Dragon Age News Thread

This made me   but now Solas is an issue, and the Qunari are attacking, so it's not just the totally underwhelming scary Darkspawn MAgister to deal with.

I imagine we might see the South help out for the final arc, like the last push to stop Solas. That way while it is relatively minor they can show our choices from the past games impacting the final fight alongside our choices in DA4. 
That and/or we will get cameos from characters in the south who help with a mission, like we have had in past games. 

Ugh, I really dont want this.

I want a more intimate, smaller scale story.

I prefer the idea of the only way to stop a "god" is to become one. Not gather an enormous army the reapers are here crap.

We do hear Archon mention in "Magekiller" that Tevinter is a buffer between Qunari and the South, and given that Qunari did get discovered sneakily attacking the South to prime it for invasion already, I don't think people - or at least Southern rulers - don't really care whether the Imperium stands or not.

...We don't suffer enough? I don't think it can be argued that being hoisted to position of demigod/god (or just someone with considerable power) in Thedas is to be considered easy cruising.

I want an opportunity to figure out who I am as a character before these things are shoved on me. I got the time in DAO and I got it in DA2. But it went zero to nothing in DAI.

I don't want to start the game as a demi god. I want it to be a choice like the well of sorrows.

But "gods" in DA aren't God-gods. They are just really powerful mages, possibly former spirits, but still, just mages. Anyone with enough power at their command would be the same. No god-hood necessary. I imagine a portion of next DA will be to find tools, like the orb, to augment that power (and prevent Solas from getting it as well).

Personally I don't think apotheosis and "small intimate story" are compatible. Simply having god-level powers isn't enough to be a god, you need to be recognised as such by enough people. Both the scope of power required and the scale of people required rule out a small story.

In any case, I think the only way to have a small intimate story in DA4, godhood or no, is to not deal with Solas at all. I don't think you can't deal with Solas in a small intimate story, not when he threatens so many people.

Just using the bolded part here:


What you're talking about there reminds me of a game I played many years ago: Tales of Symphonia, it was a bloody good game in which on of the charcters; Collette, had to become a goddess, as as the game unfolded, particularly with the party banter, you'd hear how she saw losing her taste to food, needing less & less sleep, losing emotional connection, even to her BF Lloyd (your character) & so on until she became a complete empty shell of a vessel, the game had some amazing twists & turns & if I still had my Gamecube I might go back & play it. Anyway, Bioware could draw on that, it's a really good idea, especially if, like you suggest, its the PC that has to go through it this time.


Anyway, that's all I've got to say for now on this.

I'm not talking about proving oneself or actively convincing people to worship you. Your quote isn't a rebuttal of my position.

As an allegorical example, somebody who does heroic things just to get people to worship them or to prove oneself to those people is not a true hero. A true hero does heroic things without seeking acknowledgement or glory or worship BUT without someone else to acknowledge that person is a hero, they can't be called one.

It's the same with gods. If nobody recognises you as a god, you aren't one because godhood is a status conferred upon you and perceived by others.

Similarly, to paraphrase Tywin "A man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king". That's 100% true, but the man still has to be recognised as king by others otherwise he is still no true king.

As someone who has seen friends and family lied to/about, stolen from, abused, and in one case outright murdered from such relationships, I certainly do judge Celene/Briala .

Isn't DA a spiritual successor to BG? Besides, their current MO seems to be to move away from IPs they don't own.