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Post by MarilynRobert on Jan 26, 2019 20:53:11 GMT
So I finished up both Chapter 8 and I finished up the 'cult' storyline. And I am a bit confused. I mean I think you guys might've did me a dirty because I feel like I should've gone off to meet daddy by now, neverthless. I decided to destroy the artifact instead of killing so and so. I feel like this is a mistake to let the leader of the Cult of Kosmos go free without any reprecussions but I feel that the artififact was the...lets just say the imputice for the Cult to do its thing and is dangerous to leave in anyones hands. Though she did wax elequent about how the Cult grew out of her control and how she has forseen the rise of a 'new kingdom of the people, by the people'....it was also really chilling to see the images from the future. But still, dangerous to keep around I just hope that taking away her support nexus delays her. But then first thing I did after that was explore the island of Samos. Knockin off a little of the few islands to see if there are any interesting quests and then fight Argees and then finish the end. It was interesting given the fate of the cult though first place I ran into afterwards had Cult Guards. The important question though is "did you kiss her"? Dumbest choice ever but Alexios did because he wondered if it was some kind of trick choice.
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Post by colfoley on Jan 26, 2019 21:02:38 GMT
So I finished up both Chapter 8 and I finished up the 'cult' storyline. And I am a bit confused. I mean I think you guys might've did me a dirty because I feel like I should've gone off to meet daddy by now, neverthless. I decided to destroy the artifact instead of killing so and so. I feel like this is a mistake to let the leader of the Cult of Kosmos go free without any reprecussions but I feel that the artififact was the...lets just say the imputice for the Cult to do its thing and is dangerous to leave in anyones hands. Though she did wax elequent about how the Cult grew out of her control and how she has forseen the rise of a 'new kingdom of the people, by the people'....it was also really chilling to see the images from the future. But still, dangerous to keep around I just hope that taking away her support nexus delays her. But then first thing I did after that was explore the island of Samos. Knockin off a little of the few islands to see if there are any interesting quests and then fight Argees and then finish the end. It was interesting given the fate of the cult though first place I ran into afterwards had Cult Guards. The important question though is "did you kiss her"? Dumbest choice ever but Alexios did because he wondered if it was some kind of trick choice. only reason to kiss her would be to stick a knife in her heart.
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Post by dazk on Jan 26, 2019 21:37:05 GMT
So I finished up both Chapter 8 and I finished up the 'cult' storyline. And I am a bit confused. I mean I think you guys might've did me a dirty because I feel like I should've gone off to meet daddy by now, neverthless. I decided to destroy the artifact instead of killing so and so. I feel like this is a mistake to let the leader of the Cult of Kosmos go free without any reprecussions but I feel that the artififact was the...lets just say the imputice for the Cult to do its thing and is dangerous to leave in anyones hands. Though she did wax elequent about how the Cult grew out of her control and how she has forseen the rise of a 'new kingdom of the people, by the people'....it was also really chilling to see the images from the future. But still, dangerous to keep around I just hope that taking away her support nexus delays her. But then first thing I did after that was explore the island of Samos. Knockin off a little of the few islands to see if there are any interesting quests and then fight Argees and then finish the end. It was interesting given the fate of the cult though first place I ran into afterwards had Cult Guards. The important question though is "did you kiss her"? Dumbest choice ever but Alexios did because he wondered if it was some kind of trick choice. MarilynRobert we may be the only ones who did!!!!!!
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Post by MarilynRobert on Jan 26, 2019 21:39:03 GMT
The important question though is "did you kiss her"? Dumbest choice ever but Alexios did because he wondered if it was some kind of trick choice. MarilynRobert we may be the only ones who did!!!!!! I know...I almost mentioned that you kissed her too. Maybe we shouldn't admit it
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Post by dazk on Jan 26, 2019 21:42:22 GMT
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Post by MarilynRobert on Jan 26, 2019 21:48:09 GMT
I know...I almost mentioned that you kissed her too. Maybe we shouldn't admit it BTW, she is soooooooooooooo dead, next game!
