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Post by FireAndBlood on Sept 24, 2016 11:40:07 GMT
Sarcastic Hawke is the best Hawke.
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Post by MissOuJ on Sept 24, 2016 12:54:37 GMT
As much as I love my several Wardens and Inquisitors... I love my Hawkes the most.
Even though most of my Wardens and Inquisitors have humble origins just like my Hawkes, I feel like the DA2 story line with Hawke as the protagonist hits closest for me. S/he's the rags-to-riches protagonist in a story where it doesn't really matter in the end, because s/he's still an immigrant far from home, trying and failing to put down roots and keep his/her family safe and together. S/he's the hero that never really wins, in the traditional sense, since s/he really doesn't have a baddie to beat since the antagonist of the story is chaos itself, and trying to install order in the circumstances DA2 took place in would've been impossible, no matter who had been there. DA2 is a story where there really aren't big wins and big losses hit hard, but every small win feels incredibly important and precious, and Hawke's character makes that work, at least IMO.
Sure, in comparison to DA:O and DA:I, the decisions you do feel a lot smaller, but also a lot more intimate and they hit closer to home for me. For example, I never feel particular sadness or guild over... well, anything that happens in DA:O, or in DA:I during IYHSB or WEWH, but failing to stop the Qunari in Act II always feels like a personal failure to me because I tried, damn it, to make everyone see reason, and it fails (even though I know the failure is inevitable in terms of gameplay and story progression, but despite that every time that failure feels personal). So all the small wins, like being able to help Feynriel, feel huge because they're so rare - and so do the friendships and rivalries that Hawke cultivates along the way. Case in point: I hate Petrice much, much more than Corypheus or Loghain or even Howe.
TL;DR: Hawke. Because I like my protagonists, and my stories, with a generous sprinkling of tragedy. Plus, purple Hawke is my spirit animal.
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Post by deadlydwarf on Sept 24, 2016 13:27:45 GMT
As much as I love my several Wardens and Inquisitors... I love my Hawkes the most. Even though most of my Wardens and Inquisitors have humble origins just like my Hawkes, I feel like the DA2 story line with Hawke as the protagonist hits closest for me. S/he's the rags-to-riches protagonist in a story where it doesn't really matter in the end, because s/he's still an immigrant far from home, trying and failing to put down roots and keep his/her family safe and together. S/he's the hero that never really wins, in the traditional sense, since s/he really doesn't have a baddie to beat since the antagonist of the story is chaos itself, and trying to install order in the circumstances DA2 took place in would've been impossible, no matter who had been there. DA2 is a story where there really aren't big wins and big losses hit hard, but every small win feels incredibly important and precious, and Hawke's character makes that work, at least IMO. Sure, in comparison to DA:O and DA:I, the decisions you do feel a lot smaller, but also a lot more intimate and they hit closer to home for me. For example, I never feel particular sadness or guild over... well, anything that happens in DA:O, or in DA:I during IYHSB or WEWH, but failing to stop the Qunari in Act II always feels like a personal failure to me because I tried, damn it, to make everyone see reason, and it fails (even though I know the failure is inevitable in terms of gameplay and story progression, but despite that every time that failure feels personal). So all the small wins, like being able to help Feynriel, feel huge because they're so rare - and so do the friendships and rivalries that Hawke cultivates along the way. Case in point: I hate Petrice much, much more than Corypheus or Loghain or even Howe. TL;DR: Hawke. Because I like my protagonists, and my stories, with a generous sprinkling of tragedy. Plus, purple Hawke is my spirit animal. I still put the Warden on top, but this is a nice rundown of what DA2 is all about! DA2 does have a gritty, more personal feel to it compared to the other two games. Perhaps because you start off as part of a family unit; one which sadly starts be torn apart with the very first scene.
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Post by cardbutton on Sept 24, 2016 14:30:26 GMT
Inquisitor. "Trespasser" dragged them over the edge for the win. HoF comes in second, because the HoF. Hawke ... I actually have no real problems with as a Protagonist, I just really did not dig their story. So he/she is not to be my favorite, but I wont say they're bad just because of my opinions on their game.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 2:08:24 GMT
I enjoyed my experience with the Warden the most.
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Post by HYR on Sept 25, 2016 6:28:23 GMT
Hawke. Loved the deeply personal story there.
