I'm sure this is going to end in rainbows, puppies & a dozen purring kittens named Ser Pounce-a-lot
I have only played Dragon Age 2 for a couple hours but I can already see myself yelling at the game. A lot.
In a good way! I already like the game much better than the first one. I think that's in large part due to the fact that "life in the fucked-up city of Kirkwall" is a much more appealing plot to me than "save the world from ancient Evil!" Not that there's anything wrong with saving the world from ancient Evil, especially if you unite a bunch of groups in the process, however temporarily, but now that that's done, maybe we can save people from, err.... other.... people?
Speaking of people, I've now collected all party members aside from Mr DLC. (Bought him too though; there was a sale so I got the whole game and Sebastian and Legacy and Mark of the Assassin all for a total of ~30€ so that's cool.) Every time there's party banter, I stop to listen. (My favourite in Origins was the one where Wynne and Alistair started talking about literal dirty laundry all of a sudden.) This party's conversations... well. We basically go from two characters realising that the last time they met was in a brothel ("Oh! Were you the runaway mage who could do that electricity thing? That was nice! :D") to "I hate you and everything you stand for" in a heartbeat. It certainly doesn't get boring.
I also see a lot of frustration and heartbreak in my and my Hawke's future. I mean, I'm already at the point where I'm going "graaah, I see where you're coming from (even though I am probably still missing a lot of context) but god damn it will you stop that!!" This is going to be fun. In, you know, a way.
(But hey, I found a prettyboy elf and he shares a voice actor with Balthier. Balthier. Just, well, a good deal more growly and angry and bitter and stuff. But still! And I also found an adorable bubbly elf who sounds like Gwen from Torchwood. (which makes sense of course because, again, same actress) And Mr Mage Rights Activist (..... that came out wrong.) is also Shulk from Xenoblade. At this point, the only one of my potential love interests whose voice I don't think I recognise is Isabela. I'll have to talk to her more and listen closely. That's as good an excuse as any, right?)
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In a good way! I already like the game much better than the first one. I think that's in large part due to the fact that "life in the fucked-up city of Kirkwall" is a much more appealing plot to me than "save the world from ancient Evil!" Not that there's anything wrong with saving the world from ancient Evil, especially if you unite a bunch of groups in the process, however temporarily, but now that that's done, maybe we can save people from, err.... other.... people?
Speaking of people, I've now collected all party members aside from Mr DLC. (Bought him too though; there was a sale so I got the whole game and Sebastian and Legacy and Mark of the Assassin all for a total of ~30€ so that's cool.) Every time there's party banter, I stop to listen. (My favourite in Origins was the one where Wynne and Alistair started talking about literal dirty laundry all of a sudden.) This party's conversations... well. We basically go from two characters realising that the last time they met was in a brothel ("Oh! Were you the runaway mage who could do that electricity thing? That was nice! :D") to "I hate you and everything you stand for" in a heartbeat. It certainly doesn't get boring.
I also see a lot of frustration and heartbreak in my and my Hawke's future. I mean, I'm already at the point where I'm going "graaah, I see where you're coming from (even though I am probably still missing a lot of context) but god damn it will you stop that!!" This is going to be fun. In, you know, a way.
(But hey, I found a prettyboy elf and he shares a voice actor with Balthier. Balthier. Just, well, a good deal more growly and angry and bitter and stuff. But still! And I also found an adorable bubbly elf who sounds like Gwen from Torchwood. (which makes sense of course because, again, same actress) And Mr Mage Rights Activist (..... that came out wrong.) is also Shulk from Xenoblade. At this point, the only one of my potential love interests whose voice I don't think I recognise is Isabela. I'll have to talk to her more and listen closely. That's as good an excuse as any, right?)
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