Ah, I see! I will have to ponder the Myst question a bit. I fear I am very attached to the interaction - more the talking to people than the hitting things, though. ;-) But it is early days yet... it's really the storytelling power of video games that has caught me, and I'd imagine that potential is just as strong in less action-oriented games.
YES. Either you say "oh well, whatever" and shrug, or you are forced to kill your friend (and/or lover). My Hawke was already incredibly angry with Anders just then, but the fact that Anders brought him in a position where he was forced to kill him if he didn't want to condone what he had done - that made it so much worse. I would have needed an "explode with rage" option there. Although politically speaking, literally exploding with rage would have been a very bad idea, considering my Hawke was an apostate, too. *g*
And Anders just utters his stupid, deluded little martyr line, because of course he does not understand what this really means. *headdesk*
Aveline and Hawke together would make a terrifying force for, um, mostly-good. *g*
They so would! Kirkwall would be completely helpless against them. And Aveline and Hawke seemed like such a natural combination to me. Plus, I really love Aveline in general. She is so loyal and smart and strong and just - truly just, with all shades of grey accounted for. My poor Hawke was crushed when she asked him to help her woo Donnic. But that's realism for you; she has a type, and snarky apostate mages just aren't it.
Good point, with the romance options. A bipolar terrorist, a ditzy demon-bargainer, an amoral raider and... Fenris. (I actually felt that Fenris managing to fall in love with a mage was a pretty impressive statement, considering, but it would have been nice if he'd qualified his vocal categorical condemnation of mages just a tad at some point.)
I'm not really happy with any of the romance options, tbh, which I suppose is the point, or a point, anyway.
How do you mean? Because of the darkness and moral ambiguity of the entire setting?
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Date: 2013-10-23 05:47 pm (UTC)YES. Either you say "oh well, whatever" and shrug, or you are forced to kill your friend (and/or lover). My Hawke was already incredibly angry with Anders just then, but the fact that Anders brought him in a position where he was forced to kill him if he didn't want to condone what he had done - that made it so much worse. I would have needed an "explode with rage" option there. Although politically speaking, literally exploding with rage would have been a very bad idea, considering my Hawke was an apostate, too. *g*
And Anders just utters his stupid, deluded little martyr line, because of course he does not understand what this really means. *headdesk*
Aveline and Hawke together would make a terrifying force for, um, mostly-good. *g*
They so would! Kirkwall would be completely helpless against them. And Aveline and Hawke seemed like such a natural combination to me. Plus, I really love Aveline in general. She is so loyal and smart and strong and just - truly just, with all shades of grey accounted for. My poor Hawke was crushed when she asked him to help her woo Donnic. But that's realism for you; she has a type, and snarky apostate mages just aren't it.
Good point, with the romance options. A bipolar terrorist, a ditzy demon-bargainer, an amoral raider and... Fenris. (I actually felt that Fenris managing to fall in love with a mage was a pretty impressive statement, considering, but it would have been nice if he'd qualified his vocal categorical condemnation of mages just a tad at some point.)
I'm not really happy with any of the romance options, tbh, which I suppose is the point, or a point, anyway.
How do you mean? Because of the darkness and moral ambiguity of the entire setting?
I'll have to check out that kiss scene now. :-)