IGN has an intresting interview with James Ohlen about the companions in Star Wars: The Old Republic: g5s2f
IGNPC: Companions have been part of Old Republic improve on the existing companion systems? What have you learned about players’ expectations for the companions?
Mass Effect 2 has a storyline that is focused primarily on the collection of companion characters.
With RPGs allow the player to pause the game. We have had to approach how a player controls his companion much differently than before.
