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Post by Catilina on Jun 8, 2017 23:01:54 GMT
I could not get into my first DA2 PT. I played a diplomatic rogue who really didn't want to side with anyone. I romanced Anders because I liked him in DAA. I tried again years later. I discovered purple pro-mage Hawke and I un-benched Fenris and had so much fun. Absolutely love that grumpy elf now. Edit: I also have an unhealthy obsession with post pictures of your (insert character) here threads. Playing as diplomatic Hawke is right up there in the biggest mistakes in Bioware games along with romancing Jacob in ME2 I always felt, that blue Hawke is the tragic hero. My only templar-ended Hawke was blue, I think, he would be only, who really would feel some responsibility due to Corypheus, for Kirkwall, for his idiot Templar-brother, and sacrificed his friend "for the peace". He wanted compliance to everyone. I think, he really would be a burned out man in Inquisition*. (Not used in the keep this version.)
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Post by phoray on Jun 9, 2017 2:57:57 GMT
I could not get into my first DA2 PT. I played a diplomatic rogue who really didn't want to side with anyone. I romanced Anders because I liked him in DAA. I tried again years later. I discovered purple pro-mage Hawke and I un-benched Fenris and had so much fun. Absolutely love that grumpy elf now. Edit: I also have an unhealthy obsession with post pictures of your (insert character) here threads. Playing as diplomatic Hawke is right up there in the biggest mistakes in Bioware games along with romancing Jacob in ME2 I went into ME2 saying I was going to romance Jacob but the rape vibes were so strong... dunno how people managed to date him long enough to be betrayed by him in ME3 Playing as diplomatic Hawke is right up there in the biggest mistakes in Bioware games along with romancing Jacob in ME2 Luckily I only made the one mistake. Love my Thane. *high five* I ditched my plan of Jacob and fell immensely hard for this lizard Assassin.
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Post by cmoe on Jun 9, 2017 3:09:12 GMT
This was why I didn't romance anyone my first PT. I was trying the whole stay faithful to Kaiden thing too. But that sneaky little Thane came in and caused me all sorts of heartache. I did do a semi speed run where I tried to see Jacob's romance through, but man did it all just feel wrong.
Edit: for the life of me I can't seem to quote just portions of a post the correct way.
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Post by Wildfire on Jun 9, 2017 6:46:08 GMT
I am having trouble finishing my Male warden PT because he isn't voiced. I only started doing male PTs when they added a sexy voice for me to listen to. (or is this the wrong place for that sort of confession) It isn't, you know... The main reason I'm having trouble playing as a male Hawke is because the voice of female Hawke is like a drug to me. It actually sucks a lot because I'd love to experience MHawke too. I think I might have an unhealthy obsession with people who have captivating voices. Apart from Jo Wyatt (femHawke), there are so many others who have left me awestruck over the years: Asa Siegel as Bishop in NWN2, Hannah Telle as Max in Life is Strange, Handmaiden in KOTOR2... Also Cullen has a great voice.
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Post by Rascoth on Jun 9, 2017 7:55:27 GMT
I am having trouble finishing my Male warden PT because he isn't voiced. I only started doing male PTs when they added a sexy voice for me to listen to. (or is this the wrong place for that sort of confession) It isn't, you know... The main reason I'm having trouble playing as a male Hawke is because the voice of female Hawke is like a drug to me. It actually sucks a lot because I'd love to experience MHawke too. I'm like that with femHawke as well. And femShep, but not as strongly as with femHawke.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 13:29:29 GMT
It isn't, you know... The main reason I'm having trouble playing as a male Hawke is because the voice of female Hawke is like a drug to me. It actually sucks a lot because I'd love to experience MHawke too. I'm like that with femHawke as well. And femShep, but not as strongly as with femHawke.I am exactly the opposite were Hawke is concerned. I love male voice, and can't stand the high pitched female voices they keep giving female protagonists. I am really happy they gave us an option of a lower and less girly voice in ME and Inquisition.
Overall, save for MET & Inquisition, in all the games that I have played after coming back from my break: SWTOR (which is basically 8 games in one), B&S, Origins, and DA2 I liked the outfits, voices (were present), romantic options (were present) and appearances more for males than for females, so I gave up on playing a female.
I sort of perked up with Inquisition because outfits were good, and female Qunari is awesome & exactly what I want to play, and yes, the voice was great, but the romantic options not being my thing really put a dumper on things. In the end, I just played through it as a male. And it still on some level bothers me. He was fine, but still only the second best.
