Yeah, Dave wasn't kidding when he was talking about this.
 
I just finished the game again, and...well, lets think about what I did.
 

LOL, that's pretty fucked up. It's too bad that it's so easy to play the middle ground and keep everybody happy. I think it would have been awesome if there were something like 12ish possible party members, and everyone at camp reacted much more strongly to your actions, and the gift system was removed, so it would be impossible to keep everyone at the end of the game, and your party at the end of the game would be more of a reflection of how you played the game, instead of just gaming the system with gifts to keep the people that you know you need since there are only 2 possible mages/rogues.

Dude, spoilers tags. They're not hard to add.

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My first play through went something like that. It really frustrated me, because I thought I was making the right decisions, but in the end only ended up pissing everyone off. I also wish there were more characters to recruit and I really wish there was another healer you could recruit, because if you aren't playing a mage and miss Wynne then you are screwed.

This was planning on being my "Beat the High Dragon" run too. Goddamn sploicers.

I found it hard to do bad things in this game as opposed to a game like Fallout 3.   I think it's because I don't care about any of the characters in Fallout 3 where as in DAO they do a very good job of making you feel invested in each of your party members.  

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I found it hard to do bad things in this game as opposed to a game like Fallout 3.   I think it's because I don't care about any of the characters in Fallout 3 where as in DAO they do a very good job of making you feel invested in each of your party members.  

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With this said, the first time through my main party consisted of Alistair, Morrigan and Leliana. I didn't even realize that Wynn could be part of your party because the decisions I made to take out all abominations in the Circle of Magi seemed so organic.   So when she turned I thought I was the one doing the right thing.   However this choice coupled with the dumb idea of letting that Mage go in Redcliff castle to appease Morrigan, led me to the savage choice of having to kill Arl's son in order to restore order to the castle.   Now that was a hard scene to watch.   This also made Alistair lose a lot of trust in me. I also made the choice to get with Morrigan but when it came to her wanting me to have sex with her to make a demon spawn I had to tell her to get the fuck out.   I mean come on, the whole idea just seemed creepy as hell to me.   I also let Alistair kill Loghain which was very satisfying, the dude deserved it.   In the end I sacrificed myself for the greater good.   The ride was amazing while it lasted, an amazing RPG indeed.

   

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The consequences in this game are it's charm!
 

As apposed to everyone here I think that every ending in this game is just plain bad. Fuck who leaves and who stays and   consequences blah blah blah blah blah. Every ending was handled badly and that's my opinion on it. Bioware has demonstrated once more then they know how to make great games but always seems to manage to completely lose their collective thoughts when it comes to the ending/s. As soon as I found out how the Arch Demon needs to be killed I knew exactly where this will go and no matter how you choose you are just doing exactly what the developers intended this game to end. Then it only got better, read worse.  
 

I really enjoyed Dragon Age, really great choices that can knock you on your ass, even when you carefully consider all the options.