Dragon Age Series

[Hisako]

are you referring to II's mechanics or Origin's

because hell I've cancelled a lot of stuns the way I've been doing my thang

 

[Joker]

DAO yo

 

[Hisako]

Oh yeah well that was my point. Origins combat wasn't really a spatial thing compared to the way it is in II.

 

[Joe]

I love my rental service. They got it to me first class. Putting disc in now.

OH GOD WHAT CLASS AND FEMHAWKE MHAWKE?

 

[Joker]

BE A ROGUE

AND UH

UH

FEMALE

 

[Hisako]

Also default is surprisingly the most attractive out of all the presets imo

Pity you can't modify the default >:

 

[Joe]

I chose Male Warrior. Though I edited one of the presets a fair bit to my liking. The only thing is the voice. The voice acting for Mhawke is solid and well-done, but it doesn't seem to suit the character.

 

[Hisako]

I'm not sure if I mentioned this in this thread, but the designers seem to have a fixation for males with sunken cheeks and absurdly prominent cheekbones. I know default Hawke has this big jutting chin curtain to accentuate that, but his bone structure still looks a little bit on the extreme

And don't get me started on Wesley. His face was fucking absurd. He looked like a corpse even before that thing, that, well, you know. That thing.


EDIT: Fenris + Varric = best character dynamic ever.

"Say, where you come from, do they hold contests on scowling"
"I AM NOT BROODING"

Also Fenris is pretty much Thane several times over except he's an elf \o/

 

[Russell]

I'm a Female Rogue and I just slept with Isabela


Also *MASSIVE SPOILER*

Spoiler

I got my sister killed

 

[Joe]

Bit of a spoiler here.

Spoiler

FUCK YOU FADE.
I HATE THE FUCKING FADE, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT MAKES ME HATE THE FADE. BLOODY FADE.

 

[Hisako]

Hahah both of you are hilarious

Also *MASSIVE SPOILER*

Spoiler

I got my sister killed

Spoiler

Next time you go through that part of the quest put Anders with you in the party.

 

[Russell]

So I was flirting with

Spoiler

Merril, the next thing I know we've slept together she's declared she loves me & I've asked her to move in with me.

What will Isabela say?!

 

[Hisako]

Isabela is a silly thieving bitch.


No need for spoilers there.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Not sure who im gonna screw tbh, Kinda got Anders, Fenris, Merrill & Isabella wanting a piece of my warrior ass.
My only gripe in terms of character interactions is the constant inability to tell whether or not something you say is going to "hurt their feelings" I mean I merely waleked into the gallows and immediately Fenris gave me a long fucking lecture about mages and before I even knew it -15 points.
COCK!

 

[Joe]

You have to work that one out for yourself but it's pretty easy. Each character has certain views and react in certain ways. Game doesn't baby you.

Spoiler: P.S

Nobody touches Merrill but me

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Ahem

Spoiler

Quest for the apostate mages hiding within the cave. I took Anders, Merrill & His sister, got -10 from anders and -5 from merrill & the sister because the leader of the blood mages attacked me without talking then I chose to lie to the templars and let the remaining apostates go. I mean WTF!!! That's clearly a win for team mage!!!

I know this sounds petty but the character design in DA2 is extremely distracting, mainly in the Qunari though. I keep thinking to myself "Sten looked fuck all like them"
Took me a while to realise Merrill was actually the same Merrill from Origins also because they changed the character design of the elves as well. Only class I think look better with the remakes are the dwarves.

 

[Joe]

Spoiler

A win for Team Mage is killing the Templars I think. XD

I like the new design but it does still distract me trying to imagine Sten as a Qunari now. It's just weird. I never played a Dalish Elf on Origins, but I'm pretty sure both the Merrills have different voice actors. Not gonna like, hers is like the only Welsh accent I like.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Spoiler

Yeah her voice was different in origins, her demeanor was different in origins and well just everything about her was different in origins XD.
In regards to sten that's exactly what I keep thinking about, I had Fenren in my party when doing the blackpowder mission and was like "wtf!" when he started talking Qunari XD I keep thinking that throughout all of origins that Sten must be one of the outcasts seeing as how the Qunari believe anyone who leaves the group is a traitor despite their team dying (see Qunari Mage mission)
Even then though Sten never had even a hint of horns in his design whereas every single Qunari I've seen in DA2 have had horns of some shape or form.

Hmm, you think Sten might have been one of those "African Ferelden" Qunari?

 

[Joe]

Qunari are born without horns though and usually have quite ambassadorial roles. And Sten wasn't an outcast he was a Vanguard, probably because of the lack of horns.

Spoiler: ALSO

Merrill just slept and moved in with me. <3
I'm the happiest champion alive

 

[Hisako]

I hate the changes they made to Merril.

They turned her into a ditz for the sake of character dynamics, without even a proper reason for it imo.

At least Anders had the excuse of having Justice.

 

[Joe]

Anders sucks big time. Merrill wins them all.

Spoiler

Just met Knight Commander Meredith. WIN!

 

[Russell]

Just killed the High Dragon, t'was fun

 

[Joe]

Take its loot to the herbalist guy in the gallows. He'll give you something nice.

 

[Russell]

Completed it.

* HOW IT ENDS SPOILERS BELOW *

Spoiler

Hugely disappointed by the ending.

“To be continued” is a bad enough ending, but to raise more questions as well? <_<
Why was Leliana there?
What do you mean the Warden went missing too?
Why was the Lyrium Idol built up but never explained?
Why was there no epilogue at the end to show the consequences of your actions (like in Origins) and give the game a sense of closure?
Why do I feel that expensive DLC is needed to complete this game?
Why do I feel that I’ve been sold Snake oil by a con man?
Why did this feel like an Assassin’s Creed ending?

I am very disappointed.

Spoiler

But whatever, the game was good, even if it did use the same fricken cave system over and over.
(they didn’t ever try to hide it!)

I know that you can’t tie up all the loose ends but the game just kinda stops then the credits roll, and I’m scratching my head thinking, is that it?

[/RANT]

Great game, piss-poor ‘to be continued’ ending.

 

[Hisako]

Take its loot to the herbalist guy in the gallows. He'll give you something nice.

lol by the time I even noticed that guy I'd already gathered up nearly everything on the list so after we had the conversation I was like "HERE TAKE THIS lol"

Merril as a party member is a great mage and probably does all the nuking better than Beth does.

But fuck I still don't like her as a character.


EDIT: There's so many other forums I've been on where the community have labelled this game as an utter shitstain compared to Origins. I get some of their arguments, but others I think are just from expectations of what an Origins sequel should have been.