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Post by Lebanese Dude on Feb 10, 2021 6:51:48 GMT
Bisexual Male Warrior Human- The masculine, kinghtly, princely bland KISA to relieve all the blue balls that the homos have had since it was revealed that Cullen doesn't want any homosexual loving.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Jan 25, 2021 3:52:13 GMT
I enjoyed Dorian despite him being yet another sassy flirtatious kind of gay. I'm ready for a change BioWare. Gimme a KISA.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Dec 25, 2020 20:28:35 GMT
It seems a little too magical to be Antiva City but OK.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Dec 25, 2020 2:02:23 GMT
I'm fairly confident he'll only be present in an advisory role, probably as a liaison to Kirkwall/Free Marches.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Dec 23, 2020 22:07:51 GMT
Exciting trailer! Barrage was my favorite Dragon Age spell so if we see more glyph spell effects I'm all for it. This is the light/nature contrasting with the dark/urban image we see below showing the same castle. I'm thinking this is actually from an ancient elven point of view of the central castle, with the other (following?) image showing the Tevinter occupation of that land in modern times. If I recall correctly, we saw a very similar castle depicting Arlathan in one of the books.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 19, 2020 15:10:13 GMT
Genuinely confused how anyone would perceive DA2 and DAI as being "light". In DA2, you start off running for your life from the blight. Your sibling gets brutally murdered in the prologue. Then you have to execute Aveline's husband before you leave. Then you have to sneak your way into a city via indentured servitude cause your uncle gambled away all your grandparents' fortunes. To do so you have to kill people then threaten or kill more people. In DAI, an entire temple and all its attendees gets annihalated with people's corpses literally still on fire with demons everywhere. Everyone's blaming you for everything. People need to stop letting their nostalgia of a very old game get in the way of their reasoning. DAO seemed darker because most likely you were just younger and/or were collectively less exposed to "darkness" in general when the internet was still in its infancy. It's always "nostalgia" isn't it? No, DAO wasn't "dark fantasy" but it did have dark elements, and handled them bettr then the sequels did. But I didn't say DAO didn't have dark elements. I just don't think it was any darker than its sequels. If anything I think the darkest game in the series was DA2, because it was far more personal than the other two games.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 17, 2020 21:01:40 GMT
Genuinely confused how anyone would perceive DA2 and DAI as being "light".
In DA2, you start off running for your life from the blight. Your sibling gets brutally murdered in the prologue. Then you have to execute Aveline's husband before you leave. Then you have to sneak your way into a city via indentured servitude cause your uncle gambled away all your grandparents' fortunes. To do so you have to kill people then threaten or kill more people.
In DAI, an entire temple and all its attendees gets annihalated with people's corpses literally still on fire with demons everywhere. Everyone's blaming you for everything.
People need to stop letting their nostalgia of a very old game get in the way of their reasoning. DAO seemed darker because most likely you were just younger and/or were collectively less exposed to "darkness" in general when the internet was still in its infancy.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 9, 2020 18:43:36 GMT
Opened up the game and realized it said "2014 Electronic Arts". 2014 201420142014It's been 6 years holy shit. Yes, and DA4 is probably not coming out for a couple more years, so that means 8 or 9 years between games. Thanks, Anthem! Luke Barrett liking your post lmao
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 9, 2020 17:40:44 GMT
Opened up the game and realized it said "2014 Electronic Arts".
2014
2014
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It's been 6 years holy shit.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 9, 2020 1:46:15 GMT
The way he snapped his head back in disbelief. Whoever animated this really took the time for those details. Must have been fun.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 7, 2020 21:41:39 GMT
He does that for the characters he plays. He was Ianto Jones in Torchwood and such was the impact of his character that after he was killed off, the fans made a Wall of Ianto Memorial in Cardiff where it was filmed. You have to hand it to Bioware, they do get some quality VAs for Dragon Age. Did Ianto speak in iambic pentameter too?
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 7, 2020 21:35:04 GMT
Happy with the inquisitor I ended up with on my first playthrough in years. Male Trevelyan Templar. No mods. And I just started a second playthrough on a Female Elf Mage... gonna take this one more slowly as I'll be busy but I'm excited to try out being an elf in DAI for the first time. No mods.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 7, 2020 21:24:51 GMT
A male KISA who isn't straight for once.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 7, 2020 19:56:41 GMT
Ok I did NOT realize Solas was such a smooth talker to female elves like... I ... I see why the Solas fandom is so ... it helps that he is voiced by Gareth David Lloyd. I think it makes it.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 7, 2020 19:49:56 GMT
Ok I did NOT realize Solas was such a smooth talker to female elves like... I ... I see why the Solas fandom is so ...
