Jaal Ama Darav (Official Thread)

Lmao I hate my phone I just lost an entire paragraph. Wow


There are so many possibilities for Jaal, and all of them seem equally unlikely lol. I really hope they did something good with his character and backstory. Although after all the speculation we've been doing for 200 pages, I can't help but feel like we're setting ourselves up for a disappointment, no matter what they do with him. Sigh I hope I'm wrong

I read it and loved the imagery! I also really loved the way you described Jaal and how he acted. I'd totally read a sequel, if you're up for it - in English or German, although I think your English is really good, so no need to sell yourself short! Thanks for sharing!

I totally understand; I find Dragon Age really derivative (but then so is Harry Potter) and in fact I'm pretty sure they pulled from the Game of Thrones series when they created it as well (The Wardens / The Watch, just one example). You would probably find Origins quite boring because it's basically every fantasy novel ever. DA2 is more modern in its storytelling and the characters are pretty interesting, but the story feels rushed; nevertheless, it's my favorite of the series. DAI is definitely more mature, but it has its fault. 

I actually found DA first (DA2 in fact) and that led me to ME. ME is by far my favorite. I initially got into BioWare games because my brother-in-law bought DA2 and invited me over to play with him. We made a female Hawke and were shocked when we realized we could sleep with "the pirate lady" as my bro-in-law called her LOL That intrigued me. I did some research and realized I could ROMANCE (had never heard of this in games before) anyone regardless of gender. Well that reeled my ass in lol I bought an xbox, bought the game, romanced Fenris approximately 20 times then tried all the others as well (minus Sebastian). I did eventually buy DAO, too. I held off on ME3 because people complained about it soooo much but upon realizing I could again make a guy and romance a guy (and I did a LOT of research on Kaidan and watched some scenes with him and decided I could love him), I finally bought and played it. And cried my heart out. And replayed it. And cried again. And finally bought ME1 and 2 and played the whole trilogy. And cried more lol

This is it for me. At their heart, BioWare games give me the opportunity to create the hero I want to be, a deep cast of characters to connect and fall in love with, and so much replayability. I'd enjoy a BioWare game regardless of its genre because I know that it will have these tenets.

So yeah, "a BioWare game is still a BioWare game" describes it perfectly. It helps that I find the lore of every game they've created genuinely interesting. But anyway, that's enough off topic derailing from me.

This is true and I actually agree with Oleander I was just too lazy to reply Sorry friends if I diss all over DA or anything else anyone loves. I sometimes talk to hear myself talk, or type as it were  

Sweet! I'm not so sure of the first one's forehead but...  Whoa, uh is it just my fanvert mind, or do I see "IT"?

I don't think you need to apologize at all haha. I thought it was a fair critique of the games. And hey DA2 is my favorite too. In the end people value different things in storytelling and have different things that "hook" them. For me it's word building and companions. Which is why I liked DA2, it was so centralized but I fell in love with absolutely everyone in my party. And for me, loving my companions and wanting to have all of them around all the time really makes a game for me.

So even if Prince E plays DA and doesn't like it that's fine, I just think it's good to give it a try because I felt the same way about ME and was pleasantly surprised. ^^

And on connecting it to be more on topic:

It's partly why for once I'm super pumped for MEA... almost as much as I was for DA:I. The Angara and Kett being brand new species, and in a new place really excites me. Jaal being a romance from a brand new species just has so many possibilities and the Angara are a really cute/interesting looking alien race. I really love aliens and non-human races and I hope they put a lot of lorey-bits and thought into it.

True, and personally I wasn't a fan of it then and am not a fan of it now, hopefully that changed since then

That forehead really did make him look...shellfishy. 

Jaal concepts?  I must have missed those.

Haha. His forehead doesn't bug me at all really. I actually quite like it! You can't really see it from the front, then you look from the side and its like BAM!

Hrm, I was hoping the devs might at least let a little something slip today, but it's been slower than molasses around the forums.

I am hoping that with tomorrow being Valentine's Day, they might let something juicy slip, but not really expecting them too.