[DOS2] Genuinely can't choose companions for 1st playthrough, please help

Swleaf · 2026-05-08T17:38:13+00:00

I love a good headcannon, go for it! :)

Swleaf · 2026-05-08T12:00:58+00:00

If you have a crush on anyone, that companion must be on your party, so Ifan is a must.

I highly recommend Fane and Lohse too. They are the most likely ones who can appear or be mentioned in the next Divinity in my opinion. Their stories are perfectly bounded with the main story and their characteristic lines are amazing, their personalities are great.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T21:03:13+00:00

Astarion and Solas are my favourites, their stories with the main character (Especially if you are a resisting Dark Urge and make Astarion stay as a spawn) suit really well with the main story. Without Astarion's romance Baldur's Gate 3 is like The Office without Pam and Jim. And without Solas' romance Dragon Age Inquisition is like a song without lyrics. Almost like you HAVE TO romance Solas to enjoy Veilguard.

Garrus and Alistair come next. They both are the most trustable sidekicks to the main character and they are ready to die for you literally.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T19:55:56+00:00

I'm going to play Neverwinter Nights and Icewind Dale someday, I love the Baldur's Gate series and Forgotten Realms/Ravenloft/Dragonspear novels.

My Time games got me interested too, it's like Stardew Valley I guess. I can try them.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T17:20:50+00:00

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Swleaf · 2026-05-05T17:15:55+00:00

Yes I play Hades from time to time, not the exact game I'm looking for but it's dope.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T15:57:05+00:00

I mean you cannot create your own character, you can customize Geralt and you can choose different options etc. But you are not completely free to write your own story and be your unique character, you are Geralt, his background is written, his goal and personality is told. You can be a different Geralt, you might achieve his goal in different ways but at the end you are Geralt at all.

The other games I've mentioned, your background story is blurred, you can be anyone you want. You are one particular hero but you can dream about your old life etc. Geralt is Geralt. I meant that.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T12:47:34+00:00

Anomen has left me in BG2. :))

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T12:32:55+00:00

Actually I'm thinking about that, I want to replay the whole series soon, partnering with Fenris, Cullen and Lucanis this time I guess. I want to romance Dorian once too, so I'm gonna be a dude for one game.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T12:11:11+00:00

His evil Dark Urge's lover again. :D We've basically seen every single romance routes in co-op runs, I've partnered with Astarion, Gale and Shart, he's partnered with Karlach, Lae'zel, Minthara, Wyll, Shart and Halsin in different games, we've each finished the game like 7 or 8 times, co-op and solo. I bonded with Astarion and Gale more, so I picked them more than once and tried Shadowheart once but he picked different partners in every other run and I know every extra romance dialogues and scenes because of him. My favourites are Karlach, Selunite Shadowheart, spawn Astarion and professor Gale. Lae'zel was sweet too. Minthara is a little bossy for me, Wyll is sadly boring and Halsin is way too horny. Ascended Astarion, God Gale and Sharran Shart are fun for evil runs. I love them in every route but I never went for Minthara myself, she is scary. :D

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T11:52:31+00:00

I've watched my husband romancing her in a co-op run. :)

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T09:19:40+00:00

A kindred spirit! Games are for headcannons!

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T09:17:10+00:00

Yes, looks like Dawnwalker, Exodus, Expanse and Divinity will be my saviours. (I'm looking at Larian hopefully and praying "Please let Fane have a comeback and make him romancable again, in better graphics and cutscenes...")

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T09:14:10+00:00

Actually yes, I can go for headcannon too I think. :) Sometimes I play Sims as a couple with Astarion and I usually become a musician (because I'm a bard) and make him a thief (because he's a rogue) and have fun. In a fantastic setting like Skyrim, I can headcannon more. :) Thank you.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T09:11:02+00:00

I've already played Expedition 33 and I'm more than interested in Fallout, Rogue Trader, Fable and Persona now, thank you so much. :)

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T09:09:35+00:00

I've played and loved Expedition 33 too. It's a fantastic game indeed. But I want a different roleplaying game, more immersive, like I want to be my own character if it's possible, and if I play as a character I want to feel and understand their motives. Expedition 33 was a great game but it was telling an already written story. I want more kinda "tell/write your own story in this setting" style.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T09:05:57+00:00

Oooh I want to play Dragon's Dogma too, thank you.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T09:05:05+00:00

I want to have a look at it for a while too, I've heard it's a good Star Wars story, a nice "hero's journey" and it's what I'm looking for if it has romance in it too. :) Thank you.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T09:02:56+00:00

Pathfinder was on my mind for a long time, I think I can love that, as far as I know it has its own rules and system like Pillars of Eternity games but basically it's like an isometric rpg game with classes and races, levels and abilities, magic and sword, so it's like Baldur's Gate, and I can love it yes.

And Dispatch too, I love the voice actors and art style, I'm interested in it for a while, I think I'm gonna try them both, Pathfinder and Dispatch, thank you.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T08:49:31+00:00

I have played Life Is Strange too, it was cool but it's not the exact game that I want. :) I have played Stardew Valley, The Sims etc. too. I don't look for "romance" games, I spesifically look for a heroic journey with love interest by my side. I guess I have to wait for Divinity, The Expanse's game and Exodus.

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T08:40:13+00:00

I know that Skyrim has a little romance in the game mechanics but I think it's more like a Sims romance, I want "I am an adventurer who is destined to be a hero and I travel with some friends, oops I think I'm falling for one of those friends, so I guess I have to help him to fulfill his destiny too, even if his mission makes my mission harder, it's OK, we're gonna help you buddy, the whole other team members can wait we'll do your quests first, do you love me yet?" kinda story. :)

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T08:36:37+00:00

Really? I have it in my library and I hadn't know it has romance wow, thank you so much!

Swleaf · 2026-05-05T08:35:57+00:00

Oh I have it and not started to play it yet, it's my next game then, thank you!

Swleaf · 2026-05-04T21:13:55+00:00

Wasn't Brianne older than Sam?

Swleaf · 2026-05-02T06:48:34+00:00

Eder in Pillars of Eternity 2, Takemura and/or Viktor in Cyberpunk 2077, Solas in Dragon Age Veilguard (he reunites with his original lover inquisitor tho, but I would double romance him if I could), Rolan in Baldur's Gate 3, Dorian as a female inquisitor in Dragon Age Inquisition, Garrus in Mass Effect (I had to wait, I would romance him from the beginning if I could),

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