Infernai said:
But there is one very big flaw that hangs over the entirety of Dragon Age 2 which i hope inquisition fixes if i ever decide to get it: It's Pointless.
I hear this a lot from the people that had major problems with the story of DA2, and I have to disagree with it. Really you have to look at it for what it is: the sequel in a trilogy. The middle chapter always feels pretty bland with no satisfying "end". Basically all you do is advance the plot and usually make some big revelation, nothing is really accomplished though. I mean look at The Empire Strikes Back. What REALLY happens in that movie? Luke gains better mastery of the force, Han gets frozen, Luke gets his hand chopped of, and Vader reveals that he's Luke's father. What was accomplished though?.......the rebel base on Hoth was destroyed? All Empire does is advance the plot and set up the story for Return of the Jedi to wrap up the trilogy. Same thing with Matrix Reloaded and Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (regardless of what you thought of those movies, I'm using them to illustrate what I'm talking about with the 2nd chapter in most trilogies).
In the case of DA2, it was to show the series of events that sparked a war that would engulf all of Thedas as the Mages revolted against their Templar keepers. Really the only thing having to do with the Veil in DA2 was the fact that due to it's bloody and violent history, the Veil in Kirkwall was incredibly thin, rendering the place as pretty much a cursed city where bad things will ALWAYS happen. Because the veil was so thin, the Mages were more prone to consorting with demons. Because of this, the Templars were more prone to become even more strict. And to be fair you really can't blame them...you can't say that Meredith was ENTIRELY crazy for seeing blood mages everywhere she looked when....there's blood mages everywhere YOU look. Seriously, damn near every mage you meet in that game turns out to be a blood mage, even the First Enchanter himself knows demonic magic, so clearly Meredith's suspicions at least started out as being justified. It brings into question whether or not the idol she forged into a sword was really driving her mad.
But I'm getting off track here, like I said: the point of DA2 was simply to advance the plot and provide a big revelation. The plot advancement being how Hawke rose to power and became a key figure in the events that sparked the magic civil war. The big revelation being the fact that a magic civil war has just started.
That said, however, you are perfectly justified in saying that DA2 could have/should have been just a miniseries of comics or something that showed Hawke's life and how the magic civil war started. It wasn't nearly as grand or epic a story to play through as DA:O's story was, seeing as how it's just a slice-of-life story showing someone's rise from refugee to being one of the most important people in the city. Really all you do is wander around fighting gangs and killing blood mages.
So while I can definitely see your point of "not doing anything", I'd argue that saying that is different than labeling the story "completely pointless".
P.S. I don't really see how they could do a cross-over fight between The Warden and Hawke. For that matter, I don't see how The Grey Wardens will be playing a large part in the story at all. It's made clear in the first game that they remain completely neutral in the affairs of the world at large, their only concern is fighting against Dark Spawn and preventing or at least ending Blights. That's why they're welcome where ever they go: they're a neutral party that doesn't take sides. I doubt they'd pick a side in the Mage/Templar civil war.
