Dragon Age: Incredible story (SPOILERS!)
Jonah Falcon
craft my own tale.
To wit: (spoilers coming)
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When Loghain was defeated at the Landsmeet, I decreed he be spared and
forced to perform the Rite of Joining. Alistair got pissed off, and
threatened to leave. He was acting like a brat, and I was high on
redemption. He left, deciding to throw away his agreement with the Queen to
marry her. Alistair left, and Loghain took his place. Had a lot of convos
with him in camp. Morrigan tried to convince me to have a kid with her, but
since I played the game as a gay hero, I declined. Also, I wanted my planned
death to be final (I knew that was going to be an option, so I wanted to see
the story if I sacrificed my own life.) Morrigan got pissed and left, too.
Good riddance, witch.
At the endgame, Loghain (I keep thinking Rogaine when I hear his name)
accompanied me on the final mission with my gay lover elf Zev and Wynne, who
was pleased with me as a mage and as a person. Shen, my dog Courage and
Oghren took the other team to help out.
When it came time to kill the Archdemon, I offered to kill it (which would
mean my death). However, Loghain wanted to kill it as a final act of
redemption. I agreed, choosing the "I salute you" option, not the "fuck
yeah. I'll be glad you're dead, asshole" dialogue. I wanted nobility in this
particular runthrough.
Sure enough, Loghaine drove the final blow and died in a yellow blaze of
glory. His daughter declared him a martyr and hero.
Now here's where Dragon Age went one better. The story continued, allowing
me to direct how things would end. After being given a single choice, I told
Enora I wanted the Circle of Mages to be self-governing as my one wish. I
told her I would travel around for a while.
I then got to speak to each of the remaining party members, all of which
were great conversations. The conversation with Wynne was terribly sad - she
knew she was on limited time, and refused promotion to First Enchanter of
the mages - she decided to travel, too. Zev agreed to come on me on my
travels as a happy couple.
I didn't get to have final words with my dog, tho, even though he was the
one who "spoke" at my rescue earlier pretending to be a wounded pooch.
Finally, the game ended with a ton of dialogue describing the results of my
actions. It was awesome reading how the world was affected by my decisions,
and not all of it was positive. For instance, even though I stabilized
Orzhammar for a while, the turbulent society collapsed on itself again, with
Harrowmond dying suspiciously, and so forth. The Alienage wasn't exactly a
happy ending either, despite my efforts.
I can't wait to play again and make new choices to see what happens.
Nostromo
for a while now. I might actually find it in my heart to show a modicum of
pity for you if that's the case.
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Nostromo
johns
EEEYYEWWW ! This is just the kind of prissy British
stuff I can' t stand. Are there any Aussies or Irish old
coot pirates in this thing ? Gimme a good sword and
MORE GROG, and I'll buy the stupid game even with
the stupid Euroidian keybd. Is the game anything like
Risen ?
johns
Morgan
I'll ignore the racist comments.
Out of interest what do you think a "Euroidian keybd" is? You're always
going on about it but never explain what you mean by the comment.
Also as for being like Risen, not really. It's a proper RPG more than
an action adventure with developable skills.
Morgan
He does seem to be on the autistic spectrum.
Nostromo
Anno Domini:
Oooooh, now you gonna get it boy! (I'm actually surprised to see a post
quoted by a regular from this resident troll & psycho still).
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Nostromo
Nostromo
Anno Domini:
Well, my Mrs reckons I might have a mild case of it (as well as OCD), but I
keep telling her it's just the copious amounts of alcohol I drank when I was
younger.
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Nostromo
Wile E. Coyote
>> I can't wait to play again and make new choices to see what happens.
>
> EEEYYEWWW ! This is just the kind of prissy British
> stuff I can' t stand.
I dare you to go to Newcastle and make that comment to a "prissy"
Englishman. You've been watching too many movies, mate, and don't have a
clue what a real Englshman is like.
johns
By Jove, I do know what a real Englishman is like.
I saw all the 007 movies, and I even owned an
Austin Healy Sprite ... which of course broke
right away because it was Made by Lucas.
johns
Morgan
I'm still waiting for you to explain what a "Euroidian keybd" is. Or is
it just a phrase you use to try and troll?
Morgan
>> Also as for being like Risen, not really. It's a proper RPG more than
>> an action adventure with developable skills.
>
> Oooooh, now you gonna get it boy! (I'm actually surprised to see a post
> quoted by a regular from this resident troll & psycho still).
I'm just really curious as to what he thinks this "Euroidian keybd" is.
I'm also curious as to why he can't spell keyboard and why he doesn't
use an upper-case J in his name, but more so about the Euroidian thing.
Nostromo
Anno Domini:
>On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:26:37 +1100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Nostromo
>wrote:
>
>>Thus spake Morgan <nos...@nospam.co.uk>, Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:01:58 +0000,
>>Anno Domini:
>>
>>>Also as for being like Risen, not really. It's a proper RPG more than
>>>an action adventure with developable skills.
>>
>>Oooooh, now you gonna get it boy! (I'm actually surprised to see a post
>>quoted by a regular from this resident troll & psycho still).