I also really adored and was proud of my 'Warden. Quite easily the most original BW protagonist of mine.
I don't care for the Inquisitor. It's like playing a very watered-down and Sue-ish version of Hawke. I did come up with a few interesting character concepts for him/her, but actually putting them into play never got particularly fun or interesting because the PC just isn't very dynamic at all.
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Post by fylimar on Sept 25, 2016 9:08:53 GMT
Hawke is still my favorite - I love my witty and sarcastic dw rogue fHamwke. The voice actress did a good job, making that happen and I just like taht Hawke was basically just a regular gal, who got sucked into schemes and politics. My second favorite is my Lavellan archer rogue Lyana - she would be my first choice, but I find Hawkes dialogues a bit more fun. Of course, I love all my characters and it's a tough choice, but so far, Hawkes is still the best for me and I would love to be able to play her again some day.
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Post by DarkKnightHolmes on Sept 25, 2016 17:48:38 GMT
The Warden. 6 Origins, any weapon to use, any armor to wear, most badass magic, wide range of personalities and motives were easy to RP. Badass magic what? Hawke had the possibility to be a force mage and that's a school of magic which is by far most useful than all the spec the mage warden had. The Inquisitor had the magic of the gods and even one as mentor so it's not even close.. Not sure if serious... I could destroy a room full of enemies just by walking in and blowing everything up with fire ball. Or using mass paralyse to make a whole section of enemies sleep around for a while. Or use force field to keep the bosses out of the battles for a long enough to kill all mooks quickly. Or set magical traps to drain their magic or destroy enemies stat so easily and laugh as they miss every hit. Loads and loads of healing magic too, gotta recover ! Not to mention those huge AOE attacks that could take out a whole map of enemies. Let's not forget curse of mortality, have fun healing against that mooks. I pretty much destroyed most of the game on nightmare playing solo. Inquisitor has certain previous spells behind a spec so that's a bummer and no blood magic... story wise, make sense. Fun wise, lame. Also most of the magic was just elemental so you already bored me with Inquisitor mage in 1 hour. Inquisitor didn't even get crushing prison, how sad. Also limited to 8 spells only per fight? No thanks, bub. Magic of the Gods, fights just as well as Dorian or Vivienne or weakened Solas with them. Lol. Hawke was a decent mage but the pole dancing animation (especially with haste being used!), only 3 mage specs, forced staff weapon and light armor (which were mostly ugly anyway, just like DAO mage armor) made me bored. At the end of the day, give me a loads of spell, willpower and any equipment I want to use and let me have some real insane fun on the battlefield.
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Post by Joyous on Sept 25, 2016 19:34:21 GMT
The Warden. This question is really a no-brainer, since the Inquisitor is a Mary Sue with zero personality and Hawke is either an insufferable prat or an insufferable know-it-all (or just plain insufferable).
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Post by oyabun on Sept 25, 2016 23:32:22 GMT
In terms of gameplay the AW is nothing special and actually is very slow,just a mage who is using magic to wear armors like warriors but that lacks all their skills. The force mage is by far more fast than the AW of DAO,combat in DAO was very slow especially for the mages. What about force mage abilities of DA:A? Yeah, but mages in DAO are far more powerful than mages in any other of the DA games... Seriously, it doesn't matter that their slow, their more OP than Mage Hawke could ever be. A mage with power alone is not powerful.Being strong it means nothing if you are slow.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 23:50:40 GMT
What about force mage abilities of DA:A? Yeah, but mages in DAO are far more powerful than mages in any other of the DA games... Seriously, it doesn't matter that their slow, their more OP than Mage Hawke could ever be. A mage with power alone is not powerful.Being strong it means nothing if you are slow. That's invalid. Being fast doesn't mean that your powerful either, leaving this debate to be incorrect.
