@LinksOcarina: That's a good theory, since I was only missing Anders in the final boss fight, so maybe that's why I only saw Cullen, in addition to my party members that weren't in my current party (Sebastian, Aveline, etc.)
@MikeinSC: It's my right to get f'd in the a if I want to, buddy. Pursuit of happiness. Maybe p's in my b make me happy. I don't think they would, but I have the right to pursue it, right?
So basically, Thomas Jefferson thought that d's in the r were an "unalienable right". End of debate.
@LinksOcarina: Were there cutscenes for them helping you, or did they just happen to be there? Cuz I had a bunch of people fighting with me and didn't notice Donnic or Zevran (and I did what I needed to get both), but I did see Cullen.
"It was there because if she was just a skilled warrior, that's not a final boss fight. But then, I wonder if she was the final boss, originally. I kind of feel like there's another act that was supposed to happen. Not a whole new story, just one more act. Someone behind the scene exacerbating this conflict. Pink ooze under the city making everyone especially combative. Vigo the Carpathian stuck in a painting. Something. How about Anders for a final boss? "
They already had the nonsensical giant walking statues at the end wrecking shit up. I wouldn't have been surprised.
" @ryanwho: Orsino easily could have been one of my favorite characters in this game had his heel turn made more sense, I understand maybe he had the temptation of learning blood magic (despite the fact that he's a liar and/or hypocrite for doing so) but he seemed an alright guy. The he saw a few dead mages and more templars that could have been dealt with easily and had to wuss out. Him taking out those Qunari was pretty bad ass. When that cutscene happened I was like OH YEAH MAGIC IS AWESOME. "
Yeah, and in Origins, blood magic was complex shit that you had to study and train at in secret. It seemed like you'd have to get your hands on forbidden material, read it cover to cover, and eventually you could learn blood magic. In DA2 it seems like any mage could do blood magic if they had a knife on them.
@Nexas said:
" @Nottle said:
" @ryanwho: Orsino easily could have been one of my favorite characters in this game had his heel turn made more sense, I understand maybe he had the temptation of learning blood magic (despite the fact that he's a liar and/or hypocrite for doing so) but he seemed an alright guy. The he saw a few dead mages and more templars that could have been dealt with easily and had to wuss out. Him taking out those Qunari was pretty bad ass. When that cutscene happened I was like OH YEAH MAGIC IS AWESOME. "
Orsino was never an alright guy.The research he talks about before turning into the Harvester was Quentin's, the man who murdered your mother. He was protecting a serial killer for years because he thought it would make the mages look bad. "
I never made that connection. Thank you so much for explaining one of the most confusing aspects of the game to me. For some reason, I had just assumed that he was referring to the crazy scientist dude from Warden's Keep in Origins, I don't know how I missed that.
@mazik765: That's true, but in a lot of the cases, I was of the opinion that the harsh conditions they were forced into pushed them into blood magic. People are capable of shitty things when forced into horrible situations (not that that makes it okay). However, you've convinced me that it's not as one-sided as I once believed. Sebastian is pro-Templar, but he also didn't support the "final solution" and stuff at all. He was a follower of the Chantry, and the Chantry believed in protecting lives.
Fair enough. If you want honest criticism, I'd say try to have more fun with it. If you're the guy that was talking about moving it along quickly in the Ep. 15 video you posted, I'd say it's good that you were trying to keep things moving, but just try to have fun, rather than be entertaining. If you're having fun, the audience probably will, but if you're trying to "be entertaining" it comes across as false. Then again, the only videos like this I've ever watched are the Endurance Runs on Giant Bomb.
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