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Post by colfoley on Jan 27, 2019 0:16:31 GMT
So after running around ancient Greece and after scouring the map for clues... imagine my surprise when finally caving in and doing research on the subject I discovered no trophies for either completing Alkibides's stuff, or Sokrates. Also apparently I had already completed their quests. Hmm.
Anyways as to what I DID do yesterday I went along and did complete Hippokrates questline. It did provide an interesting moral conundrum on whether or not I should chose to kill the patient or not. I advocated for him to kill him peacefully but at the end of the day I did not give him too much hemlock and kept him alive. My reasoning was it was ultimatley his deicion. OH and it was VERY hillarious, so much I had to replay the line because I was laughing so hard Alexios asks the guy 'why not just kill your rivals' and the look they trade is purely hillarious. I mean if you did it I am sure you know what you are talking about. I also found out the dangers of paralyizing your opponents, and why they don't give you Xp coincedentally...apparently they can be 'revived' by their fellows. That makes a lot of sense but implications for my next PT, unpleasent.
Also usually when I do Role Playing I like to play my two characters kind of equal and opposite. Usually some variation of how I define paragon or renegade honestly. One is usally moralistic, dipplomatic, and always...well in another term 'lawful good', while the other character tends to be more chaotic good or even chaotic neutral. I've had a really hard time pinning down Alexios's morality partially because the RP is not that good in this game (better then I thought, still not good) and well there has been such a disconnect with me having to go through these bases or steal these things to complete quests, even for good people like Hipokrates and complete their quest line, or murder Spartans doing their job when you are a spartan so its just been hard to reconcile. Anyways long story short I've decided my Alexios is just plain unprincipled. Maybe even in the chaotic evil sense of the word. so Kass, when/ if I get to her will be pretty principled.
Anyways I think I'm going to finish this game soon, anyone want me to do a review here?
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Post by MarilynRobert on Jan 27, 2019 0:40:05 GMT
So after running around ancient Greece and after scouring the map for clues... imagine my surprise when finally caving in and doing research on the subject I discovered no trophies for either completing Alkibides's stuff, or Sokrates. Also apparently I had already completed their quests. Hmm. Anyways as to what I DID do yesterday I went along and did complete Hippokrates questline. It did provide an interesting moral conundrum on whether or not I should chose to kill the patient or not. I advocated for him to kill him peacefully but at the end of the day I did not give him too much hemlock and kept him alive. My reasoning was it was ultimatley his deicion. OH and it was VERY hillarious, so much I had to replay the line because I was laughing so hard Alexios asks the guy 'why not just kill your rivals' and the look they trade is purely hillarious. I mean if you did it I am sure you know what you are talking about. I also found out the dangers of paralyizing your opponents, and why they don't give you Xp coincedentally...apparently they can be 'revived' by their fellows. That makes a lot of sense but implications for my next PT, unpleasent. Also usually when I do Role Playing I like to play my two characters kind of equal and opposite. Usually some variation of how I define paragon or renegade honestly. One is usally moralistic, dipplomatic, and always...well in another term 'lawful good', while the other character tends to be more chaotic good or even chaotic neutral. I've had a really hard time pinning down Alexios's morality partially because the RP is not that good in this game (better then I thought, still not good) and well there has been such a disconnect with me having to go through these bases or steal these things to complete quests, even for good people like Hipokrates and complete their quest line, or murder Spartans doing their job when you are a spartan so its just been hard to reconcile. Anyways long story short I've decided my Alexios is just plain unprincipled. Maybe even in the chaotic evil sense of the word. so Kass, when/ if I get to her will be pretty principled. Anyways I think I'm going to finish this game soon, anyone want me to do a review here? Yes, I'd like to read your review.
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Post by dazk on Jan 27, 2019 0:46:33 GMT
Anyways I think I'm going to finish this game soon, anyone want me to do a review here? Yes please.