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Post by oyabun on Sept 26, 2016 0:10:02 GMT
A mage with power alone is not powerful.Being strong it means nothing if you are slow. That's invalid. Being fast doesn't mean that your powerful either, leaving this debate to be incorrect. You are incorrect sir. Speed is the primary element of power,you can be powerful all you want but without speed you will go nowhere not even able to hit an opponent and the warden (unless trained with High dexterity\dodge)is very slow,especially the mages and if the AI was more clever in DAO they would have easly smashed the warden mage with a quick holy smite or a mana clash instead to kindly wait for them to use their spell.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 0:25:53 GMT
That's invalid. Being fast doesn't mean that your powerful either, leaving this debate to be incorrect. You are incorrect sir. Speed is the primary element of power,you can be powerful all you want but without speed you will go nowhere not even able to hit an opponent and the warden (unless trained with High dexterity\dodge)is very slow,especially the mages and if the AI was more clever in DAO they would have easly smashed the warden mage with a quick holy smite or a mana clash. No, it really isn't. Your saying that Hawke is therefore more powerful because their faster? No. My Hawke died so much (i played a Mage Hawke) that this debate amuses me. Mage Warden may be slower, but with the Acrane Warrior trait, they can withstand the damage (why else do they wear armor?) . It's quite amusing, that you live in a Hawke fan-boy club - I hope that the next Shepard lives up to your dreams of a super fast, 'op all-human protagonist.
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Post by Catilina on Sept 26, 2016 0:48:57 GMT
You are incorrect sir. Speed is the primary element of power,you can be powerful all you want but without speed you will go nowhere not even able to hit an opponent and the warden (unless trained with High dexterity\dodge)is very slow,especially the mages and if the AI was more clever in DAO they would have easly smashed the warden mage with a quick holy smite or a mana clash. No, it really isn't. Your saying that Hawke is therefore more powerful because their faster? No. My Hawke died so much (i played a Mage Hawke) that this debate amuses me. Mage Warden may be slower, but with the Acrane Warrior trait, they can withstand the damage (why else do they wear armor?) . It's quite amusing, that you live in a Hawke fan-boy club - I hope that the next Shepard lives up to your dreams of a super fast, 'op all-human protagonist.
Mage Hawke is not weak, I was at Hadriana and Danarius without full group, only with Fenris and dog. Was no problem: no one died. (Hawke's specc: Blood-Fire at Hadriana, and this rock armor from Primal, and Blood-Elemental-Force at Danariaus, and other Hawke was and Force-Primal at Hadriana, and Force-Primal-Spirit Healer at Danarius. The second one was safer, but the first one was quick and destructive. The Force-Primal specced Hawke wear the smugler armor at Hadriana. Okay, the difficulty was only normal)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 1:50:56 GMT
No, it really isn't. Your saying that Hawke is therefore more powerful because their faster? No. My Hawke died so much (i played a Mage Hawke) that this debate amuses me. Mage Warden may be slower, but with the Acrane Warrior trait, they can withstand the damage (why else do they wear armor?) . It's quite amusing, that you live in a Hawke fan-boy club - I hope that the next Shepard lives up to your dreams of a super fast, 'op all-human protagonist.
Mage Hawke is not weak, I was at Hadriana and Danarius without full group, only with Fenris and dog. Was no problem: no one died. (Hawke's specc: Blood-Fire at Hadriana, and this rock armor from Primal, and Blood-Elemental-Force at Danariaus, and other Hawke was and Force-Primal at Hadriana, and Force-Primal-Spirit Healer at Danarius. The second one was safer, but the first one was quick and destructive. The Force-Primal specced Hawke wear the smugler armor... okay, the difficulty was only normal) I never actually stated Mage Hawke was weak; I said they were weaker than the Warden; but they are stronger than Quiz though. So, yeah, I don't think Mage Hawke is weak; but I don't think their stronger than the Mage Warden (Amell forever!) . My Mage Hawke did tend to die easily though... ehehehe, i didn't really try in DA2.
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Post by phoray on Sept 27, 2016 18:59:37 GMT
I'm still mostly undecided; I feel like I should play the games a couple more times before I could say 100%. If it were a choice between games, it would be an endless list of pros and cons. I like Origins a lot as a game; it's very complete. There is acknowledgement from even NPCs that you are elven, dwarven, a mage, or female. But as I'm playing through it the third time, I realize a lot of my extreme feels about it were in regards to Alistair, the Landsmeet, and the resulting decision about the Dark ritual and the ultimate Sacrifice. Not my Warden. There was a lot of tumultuous emotions with my first PT as City Elf. There was a lot of fun with my slutty Isabella power hungry vengeful Cousland. But do I LOVE them as much as I loved my Sarcastic Hawke? As much as my Trevelyan that I could watch grow internally? I mean.. as a Warden, I fell in love and saved the World. But there wasn't a lot of ... I don't know, points where I could talk or show that I was growing internally. As a Quiz, I could declare what I stood for. I could discuss a change in faith. At the start, I could totally be WTF is going on mate, then have a turning point (skyhold) where I could turn my life around. With Morrigan, you can talk about Skyhold, "I've made it mine." With such a fond voice and expression.
