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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 9, 2014 1:16:00 GMT 1
Best item name in the history of videogames:
"Torso in a bag"
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Post by jklinders on Sept 9, 2014 2:34:37 GMT 1
"Do you want coffee or dessert tonight?"
"Just the check please and can I get a doggie bag for this torso?"
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Sept 9, 2014 12:04:24 GMT 1
Taking your party members to the brothel.
Alistair; Warden, do we have to be here...? Warden Aeducan: Yes, I want you to stay outside my room so you can hear everything in detail and then give me my armour when i get outside. Alistair; ....why? Warden Aeducan; Hero of Ferelden bitch, now fetch me a towel. I will be soaking with sex sweat when i come out.
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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 13, 2014 1:32:18 GMT 1
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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 13, 2014 1:59:35 GMT 1
However. It's still adorable how the first Dragon Age game awkwardly forces-in the classic 'becoming the champion of a fighting arena' section, the old favourite 'Escaping from a hellish prison in your underwear before the finale' bit, AND the ancient 'aren't you a little short to be a storm trooper' reference *, as if it's afraid of offending the RPG Gods. Sadly, there is no main characters torture scene. It's really cute that they included these. This feels like a last hurrah for the generation of adventure games that ended with Mass Effect. * Extra points for cramming this into a scene where the person being asked is significantly taller than 4 of the 6 possible player models, and the exact same height as the other two.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Sept 13, 2014 10:50:09 GMT 1
In defense of the Landsmeet...the warden suggesting to have his dog represent him as a Champion is still hilarious.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Sept 13, 2014 22:34:36 GMT 1
Someone couldn't get the nobles on their side...
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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 14, 2014 2:12:13 GMT 1
I did actually! This time. It worked out as well for my character as it possibly could have and I was still pissed off enough to go all over Google image search. All the times I've played this game in the past, it was even more horrendous.
It annoys me a great deal that the ending involves either making Alistair take a position he doesn't want, or giving it to a particularly nasty antagonist. Seems odd to me. As always with Dragon Age, kudos to Gaider for trying to do something deeper and more complex than the standard hero's journey and happy / gleefully evil ending -- but the Landsmeet is one of the times it didn't work, if you ask me.
Which you didn't.
For other times it didn't work, see large swathes of Dragon Age 2.
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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 14, 2014 2:24:17 GMT 1
And to conclude the run of 'I've been playing Dragon Age 1 and must speak' posts--
Am I the only one who liked Bioware's brief run of playing pop songs over the end credits of their games? As I remember this only happened with Mass Effect 1 and DA 1 and 2. I thought it was cute.
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Post by jklinders on Sept 14, 2014 3:43:08 GMT 1
I rather liked the end credits music actually. I t was hauntingly beautiful.
Oops I was thinking of "I am the One" which I am certain played at some point after the one you were mentioning.
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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 14, 2014 4:04:56 GMT 1
That's right, yeah - DA:Origins plays the lovely elven 'I Am The One' and then this pop song. I'm sure everyone likes 'I Am The One' - it's ideal. But did anyone else miss the pop songs in the credits of Mass Effect 2 and 3? Mass Effect 1's credits actually opened with that 'Faunts' thing if you remember. And DA2 plays something or other by Florence and the Machine, but it's been too long for me to remember that one. Mass Effect 3 did technically have another Faunts song, but I wouldn't count that -- it was short and instrumental, so it barely sounded different to the game's regular music.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Sept 14, 2014 7:27:15 GMT 1
I usually had the nobles with little trouble. I liked the Alistair / Anora combo best (mainly because it was the hardest to get). The first time I played I accidentally wound up with only Anora in charge, though I kept Alistair from being locked up. During my Asshole Aeducan playthrough, I deliberately refused Loghain's sacrifice and stole the show myself. So all three of them can bicker for the next 30 years!
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Sept 14, 2014 10:03:42 GMT 1
Oh that reminds me of the Dalish q-line. My Aeducan Warden comes into town, seduces that lady of that struggling couple...and then comes back to kill her himself with his new wolf pack buddies. I leveld up twice, once after shagging her and another after killing her. I think Bioware is trying to feed my violent impulses... Hey kids, shag a elf and level up.
MY Aeducan was pretty much like garahel from the 4th Blight. "What?! A elf outscoring me?!"
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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 14, 2014 21:20:22 GMT 1
It would appear the game is a lot easier and more fun to play if your character is a complete bastard, then.... actually.... no actually yes that's true.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Sept 14, 2014 22:04:14 GMT 1
Dragon Age needs more dinosaurs. Needed to be said.
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