If Baldur's Gate was Mass Effect...
SwordsNotWords
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So I've just finished (I think... it's hard to tell because I've been trying to avoid spoilers for over a year now and I'm not sure if my silly Xbox has actually downloaded all the DLC; I'm doubting that it has... help me?) but with the game's tricky gaming infrastructure of choosing only two others to join you in each mission, it's inspired me to ask a questiion:
If you could only pick two playable NPCs to join you in your adventures who would it be?
P.S. For me on Mass Effect it was Tali'Zorah vas Normandy and Garrus Vakarian.
If you could only pick two playable NPCs to join you in your adventures who would it be?
P.S. For me on Mass Effect it was Tali'Zorah vas Normandy and Garrus Vakarian.
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I'm trying to work this out, but, I don't think it works. D&D is based around a 4 person party. And I keep comparing it to the first Mass Effect where the skills actually did stuff like letting you hack open locks and stuff.
Neera as mage to replace a biotic
imoen to replace tech
i'll only talk about mass effect 1 as that was the only one i liked, in my opinion mass effect 2 and 3 SUCKED and ruined any hope for other games in the series. but my team was female shepard as vanguard (pure because its jennifer Hale aka: Dynaheir who i recognized instantly) Tali for tech and ashley for a nice bullet sponge
Maybe Wrex too.
With 3 characters..... Jan Jansen and Viconia... since they are funny when they bicker.
Liara T'soni(biotics never run out of ammo) and Kaiden Alenko.
Maybe EDI because she's hilarious. but I liked the big guy in ME3 a lot too...
to the question- I think I would take Imoen and Jaheira. Imoen would duel to mage so that I have a mage and thief, while Jaheira can tank and cast druid spells. charname could probably be just about anybody considering everything is covered by those two
That is why the quality of the games dropped and the Dr.s burned out. For all the sequels Bioware decided that if something didn't work perfectly in the previous game, instead of improving it, they would scrap it entirely and simplify whatever would replace it.
...it would have ended with the option to (1) kill Aerie and all elves in order to destroy Melissan, (2) become Melissan, or (3) jump into a giant beam of light and turn all living beings into bhaalspawn.
I'm sorry, I had to.
As far as Bioware getting undeserved hate, I disagree. The way they responded to their fans was cynical and condescending, and to this day the developers have yet to acknowledge a single flaw in their marketing or presentation. I spent 5 years with that series and the way it ended was an insult to my intelligence. And because I know I'm way off topic, that's all I'll say on it
As for the OP's actual question, that's really hard to say. I'd probably go with Jaheira and Minsc because my vanilla character eventually romances the former and I just can't manage a playthrough without the latter.
There are just so many great characters in the BG series that it would be almost mean to make you only choose two. 6-person parties are one of the biggest things I miss about modern RPGs.
Third? Rotate in BG2 to do the NPC quests, Sarevok in ToB.
And if I understand it correctly...the first one is Imoen just because she's your sister or something like that. Tough choice. The other one definitely has to be a woman also though.
Um... That's tough... If we're assuming you can complete the game with any two characters like @CaptRory suggested (ex. You don't need a thief, or a healer, or a mage) and we're just selecting on personality.... Dorn for the romance and .... wow this is hard. Garrick, Ajantis, or Viconia. Probably Viconia.
BGEE - Viconia and Dorn
BG2 - Viconia and Yoshimo
BGToB - Sarevok and Viconia
(BG2EE might shuffle the cards a bit and I might end with an evil triumvirate CHARNAME+Sarevok+Dorn)
Kivan and Branwen/Viconia
Female PC: Anomen or Keldorn for the romance and the awesome tank capabilities and Aerie for the versatility.
Male PC: Jaheira for the romance and Jan Jansen for the versatility and the funny.
BGI is not so easy. Maybe Minsc & Edwin or Viconia & Edwin with a tank PC.
Hero: Male Human Swashbuckler
Companion #1: Viconia. She'd never leave the team.
Companion #2: Would rotate based on whomever I thought would add the most to the quest I'm on. Or at least between other characters I liked.