As a Warden, I feel like I was too busy to do anything but save the world and, by coincidence of my companions, fall in love. There was a goal that you were driven towards as it seemed the darkness was closing in. The Pacing, story, opening a door 3 different ways were all excellent but it didn't make me like my Warden more. The expressions are super lacking, and when Wynne about keeled over, my Surana Warden, who in my mind doesn't even like Wynne, Makes this "I am so worried about you!" expression and I hated it. You needed to do side quests for coin but the RP of it was a bit odd considering you needed to save Fereldan, not pass some letters around.
As a Hawke, I just had to try to survive, do what was best for my family, and ride the chaos around me. I had friends I could argue with and there was a loyalty of shared experiences over a long time to like...spread out, and head cannon card games, drinking, meals shared, and flirtations and battles on the coast to help with crime or make a coin. Coin you actually needed, because you had a roof to maintain and family to feed. (I think the money from Deep Roads buys you the mansion and makes you comfortable, but not so rich you don't need coin. not like you are a land owner with holdings to tax from.) You weren't driven, you were living.
The Quiz has a bit of a mix of both, despite the glaring plot hole that the only way of fixing the sky being in your hand is on the road with 3 companions in danger from any arrow.
TL;DR I like my Sarcastic Hawke best, followed by one of my Quizzies, followed by my 3 Wardens as a whole. Right now.
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Post by deadlydwarf on Sept 27, 2016 20:01:31 GMT
I'm still mostly undecided; I feel like I should play the games a couple more times before I could say 100%. If it were a choice between games, it would be an endless list of pros and cons. I like Origins a lot as a game; it's very complete. There is acknowledgement from even NPCs that you are elven, dwarven, a mage, or female. But as I'm playing through it the third time, I realize a lot of my extreme feels about it were in regards to Alistair, the Landsmeet, and the resulting decision about the Dark ritual and the ultimate Sacrifice. Not my Warden. There was a lot of tumultuous emotions with my first PT as City Elf. There was a lot of fun with my slutty Isabella power hungry vengeful Cousland. But do I LOVE them as much as I loved my Sarcastic Hawke? As much as my Trevelyan that I could watch grow internally? I mean.. as a Warden, I fell in love and saved the World. But there wasn't a lot of ... I don't know, points where I could talk or show that I was growing internally. As a Quiz, I could declare what I stood for. I could discuss a change in faith. At the start, I could totally be WTF is going on mate, then have a turning point (skyhold) where I could turn my life around. With Morrigan, you can talk about Skyhold, "I've made it mine." With such a fond voice and expression.
As a Warden, I feel like I was too busy to do anything but save the world and, by coincidence of my companions, fall in love. There was a goal that you were driven towards as it seemed the darkness was closing in. The Pacing, story, opening a door 3 different ways were all excellent but it didn't make me like my Warden more. The expressions are super lacking, and when Wynne about keeled over, my Surana Warden, who in my mind doesn't even like Wynne, Makes this "I am so worried about you!" expression and I hated it. You needed to do side quests for coin but the RP of it was a bit odd considering you needed to save Fereldan, not pass some letters around.
As a Hawke, I just had to try to survive, do what was best for my family, and ride the chaos around me. I had friends I could argue with and there was a loyalty of shared experiences over a long time to like...spread out, and head cannon card games, drinking, meals shared, and flirtations and battles on the coast to help with crime or make a coin. Coin you actually needed, because you had a roof to maintain and family to feed. (I think the money from Deep Roads buys you the mansion and makes you comfortable, but not so rich you don't need coin. not like you are a land owner with holdings to tax from.) You weren't driven, you were living.
The Quiz has a bit of a mix of both, despite the glaring plot hole that the only way of fixing the sky being in your hand is on the road with 3 companions in danger from any arrow.