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Post by Iddy on Jun 9, 2017 14:18:35 GMT
I'm like that with femHawke as well. And femShep, but not as strongly as with femHawke.I am exactly the opposite were Hawke is concerned. I love male voice, and can't stand the high pitched female voices they keep giving female protagonists. I am really happy they gave us an option of a lower and less girly voice in ME and Inquisition. Ohh, same here. Honestly, it is almost like she is whispering. I am unable to ever find female Hawke funny or heroic because that high pitched voice just ruins the delivery of the lines to me. It should be a little lower like, shall we say... Isabela's voice.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 14:45:53 GMT
I am exactly the opposite were Hawke is concerned. I love male voice, and can't stand the high pitched female voices they keep giving female protagonists. I am really happy they gave us an option of a lower and less girly voice in ME and Inquisition. Ohh, same here. Honestly, it is almost like she is whispering. I am unable to ever find female Hawke funny or heroic because that high pitched voice just ruins the delivery of the lines to me. It should be a little lower like, shall we say... Isabela's voice. Well, I the spirit of confessions, despite hating both Morrigan and Isabela with a passion, I would have loved their VAs for the female PC.
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Post by fylimar on Jun 9, 2017 16:07:25 GMT
Ohh, same here. Honestly, it is almost like she is whispering. I am unable to ever find female Hawke funny or heroic because that high pitched voice just ruins the delivery of the lines to me. It should be a little lower like, shall we say... Isabela's voice. Well, I the spirit of confessions, despite hating both Morrigan and Isabela with a passion, I would have loved their VAs for the female PC. I use Morrigans voice for my dwarf - there is a mod, that allows it. And since I seldom use Morri in game and love Claudia Black, I thought it a shame, to let that great voice acting go to waste Confessions: - the Cousland (everyones favorite origin) is my least favorite one, followed by noble dwarf. - I love that storyteller Sarel in the 'Nature of the beast' quest. He is very hostile at the beginning, but he apologizes for it (and you can even find out the reason: he just lost his wife to the werewolves, I would be cranky too in that case), which makes him very realistic imo, and he has a great sense of humor and storytelling. I would have loved him as a companion, I just can imagine his ironic remarks during certain quests or with certain companions.
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Post by cmoe on Jun 9, 2017 16:38:49 GMT
Well, I the spirit of confessions, despite hating both Morrigan and Isabela with a passion, I would have loved their VAs for the female PC. I use Morrigans voice for my dwarf - there is a mod, that allows it. And since I seldom use Morri in game and love Claudia Black, I thought it a shame, to let that great voice acting go to waste Confessions: - the Cousland (everyones favorite origin) is my least favorite one, followed by noble dwarf. - I love that storyteller Sarel in the 'Nature of the beast' quest. He is very hostile at the beginning, but he apologizes for it (and you can even find out the reason: he just lost his wife to the werewolves, I would be cranky too in that case), which makes him very realistic imo, and he has a great sense of humor and storytelling. I would have loved him as a companion, I just can imagine his ironic remarks during certain quests or with certain companions. I'm not sure Cousland is my favorite Origin story as much as I wanted to be Queen! Though I do love hating Howe as well. I liked the story teller as well. My first PT I didn't really give him a chance.
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Post by Rascoth on Jun 9, 2017 16:39:40 GMT
- the Cousland (everyones favorite origin) is my least favorite one, followed by noble dwarf. I always got an impression people didn't like this origin story itself, only opportunities it gives as you play. But I may be wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ While my fav origin story is mage - confession time - I'm not biggest fan of playable origins as they were presented in DAO. Blasphemy, I know
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Post by cmoe on Jun 9, 2017 16:43:07 GMT
- the Cousland (everyones favorite origin) is my least favorite one, followed by noble dwarf. I always got an impression people didn't like this origin story itself, only opportunities it gives as you play. But I may be wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ While my fav origin story is mage - confession time - I'm not biggest fan of playable origins as they were presented in DAO. Blasphemy, I know
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 16:43:47 GMT
- the Cousland (everyones favorite origin) is my least favorite one, followed by noble dwarf. I always got an impression people didn't like this origin story itself, only opportunities it gives as you play. But I may be wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ While my fav origin story is mage - confession time - I'm not biggest fan of playable origins as they were presented in DAO. Blasphemy, I know Oh, wow, I am surprised. I liked the feature in Origins, and I absolutely adored it in SWTOR.
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Post by Rascoth on Jun 9, 2017 17:04:24 GMT
Ouch! That bump will take a while to heal Oh, wow, I am surprised. I liked the feature in Origins, and I absolutely adored it in SWTOR. Yeah, I know I'm in like tiny minority here. I just never felt that special connection origin story build everyone was talking about. Except maybe a few moments with mage, but even here I would argue it's more connected to being a mage, not playing mage origin. Nor did I find it extra helpful in building my character(s). Sometimes the opposite.
