Quote Originally Posted by Errorname View Post
I think it'd be acceptable for a spin-off title, although I think everyone would prefer fleshed out bespoke companions.
I can't agree personally, I think you lose way too much without good companion characters. It would be far too much of a step down to put out a game without any. They provide a lot of the game's best stories and moments, and are generally more memorable than any other element of it.

Plus, I've seen the end result of doing it in at least one other series I can think of: Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest 9 had a full party of create-a-characters, and it just lost so much of the personality and charm of other games in the series for lack of any defined protagonists, it made it so much more forgettable than 8 or 11, or even some of the older games in the series. It's just not a good idea.