TL;DR I like my Sarcastic Hawke best, followed by one of my Quizzies, followed by my 3 Wardens as a whole. Right now. I like your point. Origins is plot-heavy while DA2 and Inquisition are more protagonist-heavy and thus more personal. In Origins, your concern is what will happen to Thedas. In DA2, you're concerned with what will happen to Hawke and his/her family. In Inquisition, you have a character trying to figure out the destiny fate has thrust upon him/her. Between the latter two, DA2 gives you a character who comes to you partially fleshed out while Inquisition largely gives you a blank slate which you can fill as you like (but in keeping with the race/class selected). For myself, I continue to prefer the epic tale of the Blight and the doomed Warden who seeks to stop it. Reasonable minds may differ!
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Post by KaiserShep on Sept 27, 2016 20:35:42 GMT
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Post by phoray on Sept 27, 2016 22:43:43 GMT
I'm still mostly undecided; I feel like I should play the games a couple more times before I could say 100%. If it were a choice between games, it would be an endless list of pros and cons. I like Origins a lot as a game; it's very complete. There is acknowledgement from even NPCs that you are elven, dwarven, a mage, or female. But as I'm playing through it the third time, I realize a lot of my extreme feels about it were in regards to Alistair, the Landsmeet, and the resulting decision about the Dark ritual and the ultimate Sacrifice. Not my Warden. There was a lot of tumultuous emotions with my first PT as City Elf. There was a lot of fun with my slutty Isabella power hungry vengeful Cousland. But do I LOVE them as much as I loved my Sarcastic Hawke? As much as my Trevelyan that I could watch grow internally? I mean.. as a Warden, I fell in love and saved the World. But there wasn't a lot of ... I don't know, points where I could talk or show that I was growing internally. As a Quiz, I could declare what I stood for. I could discuss a change in faith. At the start, I could totally be WTF is going on mate, then have a turning point (skyhold) where I could turn my life around. With Morrigan, you can talk about Skyhold, "I've made it mine." With such a fond voice and expression.
As a Warden, I feel like I was too busy to do anything but save the world and, by coincidence of my companions, fall in love. There was a goal that you were driven towards as it seemed the darkness was closing in. The Pacing, story, opening a door 3 different ways were all excellent but it didn't make me like my Warden more. The expressions are super lacking, and when Wynne about keeled over, my Surana Warden, who in my mind doesn't even like Wynne, Makes this "I am so worried about you!" expression and I hated it. You needed to do side quests for coin but the RP of it was a bit odd considering you needed to save Fereldan, not pass some letters around.
As a Hawke, I just had to try to survive, do what was best for my family, and ride the chaos around me. I had friends I could argue with and there was a loyalty of shared experiences over a long time to like...spread out, and head cannon card games, drinking, meals shared, and flirtations and battles on the coast to help with crime or make a coin. Coin you actually needed, because you had a roof to maintain and family to feed. (I think the money from Deep Roads buys you the mansion and makes you comfortable, but not so rich you don't need coin. not like you are a land owner with holdings to tax from.) You weren't driven, you were living.
The Quiz has a bit of a mix of both, despite the glaring plot hole that the only way of fixing the sky being in your hand is on the road with 3 companions in danger from any arrow.
TL;DR I like my Sarcastic Hawke best, followed by one of my Quizzies, followed by my 3 Wardens as a whole. Right now. I finally put my vote in. Although I love Sarcastic Hawke, it -echoes-, but not exactly, a totally made character with their own personality that I just tapped into. Although there were epic moments. After mum dies, a mage Hawke can be like "Maybe they were right about Mages after all" to Anders which could show some epic internal struggle. I still love Hawke, though, I just feel the protaganist centered internal struggle is better represented in game 3, and that seems to be my fave part of Bioware games (closely married to the romances.) Is that odd to say? Quiz is my preferred protagonist, but Hawke is my favorite? hahaha.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Sept 28, 2016 0:06:50 GMT
My wardens have the deepest place in my heart, largely, I suspect, due to their Origin stories. I like my inquisitors second best, Hawke suffers from not having different backgrounds.
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Post by Nyx on Oct 6, 2016 0:31:54 GMT
For me it goes Hawke > Warden > Inquisitor.