So while I'm not in 'we definitely need them back in DA4' camp, knowing how others really enjoyed it, I wouldn't mind them back. I may have issues with certain decisions in DAI, but I still have a lot of faith in the franchise. If origin stories would bring it back in those that don't, I would be happy to play thru them.
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Post by cmoe on Jun 9, 2017 17:25:23 GMT
Ouch! That bump will take a while to heal Oh, wow, I am surprised. I liked the feature in Origins, and I absolutely adored it in SWTOR. Yeah, I know I'm in like tiny minority here. I just never felt that special connection origin story build everyone was talking about. Except maybe a few moments with mage, but even here I would argue it's more connected to being a mage, not playing mage origin. Nor did I find it extra helpful in building my character(s). Sometimes the opposite.
So while I'm not in 'we definitely need them back in DA4' camp, knowing how others really enjoyed it, I wouldn't mind them back. I may have issues with certain decisions in DAI, but I still have a lot of faith in the franchise. If origin stories would bring it back in those that don't, I would be happy to play thru them. When I love a game I end up playing it so many times. So I think I just liked that it felt like added content where I could go try all the origin stories. I actually only played all the way through as a human (i'm boring that way). But I liked the dwarf noble story enough to play through the orzammar portion.
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Post by phoray on Jun 9, 2017 19:52:22 GMT
I have a CD in my car of Fan made DA Music Videos that has audio dialogue from the games themselves.
And when the Protag says, "That's what I wanted." from when they kissed on the ramparts the first time? And I know the next line, I don't forget it.
He just says. "Oh." pause with a smirk I remember. "Good." Lean in for more smooching.
I haven't even romanced Cullen in 3 PTs and listening to that still makes me smile like a fool in my car.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 20:22:14 GMT
I have a CD in my car of Fan made DA Music Videos that has audio dialogue from the games themselves. And when the Protag says, "That's what I wanted." from when they kissed on the ramparts the first time? And I know the next line, I don't forget it. He just says. "Oh." pause with a smirk I remember. "Good." Lean in for more smooching. I haven't even romanced Cullen in 3 PTs and listening to that still makes me smile like a fool in my car. heh, I am wondering what you gonna think after seeing Dorian's animation after the repeat kissing scene.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 22:07:54 GMT
Playing as diplomatic Hawke is right up there in the biggest mistakes in Bioware games along with romancing Jacob in ME2 I went into ME2 saying I was going to romance Jacob but the rape vibes were so strong... dunno how people managed to date him long enough to be betrayed by him in ME3 Luckily I only made the one mistake. Love my Thane. *high five* I ditched my plan of Jacob and fell immensely hard for this lizard Assassin. Rape vibes?
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Post by phoray on Jun 9, 2017 22:19:31 GMT
I went into ME2 saying I was going to romance Jacob but the rape vibes were so strong... dunno how people managed to date him long enough to be betrayed by him in ME3 *high five* I ditched my plan of Jacob and fell immensely hard for this lizard Assassin. Rape vibes? Female Shepard "flirts" are very aggressive and Jacob reacts to them in a way that makes it clear he's uncomfortable. So, as his commanding officer, I felt like I was pressuring him into returning affection and interest from my position of power = sexual harassment at work. I'm not the only one to think this after viewing those interactions.
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Post by cmoe on Jun 10, 2017 16:05:54 GMT
Female Shepard "flirts" are very aggressive and Jacob reacts to them in a way that makes it clear he's uncomfortable. So, as his commanding officer, I felt like I was pressuring him into returning affection and interest from my position of power = sexual harassment at work. I'm not the only one to think this after viewing those interactions. Same here. I'm sure it's been discussed many times in ME threads but I hated that I couldn't even ask him some get to know you questions without feeling like an aggressive creep.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2017 20:51:11 GMT
Female Shepard "flirts" are very aggressive and Jacob reacts to them in a way that makes it clear he's uncomfortable. So, as his commanding officer, I felt like I was pressuring him into returning affection and interest from my position of power = sexual harassment at work. I'm not the only one to think this after viewing those interactions. Oh, boy, you should see Malavai Quinn. Jacob is nothing on it. Seriously, you have conversations of the nature: you like me, Quinn. No, my lord, you are mistaken. In addition to him kneeling to swear his loyalty to his Sith Lord and the endless stories of how he was humiliated in the Imperial service, it's the most unpleasant romance to pursue.
