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clonechildSo last week I finished Dragon Age: Origins (two times, actually), and am making vague plans for a second playthrough.
Text under the cut contains spoilers for Origins.
First ending I didn't make my warden sleep with Morrigan, simply to see how everything would go with my warden dead, and really, things totally weren't fair. I mean, my warden died and suddenly the Grey Wardens got more attention, and the mages got more freedom? Totally unfair. I had to choose between those when my warden survived the final battle /sadface.
But Zevran broke my heart okay.
Speaking of Zevran, oh my god is he a bitch to romance. Mostly because I accidentally glitched myself out of it when I told him after the Taliesyn encounter that it would be difficult to kiss him if he left, and only found out later that choosing that option would make it impossible to progress to 'love'. So I had to rescue Anora and beat Loghain's face into paste again (granted, that last one wasn't such a hardship, especially since I got to murder Cauthrien a second time as well), just to satisfy his picky feelings.
Just saying, I am not looking forward to getting the achievement for all party members since it means letting Loghain live (and also pissing Alistair off). I know it's possible to make Cauthrien stand down, but by god I CAN kill her and as such I WILL because GOD do I hate her. 'It's your fault my lord started selling the elves off into slavery! He needed the money since you were constantly cockblocking him!' NO, FUCK YOU. DIIIEEEEEE.
Next time I want to play as a female City Elf, so I can go around shanking darkspawn in my wedding dress, and romance Leliana, because I can. ...Playing as a City Elf does mean I can't be a mage, however, which makes me sad. Mostly because I love love love playing as a mage. The spells are amazing. Ohai enemy spellcaster, here, have a taste of my MANA CLASH!!!
And then do a Human Noble playthrough so I can marry Alistair. I was so, so disappointed when I found out he wasn't one of the gay options, because he is adorable and I love him.
And then play as a male Dwarf and romance Morrigan, simply because I can.
There is, however, one giant barricade to me playing Origins again (and it is not the lack of save space, because that is simply a small hindernis). Namely, ORZAMMAR. Fucking Orzammar and its fucking Deep Roads and its Broodmothers and aaaaaaaauuuuuugh. Hespith's creepy poem and having to listen to Branka again and all the spiders and the Broodmother oh god the Broodmother.
Seriously, no video game dungeon has ever unnerved me quite as much as Orzammar's Deep Roads, and this includes the Circle Tower and its creepy demons and Fade dungeon as well as playing through the Pharos Lighthouse in FFXII while sick with food poisoning.
That said, I really do love Dragon Age: Origins a lot. It's glitchy as fuck and a bit dated on the graphics, but it really is awesome.
Now, onto my disorganized Awakenings ramblings!
My thoughts roughly went as follows:
- Wow, are they ever glad to see me arrive in Amaranthine. I see the darkspawn went all out on the welcoming committee here
- 'Mhairi disapproves -1' w/e Mhairi you're doomed by canon anyway. Remind me to strip you naked before you die
- o hi Alistair mk 2. You are not quite as charming as Alistair to me. But you can be my healbot, mostly because my warden is too busy electrocuting everything in sight to bother with heals
- Oghren! I can never hear that in anything but Zevran's voice. I see you've had several somethings again, Oghren
- dammit forgot to take Mhairi's equipment
- wait politics now already? I just got here and cleaned out that zombie infestation!
- ...why do I have the feeling I just screwed myself over? Probably because I did. Oh well.
- COME TO ME, NATHANIEL \o/
- ...on second thought, lose the goatee first.
- but he's a rogue who tried to kill me, it's practically love at first sight! You're just like my other boyfriend! ...why isn't Zevran in Awakening anyway?
- no really, I love Nathaniel. Mostly because he's a noble with ranks in poisons and lockpicking
- Soap! On a rope! Can I give it to Nate?
- La la la owait random encounter!
- JESUS CHRIST what is it with the radar map in this random encounter?! Lazy, lazy dev team.
- la la smoke the smugglers out~
- Wynne! My darling Wynne, can I exchange not-Alistair for you? He gets pissy whenever I hunt maleficar you see, and also I just like you more than I do him. Don't worry, Zevran's not in the party to leer at your bosom, it's just Oghren you'll have to worry about
- drat
- la di da let's check out that chasm then OH HI NEW PARTY MEMBER!
- Oghren, you get to go. -oshit she's a rogue. ...without ranks in lockpicking. w/e this is easy mode anyway we don't need a tank that badly.
- ...this place is giving me Orzammar flashbacks. Please don't tell me -
- FUCKING BROODMOTHERS NOOOOOO
- sorry Sigrun, the Legion'll have to wait. It's getting dark outside and I don't want to face Broodmothers when it's dark
- so let's check out them thar woods then
- yaaay. fetch quests. uuuuugh.
- geez homicidal elf lady, chill out. we don't get what you're rambling about. ...oohh, your sister.
