Sebastion VS Natty

[Chris2]

Anyone else also unable to stand Natty's personality? I find her character to be so artificial and lacking charisma. Without a doubt I chose Sebastion who is more charismatic and also less annoying. I was wondering if this is just me or does anyone else feel the same way?

[Xextreem]

I skip all natty her dialog. Can not stand her. Beside that i have no idea what she is saying or want i just accept missie and that's it. Lucky there are no choices in this game so far iam. Unless you want the dark spell you need to accept agree with it or it's gone.

[Tiali]

Originally posted by Avoid Spirit:

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Anywho, I think the biggest issue with ALL of the companions in the game is that you can't just go up and talk to them except on the quests involving them. You can't invite them to explore the world with you and have more natural conversations where you talk to them and ask them about themselves.

All of them have to have exposition to become relatable but all of them have to kind of force it in conversation during very specific quests with them because we can't just go up and talk to them between quests.

You need exposition but it just feels forced. Like the first conversation with Natty after that minigame:
- You played well, it took me years to get there. It gets easier...
- I'm doing just fine
- I've transferred here from Uganda, my mother works here too as a teacher. She was offered a seat and before I knew it we were traveling blah blah blah (like who asked?)

but that's what makes the character
she didn't come to Hogwarts until a few years later, had a hard time adjusting (using a wand)
now she sits alone in class and is the "outsider"... now the main character is the new one and she tries to help you, which probably not many of her have done

and in 10 minutes you know her cat's name, her favorite food.. and other stories she doesn't tell anyone else... for the simple reason that she's alone

[Caz]

Originally posted by Lord Tiali:

Originally posted by Avoid Spirit:

You need exposition but it just feels forced. Like the first conversation with Natty after that minigame:
- You played well, it took me years to get there. It gets easier...
- I'm doing just fine
- I've transferred here from Uganda, my mother works here too as a teacher. She was offered a seat and before I knew it we were traveling blah blah blah (like who asked?)

but that's what makes the character
she didn't come to Hogwarts until a few years later, had a hard time adjusting (using a wand)
now she sits alone in class and is the "outsider"... now the main character is the new one and she tries to help you, which probably not many of her have done

and in 10 minutes you know her cat's name, her favorite food.. and other stories she doesn't tell anyone else... for the simple reason that she's alone

So what you're saying is... she's literally forced onto the player. That's one of the common complaints about her.

[Avoid Spirit]

Originally posted by Lord Tiali:

Originally posted by Avoid Spirit:

You need exposition but it just feels forced. Like the first conversation with Natty after that minigame:
- You played well, it took me years to get there. It gets easier...
- I'm doing just fine
- I've transferred here from Uganda, my mother works here too as a teacher. She was offered a seat and before I knew it we were traveling blah blah blah (like who asked?)

but that's what makes the character
she didn't come to Hogwarts until a few years later, had a hard time adjusting (using a wand)
now she sits alone in class and is the "outsider"... now the main character is the new one and she tries to help you, which probably not many of her have done

and in 10 minutes you know her cat's name, her favorite food.. and other stories she doesn't tell anyone else... for the simple reason that she's alone

Yeaaah, I might have bough it were the other characters not like that.
But instead of being clingy characters she's just generic.

[Tiali]

Originally posted by Avoid Spirit:

Yeaaah, I might have bough it were the other characters not like that.
But instead of being clingy characters she's just generic.

most of the characters are unfortunately only generic (and seem like you have to create a character according to a checklist in order to meet all quotas)

Amit the Ravenclaw type is an Indian stereotype and is more reminiscent of an exaggerated series character

the black Hufflepuff guy (don't know his name right now) with his treasure maps... what character does he have other than just being there? ... and reminds me of Franklin Webb from Jurassic World 2... his role consists of screaming and running away ((for which he got the golden raspberry for worst supporting actor, by the way))

[Kai]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

I'm not that interested in either.. both are actually just passing acquaintances.. I wish Poppy had had a bigger part or any of the others..

Avalanche really let us down on the companions in this game, companions are the bread and butter of harry potter.. And we effectively got nothing..

I'm 50% through the game and used Natty twice.. she hardly said anything and i felt like she wasn't even there so far..

They don't wanna give Poppy a bigger role or male players is going the route of Harry and Ron's little sister vibes.

The protagonist is a enigma and suppose to not have any friends because you can choose to turn on them.

[Densetsu]

Forced diversity aside, almost every classmate of ours are bland as hell.

There is basicly zero personality behind any of them and most of their traits are limited to:
" i like this class the most because i like stars/beasts/potions/plants".

As for the Sebastian vs Natty question, Sebastian is just straight up a better character, hell one of the few exceptions in this game who actually have a background, story and personality that is somewhat interesting.

I dont know who on earth would pick Natty over Sebastian based on their first interaction with us.
1. Sebastian thought he could defeat us, we made him eat crow, he recognized our abilities and got us into the duel tournament.
2. Natty thought she is better, and after we beat her, she says she underestimated us but instantly goes on how she basicly handicapped herself with a wand and the whole school is just worse than her previous school...nice one, good way to start a friendship.
Instead of letting us have the option to call it a bs and start being on bad terms like we should, for some reason we completely believe it and continue being besties, regardless of our answers/choices

[Puff]

Natty is created for the diversity quote, I never chose her

[Witch ~]

Sebastian is a real bro and I love this dude. So far everyone else however was a bit urghhhh

[PsionicDiamond]

Sebastian is just better than everyone in the game imo. He has a backstory and you end up rooting for him.

In one quest with him he and my character kept making puns… They were all stupid, but the puns actually made me smile. He is just such a likeable character, and I wish the other NPC’s had more thought put into them.

With Natty I just wish she had more to her. The only thing she had going for her was snippets of her backstory, the fact she’s a transfer student from uganda and she can turn into a horse or something.

[jdpvagabond]

Sebastian actually has something of a character arc with some manner of progression - he's motivated by love of family to risk doing horrible things in order to save and protect those he cares about, and even puts his other relationships at risk in pursuit of his goal.

Natty is just... a diversity check? She doesn't really have anything going for her other than 'my dad died' and 'I'm not from here.' That's... kind of it.

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Its was very short and well not much to it though huh.. I was a little let down by the Azkaban mission.

It adds context to Jackdaw's death that I lacked working with Olivander about a stolen wand.

Nice that different houses affect the story differently.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by PsionicDiamond:

Sebastian is just better than everyone in the game imo. He has a backstory and you end up rooting for him.

They all have a backstory, and I rooted for all of them.

In one quest with him he and my character kept making puns… They were all stupid, but the puns actually made me smile. He is just such a likeable character, and I wish the other NPC’s had more thought put into them.

That was fun.

With Natty I just wish she had more to her. The only thing she had going for her was snippets of her backstory, the fact she’s a transfer student from uganda and she can turn into a horse or something.

Gazelle because she's an animagus, and I think there's plenty there.

[Fraktal]

Originally posted by Meow:

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Amit seems gay..

Amit seems like a bunch of Californians watched Big bang theory and said ''oh thats how indians stereotypes are, the smart Chinese 2.0" When ive been surrounded by Indian most my life.

Your analogy is spot on.

They made a young Raj

[mutantbeth]

the game clearly favors sebastian which is a shame. Of course I love him but would be nice if the other two got similar treatment