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Post by colfoley on Jan 28, 2019 0:59:56 GMT
So I finished Odyssey. And man the ending for the last two plot lines really made up for a lot of the flaws in the game and helped firm up its standing for me. I was afraid of ME 3 and I got...well a mini Tresspasser. Annnnd. I saved Deimos. Woot woot woot and I didn't have too many hints about how to do it either. Though it might've been obvious the choices to make but then again I don't know exactly which choices lead to which outcome and which do not or if there is a combination of choices. I've heard that sparing the family is part of it...but. It will be curious to see if in a future playthrough if Kass can save Alexios. Anyways my thoughts on the family ending: All I can really say it was good and man once again Deimos's voice acting and just everything was pitch perfect. I was really impressed with her voice acting there and she has a really good creepy evil laugh just soooo creepy. And I don't think I have commented on this yet but man is the actual direction and facial expressions of this game also good. When Kass turned around with her weapon drawn and Alexios was just handing out the helm of his broken spear. And also Myrinne's voice acting was great and all the feels and then Kass..coming home.
Which brings us to the dinner, nothing really to report there, it was too short but it was a surprise to see Stentor there.
And finally 'we remember' with the remembering of all the casualties and then getting drunk with the Atenians. Kind of curious that Alexios became such a child of the two worlds...and yet mercilessly killed so many Spartans and Athenians too. Only thing to report is the game kind of did us a dirty because it makes it seem like the war was over and things were hunky dorey...but we know that Sparta took Athens and this did not end 'peacefully.' About the Atlantis plot: Now for the juicy spoilers. It really was interesting hearing from Alethia and the Isu getting their perspective on events. While I did know a little about their 'Cassandra' technology it was interesting to see it first hand and there was a lot of interesting juicy revelations here...and it was kind of chuckle worthy to hear her invite Layla in there through speaking to Alexios and the Animus. Pythagoras was like 'what was that?' but Alexios, maybe surprisingly knew what was up.
Speaking of Pythagoras in the light of the controversy over Episode 2 of Legacy of the first blade that...well there was quite the interesting dichtonomy here. Pythagoras and Myrinne chose to make a baby together...two babies actually. Yet there motivations were entirely different. Pythagoras chose this as a bit of an experiment and neccessarily continuing a bloodline. He saw them merely as tools to achieve their destiny. While Myrinne gave them love and that love is what helped redeem Kass. Meanwhile the Cult also saw us as tools, meanwhile meanwhile Alexia there...the Isu...also talked to us about forging our own path. Just *makes kissing noises* so good.
So going to try and give my final thoughts rapid fire. It was...difficult seeing Alexios die. And my first thought was that he was going to be trapped down there without never seeing his family again...seemed like such a pain after reuniting, but then I realized of course not there is the whole Legacy thing and then afterwards so its clear Alexios probably went off to do adventures and came back to the gate to check in on it every now and then....
And he probably did this a LOT given that we see him alive in the present day. Which was again cool but his dress does make me think that the final DLC might take place more in the present day then in the times of Ancient Greece. Maybe a bit far fetched but he is A. Wise. B. seems to have knowledge of modern day society and C the clothing. It would be really cool to run around as Alexios in the modern day. Maybe even facing the cult. Who knows.
Which brings me to I think it was very wise of them in a way because this plot line was odyssey's Tresspasser. This had all the halmarks of a bridge plotline between this and future games. Which makes me think that...Layla could be our main protagonist and the next game just might be set entirely in the modern day. It would be a huge break from many of this franchise's schtick's so I almost doubt it but then they have really changed up Farcry's formulae and it just seems like they want to set up a new story. Also this does seem like they could legitimatley be setting up an end for this franchise, but again...doubt it. My review will follow.
