The roleplaying elements may be the strongest of the Bioware games I've played so far. I liked keeping it in the politics of this world, even if lots of characters do pretty dumb things.
Yeah, it's the roleplay/characters/politics that put DA2 over DA:O for me. Also Snarky Hawke is the best.
LordoftheMorons posted...
I've been watching a ton of MHA over the past week or two as I procrastinated on writing up my research progress
Got to season 4 today, so I'm almost caught up.
That episode in the middle of MHA Season 3 is top-tier. You know the one. Season 4 is great too.
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CS4: Act 2-1 beated.
Exploring Ordis and seeing how it changed was fun. Surprised there was no active voice event or even comment about the lighthouse being destroyed. Obviously Class VII would know it happened during the railway cannon incident but I was sure someone would discuss it. Guess not! In one of the more petty actions of the curse it almost got Riviera Court shut down. Really that whole situation is odd. Like does that really benefit the Great Twilight? The army was getting their conscription office either way, does sticking it to the noble houses that run it really do all that much? I guess it'd funnel more business to Kleist & Co. as the only remaining group and they're clearly shady af and obviously helping the Imperial government out but still. Also, low effort by the curse to just allow Class VII to fix it after all that! Nice to see that someone in the party noticed when an antagonist was monologuing about us from a rooftop for once.
Infiltration of the manor was alright. Got to see where Ordine was found so that was neat. Major LOL at Claire keeping the new Soldats inside the mansion to stop us and the group discussing the ridiculousness of such a thing. Also totally called that Carl Regnitz was reassigned to Ordis for being a pain to Osborne and the Great Twilight back in my first post where you overhear he was transferred! Wrong on him collaborating with the Weissland Army though. Anyway, he remains pretty cool. Claire on the other hand you can go away now. Got an explanation on the symbol in the eyes of the Ironblood though. How Osborne can just bestow this on people is still a question though. ya go my General Zechs. The OG "cool military guy from the Empire."
One thing that definitely played out in this Part is that I found myself thinking at least once, and in many cases quite a few times, that having [character] for possible interactions would be really interesting. For every character. Cool stuff, that, though obviously a bit frustrating that it's impossible to drag around a team that big so you can only see a handful of them.
Also started a bit of Act 2-2 but nothing major. Checked Bonding Events and the back half of Osgiliath Basin and some VM, etc.
Angelica actually has the distinction of being the first person to beat me in VM... ever? That's a pretty good deck theory she's got going there! As for the bonding events, some neat stuff here. My "well let's see who's here and guess who doesn't make the cut" was a tough call between Ash and Alisa. As it turns out... I think it may end up being Juna! Sara's was another good one though it was funny that "after the battle Sara and Rean were exhausted and collapsed" when Sara was never hit and took zero damage, winning in three attacks (plus buffing herself.) Ash's turned out to be very intriguing with the whole mystery of the merchant who found him at Hamel. Not gonna lie my first thought for "traveling merchant" was the Hayworths and while that would be one hell of a plot twist he uh... that doesn't fit them at all lol. I drew a blank for a bit after that but my current theory is that guy with the hunting dog who we meet at the Noce Rest House in Act 1-2 and who is currently in Alster. He apparently hunts monsters and sells the meat so maybe he was around Hamel hunting or ex-military like Maya's dad who was another candidate that crossed my mind and at least in Alster he's drinking. Celine's event was cute. Since I save/reloaded I also saw Juna and Alisa's which are my current outstanding ones until I get the extra bonding point. Juna's was a bit underwhelming IMO while Alisa's is quite emotional and I like it.
However. H o w e v e r. Let it be known I am not here for this George redemption that Class VII/Angelica/Towa are now aiming for. Towa's group was so close, so close, to going "He literally blew up the Courageous this shit isn't getting a happy ending" but Juna somehow swayed them with a pep talk and I hate it. It'll happen, but let the record show I hate it.
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