NWN 2: Interview @ GameDaily

GameDaily has quizzed Obsidian's Chris Avellone about NWN2 in an article format feature:

The question of companion control came about, and Chris was ready to answer. "The fact that you actually have companion control directly allows you to approach situations much more tactfully than you did in the first game. You have to pay very close attention to the spell queue for your companions and who you want for them to attack. Because you have that sort of control over them, it makes your decisions almost three times as important as they were in the first game. Alternately, if you prefer not to take control of your companions, we do have an AI option for each of them, and the AI tends to be pretty smart as well."