I recently started playing Dragon Age.

There was a clip on family guy the other day which got me thinking.

IN OTHER NEWS:

I recently started playing Dragon Age.

There was a clip on family guy the other day which got me thinking.

IN OTHER NEWS:

We're playing Dragon Age almost the exact opposite. I always try and do the right thing. I will accept payment from time to time. The fact that my character doesn't talk is a little weird, making the emotional impact of conversations seem rather, well, awkward. I just got this big fucker to join my party. He reminds me of the big guy in The Green Mile, even his story is similar.

I also recruited sten. I gave him a sword. I wanted to let him loose on some more villagers. I particularly enjoyed threatening the reverend mother for his release. I'm trying to assemble the biggest group of angry bad-asses possible. Basically, the A-Team.

That is an unusual sort of humor from Family Guy. They usually don't show any disdain for video games, and I thought that it was more likely to see them mocking Hillary Clinton for her protest against video games and their influence on people rather than "taking her side". Point being, I thought they were more likely to satirize the paranoia rather than taking the side of the paranoids.
 
And yes. You should totally play Darksiders.

Sounds like you're deliberately trying to find things to complain about. Its just my opinion, but the voice acting in DAO is some of the best I've seen. Although I hated how the Dwarves dont speak with that traditional Scottish accent.

LMAO at Family Guy. One of the few sparks of brilliance in an otherwise now dull show. Sorry to hear you don't like the voice acting in Dragon Age. The only character that really got under my skin was Alistair. He's so annoying. I suggest going to the dwarf city and getting Oghren. Steve Blum voiced him and he is a hoot.

I'm keeping Morrigan around for much the same reasons you are. My other two party members are Shale (because I like him) and Wynne (because she's a fantastic healbot). My character tanks while Morrigan and Shale run DPS and Wynne keeps us alive. Just like WoW.

" Sounds like you're deliberately trying to find things to complain about. Its just my opinion, but the voice acting in DAO is some of the best I've seen. Although I hated how the Dwarves dont speak with that traditional Scottish accent. "

"@Cerza: I was wondering who Steve Blum played. Totally didn't realize it was Oghren. People make such a big deal about Keith David (or Nolan North), but Steve Blum does just about as much voice acting for not only games but both japanese and western anime TV and movies. "

" @AndrewB said:

"@Cerza: I was wondering who Steve Blum played. Totally didn't realize it was Oghren. People make such a big deal about Keith David (or Nolan North), but Steve Blum does just about as much voice acting for not only games but both japanese and western anime TV and movies. "

He was Gorim aswell, to which i still wish he could of joined up with me :( "

"So fuck you, family guy. "

" @Sweep said:

"So fuck you, family guy. "

It took you an entire paragraph to say that? I've been thinking that for quite some time, and that clip can be summed up in two words: cheap laugh. Addendum: very. "

" @Sweep: Criticizing the voice acting? Really? Dragon Age has some of the best voice acting ever done. Its fabulous! I realize that's just my opinion but really, many people would agree that the voice acting is just superb. One of the things that really shine about the game :-P "

You seriously think the voice acting in DA:O is bad? No wonder you watch family guy.

To me that Family Guy joke was taking the piss out of the "videogames are evil!" reactionaries by showing how ridiculous it is to think someone's behaviour could be so radically altered by 8 hours of a videogame, but I can see how you could interpret it differently

BOOBS

I just started playing World of Warcraft a few weeks ago and I have a sort of mixed view of it.  Don't get me wrong it's fun and all, but I Just don't see anything to keep me playing for more than a month or two.

Dragon Age is one of the very few games where the characters are actual, you know, characters. As opposed to hollow shells that serve as the player's avatar.

" Dragon Age is one of the very few games where the characters are actual, you know, characters. As opposed to hollow shells that serve as the player's avatar. "

Morrigan's propensity to shit all over my decisions is quite annoying. I do like the characters regardless though. The banter between Alistair and Morrigan is great, and I like how Wynne's age is seemingly brought up in every conversation with her. Some of the VO might seem annoying, I can't remember, but the main cast are good.
 
I need to get back to Dragon Age, I might be about 20/30 hours in, but i've neglected it over the past few weeks in favour of Borderlands and then Bayonetta.

You don't like the voice acting? Strange. I find it to be extremely well done (for the most part). Certainly better than a lot of other RPGs. However, if that's your beef with the game then there is certainly a lot of steak waiting for you (Yes, I am fully aware of how retarded that analogy is), but I encourage you to keep playing because Dragon Age is awesome, voice acting or no.

If you watch the new family guy, you will understand you took the gta4 joke out of context. Peter has amnesia and cant remember how to drive.

I'm about 25-30 hours into and maybe it's just my personality, but I am enjoying it fully.  I'm pretty easy going and fair minded in reality, so I tend to play my characters in games the same way.  Not really what you'd call "role playing" by the classic definition of the word.  Anyway, because of this, my human female mage is getting along fairly well with everyone.  Morrigan is a bit of a problem since I've played my character as more loyal to the Circle.  Whether or not that is wise will eventually be told, I guess.  I haven't started that quest chain yet.  Obviously, there are some quests which are harder to accomplish if  you don't have a knowledgeable member in your party.  I went to elf village and there is a "Survival" one there, I doubt I'll make much headway with.   With the rest of the party, I give them gifts every now and then to engender myself to them. 
 
I can't offer any suggestions about the voice acting since I don't have a problem with any of it.  I especially like listening to Leliana's slight French accent.  I think it adds to the historical character she seems to be loosely based off.  The background banter between party members in this game is a lot better I think than that of Mass Effect.  I laughed the other day when Leliana got up off the floor from death again and said "Why does that always seem to happen to me?"  In reality, I've moved her closer to the ranged rogue in skill-set so she rarely dies, but there were these traps and...well, anyway it made me giggle.  Morrigan's negativity irritates me more, but I like having a second mage in the squad for crowd-control.  Since my character is more righteous than she is, I sometimes find it difficult to maintain a positive relationship with her do to my decisions.  I'm sure a later play-through will change that when I go in a more amoral direction.  As for the other characters, I am quite surprised as to how much I am enjoying Alistair.  Unlike, Carth Onasi (KOTOR) or Kaidan Alenko (ME), I've liked having him around.  Other times, I usually ditch the guy character for the aliens and chicks, but he's more interesting than either of those two.  I haven't reached any romance/flirting opportunities yet, so I may change my mind if it feels uneven.
 
EDIT: I knew Hugh Laurie was English.  Before House was ever on, I used to watch Jeeves and Woosteron Masterpiece Theater.   And, he was the idiot king on Blackadder.

" @Oni said:

" Dragon Age is one of the very few games where the characters are actual, you know, characters. As opposed to hollow shells that serve as the player's avatar. "

No doubt. I just don't understand why they have to sound so cringy though. "

" @Sweep said:

" @Oni said:

" Dragon Age is one of the very few games where the characters are actual, you know, characters. As opposed to hollow shells that serve as the player's avatar. "

No doubt. I just don't understand why they have to sound so cringy though. "

I have no idea what that even means and your beef with the voice acting is incomprehensible to me. "

I know, I was only saying I have no clue why you'd feel that way. It's just very strange! I haven't heard anyone say anything bad about DA's voices besides you. You are a strange boy.

" I know, I was only saying I have no clue why you'd feel that way. It's just very strange! I haven't heard anyone say anything bad about DA's voices besides you. You are a strange boy. "