basically everything you said and more. I had to stop and take so many photos, I am still an awe at how beautiful it was. Everything about her mission was so special and clearly very well thought out. I'm sad there will be no dlc because I'd love a follow up on her story.

[DaisyRay]

Thanks for all the replies too. With all the hate in this forum, it's nice to just geek out over the things we liked. ;p