Poll: Dragon Age 2 Dialogue

[AlternatePFG]

I played through the first time as a nice person, with a few smartass comments thrown in.

Next playthorugh I'll play more with the comedic dialogue options instead. Also, I'll make sure to do whatever I can to piss Sebastian off this playthrough, I hate him.

 

[Avaloner]

Mainly doing a female smartass mage, pitching in some "nice" answers here and there when fitting.
I honestly was surprised when your Brother suddenly shot back a smartass answer and told me "well not all is suddenly funny hmm?" man, that really made me think about my behavior.

 

[SoopaSte123]

I've just played a little bit, but I noticed something that also bothered (though less so) in Mass Effect 2. I prefer to try to pick the dialog choice that seems like what I would pick in real life given the circumstances, but switching between the peaceful and smart ass and aggressive dialog choices seems way too unnatural. One minute my character will be cracking a joke and a smile the next he will be a grumpy emo who hates the world with nothing in between. This really breaks the immersion for me, which then motivates me to constantly pick the same dialog choice every time, which I guess is ok, but then all feeling of choice I have is stripped away. It's like your character has multiple personality disorder and is randomly switching between 3 of them.

Anyone else have a similar feeling about this?

 

[nin_ninja]

I've just played a little bit, but I noticed something that also bothered (though less so) in Mass Effect 2. I prefer to try to pick the dialog choice that seems like what I would pick in real life given the circumstances, but switching between the peaceful and smart ass and aggressive dialog choices seems way too unnatural. One minute my character will be cracking a joke and a smile the next he will be a grumpy emo who hates the world with nothing in between. This really breaks the immersion for me, which then motivates me to constantly pick the same dialog choice every time, which I guess is ok, but then all feeling of choice I have is stripped away. It's like your character has multiple personality disorder and is randomly switching between 3 of them.

Anyone else have a similar feeling about this?

My sarcastic mage sometimes makes reference to the fact that he will do what it takes to get things done, so when I switch to aggressive (only once so far) the transition felt natural.

 

[CJ1145]

I loved the dialogue in this game, despite other... problems that will be evident to those that have beaten the game already. I never got Fenris though, so I don't know what he's like.

My Hawke was a warrior, and he was a paragon of righteousness, but still very evidently human. When his family or his friends are threatened, he gets very angry and is not afraid to wipe out an entire city to protect them. However, he also has the worst sense of humor ever. He makes constant jokes, but quite literally only at very emotional and dramatic times, where literally anything but a joke would be appropriate.

I'm thinking about either playing a sarcastic mage next, or a flirty, lovable rogue.

 

[nin_ninja]

However, he also has the worst sense of humor ever. He makes constant jokes, but quite literally only at very emotional and dramatic times, where literally anything but a joke would be appropriate.

See, it makes him a dick, but a funny dick.

The sarcastic options sometimes remind of Archer from Archer.

 

[high_castle]

I really, really like the dialogue system. And I have to say, I was on the fence about including VA since I thought Origins' silent protagonist worked well. I also wasn't sure about the voice they got for Hawke. But...wow. This game really changed my mind.

Spoiler: The reason why

I think what really did it for me was Hawke's reactions during All That Remains, where his mother's abducted and killed. Hawke's anguish is so genuine. That emotion was missing from Origins. It nearly brought tears to my dry, stoic eyes.