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 6, 2020 18:20:55 GMT
The purpose of the origin introduction doesn't necessarily need to be a device to teach you about the environment, in fact it's far better if it does not teach you about the wider world, as the wider world ideally needs to be mysterious and unknown in order to maximise that 'wow' factor once you discover it. It's far better purpose is to teach you about the character you play. Who are they? What is their role? How do they react? DA:O keeps things small scale within the origin intros. Your knowledge of the world is limited to your immediate einvironment - the forest, the alienage, the castle, the mage circle, Dust Town, the Diamond Quarter. You know next to nothing about areas outside this small scale environment save for sketchy pieces of lore told through occasional codexes, or snatches of dialogue, and even those can be skipped or missed. This is your world, and within it you have a brief role to play, as the child of a noble placed in charge of a castle, a city elf who's wedding joy has been destroyed by a corrupt noble etc. I understand that but the entire point of Origins is to emphasize the origin of your character and how it influences your approach to the various quests. It's literally in the title. The same presentation wouldn't work in Dragon Age Inquisition because the focus is less on your character and more on the Herald of Andraste. That's why most of the early game dialogue involves your relationship with the title, Andraste, the Chantry, and more or less your position on what it should represent (Mage vs Templar). It's not an accident. It's intended. And frankly this is the third title in a series. The Codex is there to assist newbies for RP, but for most people (especially those on these forums) you know exactly what you're getting into.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 6, 2020 16:36:07 GMT
I just wrapped up a DAI playthrough after having not played Dragon Age for years. I haven't followed up here much but I'm getting the impression it won't be out for a while. Well, shit. What have I done to myself D: *starts another playthrough... maybe Female Elf... * .. maybe Solas romance... Goes without saying.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 6, 2020 16:20:28 GMT
They could have had you walk around the Temple in DAI before the explosion happens, but then you'd know the context of the attack. That would change the first half of the game entirely, and kinda throw the central theme of "Faith" off a cliff.
Personally I don't mind either approach. DAO and DAI introductions set out to accomplish different things.
People who argue that DAO gave you more time to learn about the environment forget that you really don't learn much outside of your immediate location and racial or mage group. That's part of the theme... your origins.
In DAI, the first thing you're exposed to is the Chantry culture. I don't see how that's any different. Rather than focus the RP on what your race is, the RP is whether you accept being a chosen one. The leader of the... inquisition.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Aug 6, 2020 16:09:14 GMT
I just wrapped up a DAI playthrough after having not played Dragon Age for years. I haven't followed up here much but I'm getting the impression it won't be out for a while.
Well, shit. What have I done to myself D:
*starts another playthrough... maybe Female Elf... *
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Feb 22, 2020 12:58:40 GMT
K I'm gonna need DA4 to come out soon. Been wanting to play the DA series again but I put it off so I can have a refresh before the game releases. It's gonna be like 2030 isn't it?
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Nov 28, 2019 22:46:30 GMT
I'm lowkey amused by the reactions.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Oct 30, 2019 4:04:28 GMT
The product will definitely be worth the wait in the end, and the comics will be nice. One would hope they knock it out of the park after that long though. I just can't imagine myself stewing about it for 3 years. Yikes.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Oct 30, 2019 2:34:12 GMT
Well glad I've disconnected myself from Dragon Age hype. It's altogether way too long. I'll be back when I'm 32
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Oct 18, 2019 20:18:58 GMT
I think the predictions are way too pessimistic.
I expect a 2021 release date at most.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Oct 5, 2019 16:32:37 GMT
Yes but only if they serve a greater narrative purpose, or if they are heavily built up beforehand. The Kaidan/Ashley decision is one of my favorites. I didn't feel like the decision was meaningful at all. Whoever is alive will do exactly the same things in the next titles, so the choice doesn't really matter. I would have liked the choice just fine if the survival of either person had lead to some difference in the outcome.
I don't mind the character deaths, I like feeling things in video games, even the bad stuff when the game has done the work and made me care enough for it to matter, and it isn't just random. I mean accidents happen, people can get squished just standing in a wrong place, but that would suck.
The idea that decisions need to have tangible outcomes to mean something has always interested me.
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