- /runs around doing more quests
- /talks to elf lady again
- NOOOOO PLEASE NOT MORE BROODMOTHERS
- /turns xbox off
Text under the cut contains spoilers for Origins.
First ending I didn't make my warden sleep with Morrigan, simply to see how everything would go with my warden dead, and really, things totally weren't fair. I mean, my warden died and suddenly the Grey Wardens got more attention, and the mages got more freedom? Totally unfair. I had to choose between those when my warden survived the final battle /sadface.
But Zevran broke my heart okay.
Speaking of Zevran, oh my god is he a bitch to romance. Mostly because I accidentally glitched myself out of it when I told him after the Taliesyn encounter that it would be difficult to kiss him if he left, and only found out later that choosing that option would make it impossible to progress to 'love'. So I had to rescue Anora and beat Loghain's face into paste again (granted, that last one wasn't such a hardship, especially since I got to murder Cauthrien a second time as well), just to satisfy his picky feelings.
Just saying, I am not looking forward to getting the achievement for all party members since it means letting Loghain live (and also pissing Alistair off). I know it's possible to make Cauthrien stand down, but by god I CAN kill her and as such I WILL because GOD do I hate her. 'It's your fault my lord started selling the elves off into slavery! He needed the money since you were constantly cockblocking him!' NO, FUCK YOU. DIIIEEEEEE.
Next time I want to play as a female City Elf, so I can go around shanking darkspawn in my wedding dress, and romance Leliana, because I can. ...Playing as a City Elf does mean I can't be a mage, however, which makes me sad. Mostly because I love love love playing as a mage. The spells are amazing. Ohai enemy spellcaster, here, have a taste of my MANA CLASH!!!
And then do a Human Noble playthrough so I can marry Alistair. I was so, so disappointed when I found out he wasn't one of the gay options, because he is adorable and I love him.
And then play as a male Dwarf and romance Morrigan, simply because I can.
There is, however, one giant barricade to me playing Origins again (and it is not the lack of save space, because that is simply a small hindernis). Namely, ORZAMMAR. Fucking Orzammar and its fucking Deep Roads and its Broodmothers and aaaaaaaauuuuuugh. Hespith's creepy poem and having to listen to Branka again and all the spiders and the Broodmother oh god the Broodmother.
Seriously, no video game dungeon has ever unnerved me quite as much as Orzammar's Deep Roads, and this includes the Circle Tower and its creepy demons and Fade dungeon as well as playing through the Pharos Lighthouse in FFXII while sick with food poisoning.
That said, I really do love Dragon Age: Origins a lot. It's glitchy as fuck and a bit dated on the graphics, but it really is awesome.
Now, onto my disorganized Awakenings ramblings!
My thoughts roughly went as follows:
- Wow, are they ever glad to see me arrive in Amaranthine. I see the darkspawn went all out on the welcoming committee here
- 'Mhairi disapproves -1' w/e Mhairi you're doomed by canon anyway. Remind me to strip you naked before you die
- o hi Alistair mk 2. You are not quite as charming as Alistair to me. But you can be my healbot, mostly because my warden is too busy electrocuting everything in sight to bother with heals
- Oghren! I can never hear that in anything but Zevran's voice. I see you've had several somethings again, Oghren
- dammit forgot to take Mhairi's equipment
- wait politics now already? I just got here and cleaned out that zombie infestation!
- ...why do I have the feeling I just screwed myself over? Probably because I did. Oh well.
- COME TO ME, NATHANIEL \o/
- ...on second thought, lose the goatee first.
- but he's a rogue who tried to kill me, it's practically love at first sight! You're just like my other boyfriend! ...why isn't Zevran in Awakening anyway?
- no really, I love Nathaniel. Mostly because he's a noble with ranks in poisons and lockpicking
- Soap! On a rope! Can I give it to Nate?
- La la la owait random encounter!
- JESUS CHRIST what is it with the radar map in this random encounter?! Lazy, lazy dev team.
- la la smoke the smugglers out~
- Wynne! My darling Wynne, can I exchange not-Alistair for you? He gets pissy whenever I hunt maleficar you see, and also I just like you more than I do him. Don't worry, Zevran's not in the party to leer at your bosom, it's just Oghren you'll have to worry about
- drat
- la di da let's check out that chasm then OH HI NEW PARTY MEMBER!
- Oghren, you get to go. -oshit she's a rogue. ...without ranks in lockpicking. w/e this is easy mode anyway we don't need a tank that badly.
- ...this place is giving me Orzammar flashbacks. Please don't tell me -
- FUCKING BROODMOTHERS NOOOOOO
- sorry Sigrun, the Legion'll have to wait. It's getting dark outside and I don't want to face Broodmothers when it's dark
- so let's check out them thar woods then
- yaaay. fetch quests. uuuuugh.
- geez homicidal elf lady, chill out. we don't get what you're rambling about. ...oohh, your sister.
- /runs around doing more quests
- /talks to elf lady again
- NOOOOO PLEASE NOT MORE BROODMOTHERS
- /turns xbox off