You are kidding about the Anders part, right? Anders had a cat (more specifically, a kitten) named Ser Pounce-A-Lot. Of all the romance-possible characters, him and Isabela were the only ones to hit on me. Isabela is very, very, very, very slutty and frequently mentions her past as having both male and female lovers. In fact, in Dragon Age 1 she had a hot three-way with my female warden and Leliana! Sure I can understand how forced it may seem considering every romance partner is technically bisexual in order to offer a greater freedom of choice for players, but at least Isabela and Anders fit the part. Fenris is too emo to care about another person so his romance is sort of felt forced no matter what and Merrill is just too shy for me to think about as a romance partner, but at the same time it makes sense for her to be bisexual because she is too shy to say anything to anyone.gyro2death said:The problem I had with it is that Anders doesn't even seem remotely homo, Fenris look homo but does not act like it, nor does Merrill or Isabella. It feels artificially forced, compared to the elven assassin from DA:O who was possibly the most likeable homosexual character in a game to date.
I agree completely with #4, but with #1 there was a specific reason for that. They wanted the game to be devoid of "Black and White" choices where there is a clear good and clear bad choice. They wanted both choices to be good and bad in order to make the choice that much harder. Sure, having both sides really corrupt made it hard to feel sympathy for anyone, but that was the point. The Templars were extremely brutal and treated the slaves worse than the dirt their cages sat on, but the Mages turning to Blood Magic at every turn (and a certain spoiler at the end of the game) made the Templar's fears justified and the Mages not too easy to sympathize with. It really just comes down to what you feel is the "lesser of two evils" but I would have preferred to just go back to Lothering and rebuild after the first year. At least after doing the expedition and getting enough money I would have went back to Ferelden and bought a mansion there instead.Gennadios said:1) Nither of the two factions were reasonable, likeable, and in the end, even had any believable motivations. I just felt dirty having to choose between them.
Would have preferred a "F*** you all, I'm moving back to Ferelden" option.
4) Game resorts to way too many "Bwaaaaaaaaaa Kill!" moments just drag out the story. You enter a warehouse, everyone goes balls and attacks you. The one survivor willing to talk tells you you're actually on the same side, sends you to a remote cave where you kill everyone who'se side you're on again and maybe convice one or two survivors that you should probably work together.
If this were a real f****** game the player would have been able to convince them with the initial dialog in the warehouse.
I understood the motivation, kind of, but the execution was really horribleMagicman10893 said:...
... with #1 there was a specific reason for that. They wanted the game to be devoid of "Black and White" choices where there is a clear good and clear bad choice. They wanted both choices to be good and bad in order to make the choice that much harder. Sure, having both sides really corrupt made it hard to feel sympathy for anyone, but that was the point. The Templars were extremely brutal and treated the slaves worse than the dirt their cages sat on, but the Mages turning to Blood Magic at every turn (and a certain spoiler at the end of the game) made the Templar's fears justified and the Mages not too easy to sympathize with. It really just comes down to what you feel is the "lesser of two evils" but I would have preferred to just go back to Lothering and rebuild after the first year. At least after doing the expedition and getting enough money I would have went back to Ferelden and bought a mansion there instead.Gennadios said:1) Nither of the two factions were reasonable, likeable, and in the end, even had any believable motivations. I just felt dirty having to choose between them.
Look am not sure how long you've been gaming, i've been gaming since i was 3. It takes more then me beating a game twice for me to say i have a new best game of all time.Darth IB said:What makes me the most angry is how people constantly complain about it.
I'm half-way through my second playthrough now and I think it might be my new favourite game.
To me, there isn't a minimum required number of playthroughs before I can call a game favourite. In fact, I was rather sure it was my new favourite already during, and certainly directly after, my first playthrough.Legion IV said:Look am not sure how long you've been gaming, i've been gaming since i was 3. It takes more then me beating a game twice for me to say i have a new best game of all time.Darth IB said:What makes me the most angry is how people constantly complain about it.
I'm half-way through my second playthrough now and I think it might be my new favourite game.
Am not sure how mich of a gamer you are but to most gamers thats a big title. am not hating but i think your exagerating a little. Its a great game but before you start saying top on my list, play through it another 10 times to be sure.
... You win, even though I have every achievement for that gameTwistedEllipses said:Ever played a recent Fallout game?Dusquad said:some of the glitches piss me off.
Yes, imagine that, a wide displeasure at changes made to one of the definitive rpgs of the last decade.Legion said:-Choices feeling inconsequential (especially near the end).
-Enemies re-spawning, especially in areas where it doesn't make any sense.
-Lack of conversation options with party members outside of missions.
-Re-used maps.
Apart from those I find the game to be excellent; some areas it is weaker than Origins, but in others it is much, much stronger.
Darth IB said:What makes me the most angry is how people constantly complain about it.Lusty said:All the threads slagging off Dragon Age 2 are starting to make me angry.True enough, the game seems to have been selected for a hate campaign, it's odd really.Best of the 3 said:ALl the people angry at Dragon Age 2 is pissing me off.
Because people are never happy.Trolldor said:Yes, imagine that, a wide displeasure at changes made to one of the definitive rpgs of the last decade.
How could that ever have been possible?