>
>You included, but not me. ;^)
>
>johns
>
>He's the best troll ever. He's just a hapless 'tard. He loves Gothic. He hates
>"Gothic magic." He's a computer genius on the verge of winning the nobel. He's
>a doddering old WW-II vet with a fixation for mice.
>
>We report. You decide. I laugh my ass off. <EG>
Heh, I KFed his arse a couple years back, but I still see his same old blend
of crazy hard at work whenever the odd quoted post slips through. I think
I'm well ahead on the whole thank you very much! ;)
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Nostromo
Knot
"johns" <john...@moscow.com> wrote in message
news:81b86177-eddd-4dc7...@g10g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> Is the game anything like
> Risen ?
Not really. In combat you control a party. You can pause the game and give
orders to each party member.
You can select a target, weapon or spell to use. Then unpause the game and
the party members get on with the job.
I'm not far into the game yet and the combat seems much easier than in
Risen.
But it's a well made game and the story is involving. You should give it a
try.
Nostromo
Anno Domini:
>On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:29:14 -0800 (PST), in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, johns
>wrote:
>Sean Connery was a _Scotsman_. He's excluded.
>
>Roger Moore was a cornball fop.
>
>Tim Dalton was bloody *Prince Baron* in Flash Gordon, FFS.
>
>Brosnan *was* a pretty-boy male model pretending to be an actor and an
>Englishman. Now he's a Geritol salesman who sings Abba.
He's actually an Irishman originally he, he, but still the most believable
Bond for all the reasons above (best English accent for one).
>Daniel Craig is *BLONDE*. Nuff said.
>
>That leaves _George Lazenby_. The best Bond ever by any reasonable standard.
New Zealander I believe (or was he Aussie)? If a Kiwi is your vote, I give
up on Bond al together! ;-p
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Nostromo
Anton Kolakov
> Brosnan *was* a pretty-boy male model pretending to be an actor and an
> Englishman. Now he's a Geritol salesman who sings Abba.
He's Irish and not English. Daniel Craig can kick johns ass with just
his icy stare and is an Englishman.
Anton Kolakov
> Not really. In combat you control a party. You can pause the game and
> give orders to each party member.
> You can select a target, weapon or spell to use. Then unpause the game
> and the party members get on with the job.
> I'm not far into the game yet and the combat seems much easier than in
> Risen.
> But it's a well made game and the story is involving. You should give it
> a try.
But it's an RPG on rails, no thanks.
Anton Kolakov
> By Jove, I do know what a real Englishman is like.
> I saw all the 007 movies, and I even owned an
> Austin Healy Sprite ... which of course broke
> right away because it was Made by Lucas.
>
> johns
>
If you owned that car then it dates you to being quite old so we can all
rejoice knowing that soon you will probably be dead. At least the gas
tank didn't explode and kill you like happened with Ford Pintos
(American shite car).
Knot
"Anton Kolakov" <a...@noemail.invalid> wrote in message
news:01499433$0$14965$c3e...@news.astraweb.com...
> Knot wrote:
>> But it's a well made game and the story is involving. You should give it
>> a try.
>
> But it's an RPG on rails, no thanks.
I agree it's on rails. For me that IS a pity,
but not a deal breaker... so far.
Morgan
I wouldn't say it was on rails once the prologue is over. It's
certainly no more on rails than any of the old Bioware/Black Isle RPGs.
Nostromo
Anno Domini:
>I think the comparison is to a game like Oblivion or Gothic, with their vast,
>sprawling hinterlands and "go anywhere" play style.
>
>But neither of them will let you name your dog! Mine is called "Dogmeat."
I got a bit more creative & called mine Woof. :)
(If I could stomach cats, it'd be called 'Roadkill' for sure)
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Nostromo
Wile E. Coyote
> I wouldn't say it was on rails once the prologue is over. It's
> certainly no more on rails than any of the old Bioware/Black Isle RPGs.
Well, I'll probably buy it when it has been patched and the price has
dropped but for now I have too many unfinished RPG already.
Scatter
> That leaves _George Lazenby_. The best Bond ever by any reasonable standard.
Poor Lazenby, no new actor's career could've survived that god-awful
Bond movie.
And you forgot David Niven - he played James Bond in a Woody Allen film.
Snore Foot
>Thus spake Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>, Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:08:21 -0600,
>>
>>But neither of them will let you name your dog! Mine is called "Dogmeat."
>
>I got a bit more creative & called mine Woof. :)
>(If I could stomach cats, it'd be called 'Roadkill' for sure)
Hey! Beepo! You must be Deep Fried!
[I'm an actual winner of one of Yungbluth's 'Or Nana dies...'
T-shirts from a few years back.]
My dog? "Grrrrrr"
[Hey, my real-life cat (a junk-yard refugee, literally) thinks
her name is "<kiss-sound> <kiss-sound> <finger-snap>"]
...Just a stone-age poster de-cloaking after a long time
lurking.
-Snore Foot
snorefoot @ Alpha Tango Tango dot November Echo Tango
Nostromo
-0500, Anno Domini:
Glad then that a bit of dirty mutt & hairy pussy was all it took to drag you
out of the twilight zone dude! >8^D
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Nostromo