traditional bioware writing or nu-bioware writing?

Thank you Dutch....god I never thought I'd utter those words in combination like that. 

Me.  Granted I have never played BG but I generally thought DA I had the better story.  Even DA 2 had a better story.  

That's you opinion and that's cool and all, but the reason I said that is because you will generally find that vast majority of people will agree that Bioware's writing isn't as good as it used to be. The story in DA:O pretty much destroys most of what is in DA2 and DA:I. There are moments in DA:O that wasn't even part of the main story, that were more thought provoking than the main stories in DA2 and DA:I. Such as the Templar and the Desire Demon.

This is still in the realm of opinion, but I've never seen how the narrative in older BioWare games "destroy" the ones in their more recent titles. Granted, they clearly have tighter plots, especially the main plots, and they held their lore together with far more alacrity (though, it's easier when you're the game that sets the lore), but I'm not really seeing how moments like that Desire demon encounter elevates DA:O far above later entries. Of course, that specific instance doesn't strike me as particularly thought provoking: it's a classic fake happiness vs. real suffering (or death in that case). A good question to be sure, but one I've heard a lot, and quite frequently in RPG actually. More importantly though, Inquisition had those kinds of moments as well. In fact, those kinds of moments are the only thing saving the game from an otherwise lackluster story.

Personally, I found the question of whether to make Cole more of a human or more of a spirit to be quite compelling. It's you're classic "real boy" narrative, but given how much emphasis Inquisition puts on making spirits seem like their own genuine species (especially in Trespasser) it begs the question: is making something more human acceptable if we have to cut if off from its true nature to do so? That's not the only gem, though. I'm pretty certain there's a relatively consistent ratio of "moments" throughout every BioWare game. It's just unfortunate that Inquisition's mind-numbing scale distracts from that. 

Even ME3, which has an utterly abhorrent main narrative is full of some of the more affecting moments in gaming history. RPG classics like Planescape might beat out any BioWare narrative in terms of plot, premise, theme, etc., I've never felt more attached to RPG companions than I have in recent BioWare games. That's not a coincidence. I genuinely believe BioWare can design character drama than nearly any other RPG developer, and I think they've only ever improved.

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Also, Sam Maggs only needed one tweet to block me on twitter. Patrick Weekes retweeted something she'd shared on how to not get screwed over when you do contract work or otherwise work with other people's IP. Lots of useful advice for everyone, so I was blocked as soon as I had the audacity to ask if it really needed a heavy gender politics angle. Thought that was a bit harsh, but the world moves on :-)