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Anders (why not make a completely new character if his personality does a total 180 since awakening), repeating maps, and the last chapter sour the experience of what could have been a 9/10 game. I still enjoyed he game a bit, and characters like Varric, Sarcastic Hawke, Isabela, and Balthier the magic tattoo elf were awesome. What drops it to barely above average for me is also in the story related details below.
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Things like Leiliana going from running away with the hero of Fereldan never to be seen again to magically being a high-profile Chantry Seeker sucked. My Anders in Awakening was a charming wise-cracking wizard who was far more likely tell a Templar a joke than blow him up. This disregard for established character paths and in-game illusions of choice really hurt game as well. Make a tough choice in a quest or story path? Don't worry, it ends in nearly the exact same thing the completely opposite choice would give you. In the first Dragon Age your choices seemed to affect the world more, even if some essentially boil down to what troops you have in the final battle and the epilogue text after you complete that story branch.
My Anders in Awakening was a charming wise-cracking wizard who was far more likely tell a Templar a joke than blow him up. This disregard for established character paths and in-game illusions of choice really hurt game as well.
In the case of Anders, his merger with Justice basically explains why he is a completely different character than he was in Awakening.
thundersheep posted... In the case of Anders, his merger with Justice basically explains why he is a completely different character than he was in Awakening.
Justice died during my Awakening epilogue. So was this another one of those "Leiliana moments" where the player's game and story experience was ignored?
From: hideto | #021 Justice died during my Awakening epilogue. So was this another one of those "Leiliana moments" where the player's game and story experience was ignored?
I guess so. I only played Awakening once so I wasn't really sure how differently things could turn out during the end.
I've actually read that the Leliana bit is a legit bug though... she was supposed to act differently depending on whether you recruited her, didn't recruit her, romanced her, or let her die.. yet the game always treats it as if you recruited her and she lives. Not sure what the sources are for that though, just read it on the Wiki.
thundersheep posted... From: hideto | #021 Justice died during my Awakening epilogue. So was this another one of those "Leiliana moments" where the player's game and story experience was ignored? I guess so. I only played Awakening once so I wasn't really sure how differently things could turn out during the end.
I've actually read that the Leliana bit is a legit bug though... she was supposed to act differently depending on whether you recruited her, didn't recruit her, romanced her, or let her die.. yet the game always treats it as if you recruited her and she lives. Not sure what the sources are for that though, just read it on the Wiki.
DA2 spoilerssssss
No, that's Zevran. The game had intended to have him not show up if he died in DAO, but due to a glitch, he only doesn't show up some of the time. Anders at least explains why he's still alive in DA2 if he died in DAOA (he claims he faked his death), though if you didn't recruit him in DAOA, DA2 completely ignores that and pretends the Warden did anyway, because Bioware rushed DA2 out in a year.
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I wasn't mistaken, I was simply repeating what is on the Wiki. You can read it for yourself.
Although I didn't know that Zevran even appeared in 2... I ended up killing him in one way or another on all but my current Origins saves. I'll have to beat this one and import it for another DA2 playthrough sometime.