In Mass Effect 2, does it matter which companions you take on missions?

Like i know some missions require certain companions but for the non-character specific missions, is there any effect besides combat of who you bring? Like for example in Dragon Age, if you made a certain decision it could cause them to hate or like you more.



If it matters, its PC version.In Mass Effect 2, does it matter which companions you take on missions?
honestly? not really. combat is the only thing you are looking at with your party selection. you can flesh out back-stories and such with the characters you take, but you do practically the same thing just speaking to them on the normandy.In Mass Effect 2, does it matter which companions you take on missions?
Other than combat, yes it does have an impact, though it's not very much. Some characters will have unique things to say, somtimes making comments where others don't even speak.



For example, take Mordin's loyalty quest, where you go to the old Krogen hospital. Close to the front door you find a dead human. If you select it Mordin will tell you that the human was experimented on. If you choose to say "Experimenting on humans is wrong!", Shepard will say "Experimenting on humans!? Thats the kind of crap that makes Cerberus look like a GOOD idea!" (saying this with the implication that he doesn't like Cerberus). If you have Miranda with you, she will comment "I'm putting that in my report." and her face sort of looks like this %26gt;8^( .In Mass Effect 2, does it matter which companions you take on missions?
it matters near the end of the game. *SPOILERS*

for example if there is someone who hates you they will die at the end of the game. but if you DON'T choose a character who is good in combat (like grunt), they can protect that person from dying.