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Post by phoray on Jun 11, 2017 22:16:52 GMT
Female Shepard "flirts" are very aggressive and Jacob reacts to them in a way that makes it clear he's uncomfortable. So, as his commanding officer, I felt like I was pressuring him into returning affection and interest from my position of power = sexual harassment at work. I'm not the only one to think this after viewing those interactions. Oh, boy, you should see Malavai Quinn. Jacob is nothing on it. Seriously, you have conversations of the nature: you like me, Quinn. No, my lord, you are mistaken. In addition to him kneeling to swear his loyalty to his Sith Lord and the endless stories of how he was humiliated in the Imperial service, it's the most unpleasant romance to pursue. At your mention, I began watching it. I disagree so far. The part where he says, "I hate to burst your bubble, Jedi.--- Actually, I take that back. I'm reveling in it." I'm a bit taken with him.
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Post by phoray on Jun 11, 2017 22:41:03 GMT
Female Shepard "flirts" are very aggressive and Jacob reacts to them in a way that makes it clear he's uncomfortable. So, as his commanding officer, I felt like I was pressuring him into returning affection and interest from my position of power = sexual harassment at work. I'm not the only one to think this after viewing those interactions. Oh, boy, you should see Malavai Quinn. Jacob is nothing on it. Seriously, you have conversations of the nature: you like me, Quinn. No, my lord, you are mistaken. In addition to him kneeling to swear his loyalty to his Sith Lord and the endless stories of how he was humiliated in the Imperial service, it's the most unpleasant romance to pursue. Ok, about 10 minutes into this romance compilation, he does seem rather disinterested: attempting to brush the flirts off or totally ignore them. But his refusal seems to be more about a dedication to the Empire- and it's not even a refusal. Seems more like...trying to ignore the flirts he thinks aren't serious. Which Cassandra in DAI ignores flirts hardcore. Jacob, at the first flirt, was like, "What the hell? I've literally never thought of you that way and not sure I want to." In his responses. And then you get to reply after that like, "Maybe you should, then." Which is very...pressure heavy. Like, "Respond to my advances now, damn you." The Quinn romance seems to be very lighthearted, if persistent in it's seemingly one sidedness, and the amount of flirts you get just in regular conversations is pretty amazing. In the end, though, at 25 minutes into the supremely slow burn of the romance, it culminates in a kiss where Quinn is quite happily smiling. I'm eager to see the rest and I think it's very well done. Whereas I once started to watch the sex scene with Jacob from ME2 and his opening line made me gag a little.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2017 22:53:27 GMT
Oh, boy, you should see Malavai Quinn. Jacob is nothing on it. Seriously, you have conversations of the nature: you like me, Quinn. No, my lord, you are mistaken. In addition to him kneeling to swear his loyalty to his Sith Lord and the endless stories of how he was humiliated in the Imperial service, it's the most unpleasant romance to pursue. Ok, about 10 minutes into this romance compilation, he does seem rather disinterested: attempting to brush the flirts off or totally ignore them. But his refusal seems to be more about a dedication to the Empire- and it's not even a refusal. Seems more like...trying to ignore the flirts he thinks aren't serious. Which Cassandra in DAI ignores flirts hardcore. Jacob, at the first flirt, was like, "What the hell? I've literally never thought of you that way and not sure I want to." In his responses. And then you get to reply after that like, "Maybe you should, then." Which is very...pressure heavy. Like, "Respond to my advances now, damn you." The Quinn romance seems to be very lighthearted, if persistent in it's seemingly one sidedness, and the amount of flirts you get just in regular conversations is pretty amazing. In the end, though, at 25 minutes into the supremely slow burn of the romance, it culminates in a kiss where Quinn is quite happily smiling. I'm eager to see the rest and I think it's very well done. Whereas I once started to watch the sex scene with Jacob from ME2 and his opening line made me gag a little. Well, yeah, I had a friend who really loved his romance So, yeah, opinions differ.
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Post by phoray on Jun 11, 2017 23:09:00 GMT
The Quinn romance seems to be very lighthearted, if persistent in it's seemingly one sidedness, and the amount of flirts you get just in regular conversations is pretty amazing. In the end, though, at 25 minutes into the supremely slow burn of the romance, it culminates in a kiss where Quinn is quite happily smiling. I'm eager to see the rest and I think it's very well done. Well, yeah, I had a friend who really loved his romance So, yeah, opinions differ. *laughs* Indeed. If I ever bothered to play the game, I'd totally be a Sith for Quinn. He's adorable. He just admitted to abducting so and so for such and such and I was like, "Aw, such a cute evil minion of mine."
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