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Post by colfoley on Jan 28, 2019 2:32:22 GMT
So as promised, my thoughts on Odyssey. I like doing reviews after all. Intro: So as I have mentioned that I came into Odyssey with sky high expectations. Recently, one of the last new games I've played was Ghost Recon Wildlands, a tactical open world shooter done by Ubisoft. While GR: W had almost no story or character it was a very fun ride almost from beginning to end aside from like one mission...it seemed to solve the problems inherent in the Open World Genre because all the side activities were fun. Not best game ever but it seems like Ubisoft is finally starting to actually create 'good' open world games. Now Far Cry 5 wasn't anywhere near as good but I was excited. And as I have also mentioned seeing a playthrough of Blackflag the game looked really fun but I remember thinking that this game could use more RP and dialogue choices. Well, with Odyssey we got that and medeval combat (helping me scratch the itch that has been lacking since Inquisition/ Witcher 3 came out) and it quicly became a highly anticipated buy...but ultimatley how did it stack up? The Good: The Combat: The true coup of this game was the combat system. While I wasn't good at it it was fun. And much like with Inquisition some of the side content may have been boring and grindy but the combat did make it extremly fun. It was interesting being sort of a 'hit and run hunter' Having to dash in and out with daggers and shanking bitches and then either being hit and being knocked back or dashing out when the melee was getting old to headshot people with arrows. As an aside my initial fears about the combat being a grindfest were (mostly) unfounded. You could vary it up with the heavy and light attacks and hunter abilities to melee gave a lot of variance in the combat. Granted some of the bosses and mercenaries took a while to whittle down and the cultists often required more special arrows but there was usually enough ways to slice and dice. And from my own experiments (my Alexios was a primary hunter but did seriously dabble in all three combat styles) and my conversations here I know that there is a lot of different ways to skin this melon. Of special note was the Archery itself. Again slightly dubious that making manual aim archery could work, I mean Inquisition and DA in general gave me a specific view of Archery combat in video games and Skyrim was less then ideal. Plus as much as I love Archery I know it is a very clunky form of combat. But it was fluid and it really worked. Some of the abilities even made it downright OP which may not be a good thing, but it was fun whether or not I was clearing out forts via sniping or engaging in intimate combat against opponents who knew I was there. Only thing is people who've played both games say the combat and Archery in HZD is better and guess what I'm playing...soon. In short this did let me scratch my Arrow itch hopefully DA could take these things into account when crafting the combat for their next game. The story: The story writing in this game is really really solid. Maybe nothing too special but focusing the story on the family was a stroke of genius and had all the emotional weight of the entire game. It did keep events nice and small and the family theme was present throughout much of the game's content. Sadly the weakest part of the game's story was the Cult storyline. Most of the cultists were just filler and the ending to the whole thing was just...confusing and not in the good way. Also left me unfullfilled in a lot of ways and just seems like a cliffhanger that we know won't go anywhere. Many of the cultists could've used more screentime and more characterization but then I do dislike reading things so maybe it was covered in some of the letters. Side Quests: I am a bit surprised to see a lot of the people complain about the side quests to this game. Sure there were a few side quests that were the usual fetch quest 'collect five bear leathers' and the usual Ubisoft grindy shit of the clearing the forts out...but the side quests fell into two good categories. One which provided interesting moral or philosophical lessons/ arguments. Or two some of the island and area stuff which actually told their own stories. And most of them involved the cult which did tie the side quests into one of the main plots and made them relevant. Plus, no real 'gotcha' quests unlike some other RPGs. The characters: Ultimatley the characters are a net positive. I just didn't know if I should put them in the good or the bad. I mean the characters were full of life, had personality, and were highly memorable. But their just was not enough of them and honestly each one of the side quests involving some of the good ones should've told their own story instead of each one having its own philosophical point. Tell stories for crying out loud. Deimos: Of special note of course was Deimos. Now I have done a lot of gushing about her so not sure how much I can add. Other then to say the bit at the end semented her as one of my favorite antagonists in the history of video game. Right up there with Detlaff, Gaunter O'Dimm, Andrew Ryan, and the Arishock. Except this time you could redeem her. Just amazing. And what's her face (sorry I do not know the name off the top of my head) did a fantastic job with the role. Probably better then Alexios...as Alexios. I mean really some of his performance was cringy...but yes, Deimos is awesome. All hail Deimos. The bad: The bounty system: Pretty much the first game I've played with a bounty system in it and it was kind of a positive. I mean weirdly enough it actually let me do things like murder and theft because I mostly understood the rules...but still a net negative. I guess mainly because of execution. I mean I get that there needs to be negative consequences for negative