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Post by fenris on Oct 6, 2016 16:49:50 GMT
I'll go with Hawke. He was the only one I felt actually had any life, family and friends, as opposed to companions in a mission.
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Post by mikoto on Oct 6, 2016 19:18:11 GMT
For me the favourite by a tiny microscopic margin is my diplomatic warrior Sophie Hawke.
A poor refugee trying and failing to put down roots in a strange, very corrupt city and keep her family together. Her looks, personality and story really connected with me and despite it all in a way she eventually wins because by the end of Trespasser she ends up settling in Kirkwall and Gamlen, Charade, and Bethany are all still alive plus several other missing Amell siblings the Amell Warden supposedly had. Not to mention she keeps Fenris. Despite it all Hawke succeeds at least at that, eventually.
If I had to declare a second, they'd jointly be my Elizabeth Amell and Eliza Surana female Wardens. Same woman-same looks, eye, skin and hair colour. Just different races so I could compare how the story went between them. I know her history and decided what happened to her family. I wrote out part of her backstory in the Circle. Her motivations for joining the Grey Wardens and stopping the Blight were very clear, as were the reasons for the choices she made. I felt her story.
Jointly second would be my female mage Natasha Trevelyan. I do well with blank slate characters equally as characters with a lot more pre-definition. I'm adaptable like that. Her story as the well loved daughter of a noble but religious family came easily to me and her money got her a lot more visits or little excursions for regular contact with her family than Amell/Surana did. Due to her believing magic isn't a curse of the Maker as she was taught, Natasha was never very religious nor had a strong belief in the Maker or Chantry doctrine. Usually she just paid it lip service to get by. Now personally the whole Herald religious figure thing doesn't fit well with me, so it didn't fit well with Natasha. That being said she DID encourage the title's use when it proved advantageous for her. A reluctant hero until she was flung into a disasterous future and back, she got used to being the only person who could stop Corypheus pretty quick and made it her big goal in life. I haven't quite gotten to Tresspasser yet as I started DA quite recently but I'm getting there.
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marilla
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquistion, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
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Post by marilla on Oct 6, 2016 19:55:20 GMT
My favorite protagonist is snarky female Hawke, easily. Sarcastic Hawke is the most fun I've had with a protagonist in most games I've ever played. There's so much humor, and I love the relationship between Hawke and her companions. I didn't find the fixed background as restrictive as other people, and was still able to flesh out a personality for her and some back story that wasn't actually in game. And the Anders romance affected my roleplay of my Hawke also. Dragon Age 2 is the easiest game for me to replay mostly because of how funny Hawke is, actually. It's just a fun game to replay, and doesn't have any real areas that drag like Origins. The game also contains my favorite mage specialization of all the games, force mage. Flinging people around constantly is a lot of fun, and combat is much faster than in Origins.
My second favorite was probably my city elf female. She was a little broken and had serious issues with most humans, but she was so great to roleplay. The origin gave you just enough to work with as a background to roleplay, but also gave you some leeway to make up some of your own background. She was really the first character I ever roleplayed to any extent in an RPG game, and because of that she holds a warm fuzzy feeling for me. The Warden does lose some points for me with the combat though, because I usually play mages. And mages in Origins are just so slow, and none of the mage specializations really did much for me at all. Unfortunately, the slow combat and some of the areas you have to slog through keep me from replaying Origins much anymore.
In last is the Inquisitior. It's not that I disliked her at all, it just felt like such a step back from purple Hawke. She was a little TOO blank slate for me, with little options to really roleplay. Most of the dialogue options didn't give her much of a personality, and she didn't have nearly as many funny responses as Hawke did. Although I did absolutely love the little rant she does in Trespasser right before you go to the Darvaarad. Particularly when you choose the option that says something like "This fucking thing!" So much emotion in that dialogue...if the base game was more like that with your Inquisitor, I would have liked her a whole lot more. I did hate how you were so limited in your spec though...only 9 abilities was such a step back in terms of building your character.
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquistion, Jade Empire
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Post by rapscallioness on Oct 7, 2016 5:34:01 GMT
Hawke.
I do love my Warden's, mind you, but Hawke is my favorite.
The only Quizzy I liked was my Lady Cadash dwarf. But I didn't get to her until after a few pt's. Glad I did get to her, though, because until then I just did not like the Inquisitor.
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