actions but if you get into a firefight, accidentally, and kill a lot of people and then suddenly a mercenary was just 'there' no matter where you were on the map. And sure at the end you got super OP in order to defeat even whole groups of mercs but it was annoying at first and it almost became really farcicle when you could just pay off a bounty in the main menu...so I think they could've made it harder to pay off the bounty but also make it so getting one wasn't an atomatic becon to any merc in the greek world that was near your level. Naval Combat: Now I liked the naval combat and had a lot more fun with it then I thought I would.... Except that A. it was almost impossible to avoid and since, aside from the cult of Kosmos, none of it was related to any of the main stories and since the ground combat was way funner, I wanted to avoid most of it. AND B. when you got into a fight it had the 'DA2' effect wheere everything was practically a pitched battle. Even if you started a fight with like 2 ships, soon you will be facing five or six ship odds and its so frustrating when you die. Serious case of openworlditis: Now what made GR so good is it didn't have a lot of story to mess up. Odyssey did. And while they did a good job with the story...a lot of the connective tissue was wonky, a lot of the events were scrambled, occasionally Alexios had a motivation or statement which just seemed odd and the ability to do the quests in any order did mess up some people's experience. All common problems with this genre which may not have an easy solution. RPG: Biggest problem with this game...while I think this is a far better RPG then some and it did exceed my expectations for doing that but still fell apart. The biggest problems in it were that there weren't a lot of thrid choices in this game...and the choices were often false ones. So like the choice with Aspasia was the best example. Either destroy the artifact...or kill her. Now the third option was an easy kill the woman and destroy the artifact but nope. Now I know BioWare games have had just two choices but they do feel like truly either or types of situations. Recruit the Grey Wardens, or Exile them. Kill the Sentinels or ally with them. But in this game there were only two choices. Plus there was often a huge disconnect in what the type of character I was trying to be and what the quests forced me to do to complete them. Like with Hippokrates, I was forced to steal to help his patient out...anyways they could've done more programming and writing to incorporate more ways to solve these issues. The Interesting: The tone of this game was...good. Very good. With the sueccess of the Witcher 3 I was expecting all RPGs from here on to be super grim dark. And Odyssey had some of that but the tone of this game really reminded me of blood and wine. A lot of the quests, even the main story quests, had a tongue and cheek quality to them. Gives me a lot of hope for the future. Final Verdict: Assassin's Creed Odyssey started strong, then got frustrating, then as my powerlevel rose it got really fun...then got grindey, and started strong. It was fairly easy to tell fairly early on that my initial thoughts on the game were not going to work, the game did not quite live up to the hype. But I recommend it and ultimatley the family storyline, deimos, and the combat with the way things tied up really settled the game very high into a Tier 2 camp. Or for comparison sake with other games in the genre...worse then The Witcher 3 and Andromeda but better then Ghost Recon Wildlands.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 28, 2019 3:11:08 GMT
I wonder what Isu the various main characters are descendants of.
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Post by colfoley on Jan 28, 2019 3:17:16 GMT
I wonder what Isu the various main characters are descendants of. that is an interesting question...
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 28, 2019 3:50:10 GMT
I wonder what Isu the various main characters are descendants of. that is an interesting question... With EB, one is probably Zeus/Jupiter since Leonidas at least in legends descended from Heracles whose father was Zeus. Certainly explains a few things about EB. Don’t know about their father’s side though. As for the others, I imagine that other than the direct descendant protagonists they each have a different Isu ancestor.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 28, 2019 11:12:31 GMT
RPG: Biggest problem with this game...while I think this is a far better RPG then some and it did exceed my expectations for doing that but still fell apart. The biggest problems in it were that there weren't a lot of thrid choices in this game...and the choices were often false ones. So like the choice with Aspasia was the best example. Either destroy the artifact...or kill her. Now the third option was an easy kill the woman and destroy the artifact but nope. Now I know BioWare games have had just two choices but they do feel like truly either or types of situations. Recruit the Grey Wardens, or Exile them. Kill the Sentinels or ally with them. But in this game there were only two choices. ??? uh.. If I understand you correctly, you're saying there's no choice given to destroy the artifact and kill Aspasia. If so, that's not right. I did both.
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Post by saandrig on Jan 28, 2019 11:42:45 GMT
I know...I almost mentioned that you kissed her too. Maybe we shouldn't admit it Don't tell anyone, but my Kass kissed her. I mean it was a stupid choice to have, felt extremely out of place and made no sense in the context of the whole scene and their relationship. So yeah, had to pick it, amirite? The reactions were good though. Both women had a "wtf" moment with Kass looking clueless why she did it and Aspa just saying "ummm...ok, let's roll with it I guess?".
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Post by colfoley on Jan 28, 2019 19:02:44 GMT
RPG: Biggest problem with this game...while I think this is a far better RPG then some and it did exceed my expectations for doing that but still fell apart. The biggest problems in it were that there weren't a lot of thrid choices in this game...and the choices were often false ones. So like the choice with Aspasia was the best example. Either destroy the artifact...or kill her. Now the third option was an easy kill the woman and destroy the artifact but nope. Now I know BioWare games have had just two choices but they do feel like truly either or types of situations. Recruit the Grey Wardens, or Exile them. Kill the Sentinels or ally with them. But in this game there were only two choices. ??? uh.. If I understand you correctly, you're saying there's no choice given to destroy the artifact and kill Aspasia. If so, that's not right. I did both. interesting. I stand corrected. Id love to know how.
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Post by dazk on Jan 28, 2019 21:31:22 GMT
I know...I almost mentioned that you kissed her too. Maybe we shouldn't admit it Don't tell anyone, but my Kass kissed her. I mean it was a stupid choice to have, felt extremely out of place and made no sense in the context of the whole scene and their relationship. So yeah, had to pick it, amirite? The reactions were good though. Both women had a "wtf" moment with Kass looking clueless why she did it and Aspa just saying "ummm...ok, let's roll with it I guess?". Yes, that's exactly why I chose to do it, it was just such an out there option I thought there has to be something to this. Plus don't they say keep your friends close and your enemies closer!!!! Yeah the scene after they kiss was just so good!!!!!
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Post by dazk on Jan 28, 2019 21:32:36 GMT
RPG: Biggest problem with this game...while I think this is a far better RPG then some and it did exceed my expectations for doing that but still fell apart. The biggest problems in it were that there weren't a lot of thrid choices in this game...and the choices were often false ones. So like the choice with Aspasia was the best example. Either destroy the artifact...or kill her. Now the third option was an easy kill the woman and destroy the artifact but nope. Now I know BioWare games have had just two choices but they do feel like truly either or types of situations. Recruit the Grey Wardens, or Exile them. Kill the Sentinels or ally with them. But in this game there were only two choices. ??? uh.. If I understand you correctly, you're saying there's no choice given to destroy the artifact and kill Aspasia. If so, that's not right. I did both. I was so stunned by the kissing option I can't even remember what I did with the artefact!!!!!
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Post by MarilynRobert on Jan 28, 2019 21:41:31 GMT
??? uh.. If I understand you correctly, you're saying there's no choice given to destroy the artifact and kill Aspasia. If so, that's not right. I did both. I was so stunned by the kissing option I can't even remember what I did with the artefact!!!!! Kissed and then destroyed the artifact with my Alexios.
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Post by dazk on Jan 28, 2019 21:51:12 GMT
I was so stunned by the kissing option I can't even remember what I did with the artefact!!!!! Kissed and then destroyed the artifact with my Alexios. I think I did too but I honestly cannot remember, well right now anyway.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 28, 2019 22:30:50 GMT
*sigh*...Welp, can’t be mad at just the DLC anymore since the main game also lied to me about this kind of content.
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Post by colfoley on Jan 28, 2019 22:54:35 GMT
*sigh*...Welp, can’t be mad at just the DLC anymore since the main game also lied to me about this kind of content. im surprised your playing...but where?
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jan 28, 2019 23:49:06 GMT
??? uh.. If I understand you correctly, you're saying there's no choice given to destroy the artifact and kill Aspasia. If so, that's not right. I did both. interesting. I stand corrected. Id love to know how. The player can choose not to accept Aspasia's offer, that'll turn into a fight in which she is killed. Unless you meant something else.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 29, 2019 0:01:44 GMT
*sigh*...Welp, can’t be mad at just the DLC anymore since the main game also lied to me about this kind of content. im surprised your playing...but where? Thaletas. Never picked a single flirt yet one quest for him my character says “I know what I want” while leaning in for a kiss. I also hear there is at least another romance like that, where all the options in a dialogue are flirts and if you later decline it’s just because what would their mother think or something.
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