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[MindYerBeak]

Is everyone getting married to a bunch of pixels? Will Alistair be the Best Man? Will Leliana be the bridesmaid? No doubt Flemeth will be the dreaded Mother in Law.

[Hayllee]

Yes, it's normal for dragon age, I think. And, in my opinion, it goes a bit beyond a good movie. For a temporary time, you're your character, so you'll get emotionally involved even more.

Since everyone is pitching in their own MMO thoughts, let me say this: It is a lot less natural to hate someone because they are a different fantasy race from you, crossed into your territory, and didn't know it, and then KILL THEM AND INSULT THEM (ehem) then it it is for you to begin to tear up because a well-loved character is leaving, or dying, or whatever. My personal favorite emotion is killing Arl Howe as a human noble. I always feel so. freakin. awesome.
As long as it's not getting in the way of your life and the emotions aren't lasting forever, you are sane.

Modifié par Hayllee, 08 juillet 2010 - 12:27 .

[errant_knight]

ninja0809 wrote...

So my best friend recommended me to get this game cuz he said it was awesome. It is the first RPG game i ever played, and i must say the money was worth it. However, i can't help but feel so emotionally attatched to this game, especially at the ending when i ended things with Morrigan (my main characters love interest). When i chose i wanted to go after her, i actually really meant it, i felt a strong urge to do so. At the epilogue when it shows Morrigan, the ring, and her regrets, tears dwelled in my eyes and my heart actually ached in pain. The reaction i recieved freaked me out cuz i was never an emotional person.

Is it normal for a new RPG player to feel this way?

Not to worry. It's not so different than getting involved with a good book or film. I find it has a bit more of an affect, though, because you make the decisions that can do good or cause harm, so there's a feeling that you bear responsibility for the outcome. Also, Dragon Age is the best game I've ever played in terms of really feeling involved with the NPCs. It's very well done, and was created to get just the reaction you describe.

[Chuvvy]

Arrtis wrote...

no you supposed to feel cold inside like you do not have a heart.

Oh good then I'm normal.

[Mecha Tengu]

just dont take video games and fiction too seriously else you end up larping....

[kaidnin]

MindYerBeak wrote...

Is everyone getting married to a bunch of pixels? Will Alistair be the Best Man? Will Leliana be the bridesmaid? No doubt Flemeth will be the dreaded Mother in Law.

lol it has happend in japan or china idk probley japan kinda funky:blink:

[CybAnt1]

It's the reason why for some of us RPGs are our favorite game genre.



Other kinds of games can be fun to play - but don't really make us feel anything.

[Reznik23]

ninja0809 wrote...

So my best friend recommended me to get this game cuz he said it was awesome. It is the first RPG game i ever played, and i must say the money was worth it. However, i can't help but feel so emotionally attatched to this game, especially at the ending when i ended things with Morrigan (my main characters love interest). When i chose i wanted to go after her, i actually really meant it, i felt a strong urge to do so. At the epilogue when it shows Morrigan, the ring, and her regrets, tears dwelled in my eyes and my heart actually ached in pain. The reaction i recieved freaked me out cuz i was never an emotional person.

Is it normal for a new RPG player to feel this way?

It got me in exactly the same way mate, you're not alone - it really hits you in the heart!

[Chris_Really_Rocks]

Yeah I suppose it is normal -- guess it depends how strongly you felt. I mean if you are writing poems to Morrigan in real life and pining away for her rather than finding a somewhat cruel, intelligent, attractive and manipulative woman to score with for real, maybe things have gone too far.



Good video games engage emotionally.

[Chris_Really_Rocks]

Double post

Modifié par Chris_Really_Rocks, 08 juillet 2010 - 05:54 .

[Myusha]

Gaming is a work of fiction.

Fiction envokes emotion.

Evidence?

Twilight Fans. Argh.

[Arrtis]

Myusha wrote...

Gaming is a work of fiction.
Fiction envokes emotion.
Evidence?
Twilight Fans. Argh.

Truth of the woes of man ring in this spoken term.

[mornegroth]

That's why it is called a Role-Playing Game, you're suposed to feel what your character feels .
Anyway, try out Mass Effect as well 

Modifié par mornegroth, 08 juillet 2010 - 12:11 .

[Hangaround677]

It's pretty much what Bioware is shooting for with their fantastic, mind-flaying storytelling.



I find myself often getting easily attached with characters in games i play(and really enjoy), but i realize that to really get attached to a bunch of pixels you need a good story you want to see the end of. With other games (like Demon's Souls, which is said to have better gameplay then DA) i pretty much don't give two-fifths of a **** about my character. As far as i am concerned he's just the guy who holds the swords i use for slaying demons - i can roleplay with him to some degree, but the complete lack of good and deep storytelling makes it difficult. In dragon age roleplaying your characters is a breeze.



You're not normal btw, you're a role-player now.

[Cenwyn]

ninja0809 wrote...

So my best friend recommended me to get this game cuz he said it was awesome. It is the first RPG game i ever played, and i must say the money was worth it. However, i can't help but feel so emotionally attatched to this game, especially at the ending when i ended things with Morrigan (my main characters love interest). When i chose i wanted to go after her, i actually really meant it, i felt a strong urge to do so. At the epilogue when it shows Morrigan, the ring, and her regrets, tears dwelled in my eyes and my heart actually ached in pain. The reaction i recieved freaked me out cuz i was never an emotional person.

Is it normal for a new RPG player to feel this way?

Welcome to the DA club! ) Lord yes perfectly normal and healthy to get wrapped up emotionally with your companions and characters. It is no different then when you get sucked into an awesomely entertaining and engrossing books series. Your just playing an RPG game instead and it a great way to escape the pressures and stresses of real life for awhile. Just as long as you can distinguish that this is game and not real life


The first time I played there were several areas I was either tearing or crying flat out. For being female I am not an overly emotional person but this game struck a deep chord with me. My first character I ever played hooked up with Alistair and he broke my heart because of a choice I made. I was the point of screaming obscenities at the TV and throwing foam bricks. Good thing I was the only person in the house!

The biggest trigger for me being the final battle gate scene with your companions. I look at DA this way you are creating a character that reflects you and who you are. The you go on a rather adventurous journey meeting folks who end up helping and can become your best friends unless you decide to get rid of them. So don’t you dare listen to anyone who tells you it not normal to become emotionally involved, some folks do and some folks don’t. There is no weirdness when it comes to this game. I guarantee at least 50% who have played the game felt the same as you. So when you feel the need to get away from life go play DA some more. Visiting my game companions and killing things always seems to cheer me up.

[Fafner_Ni]

Yeah it's normal, one of the many reason's i love RPG's so much.

[Dark Lilith]

Maria13 wrote...

ninja0809 wrote...

So my best friend recommended me to get this game cuz he said it was awesome. It is the first RPG game i ever played, and i must say the money was worth it. However, i can't help but feel so emotionally attatched to this game, especially at the ending when i ended things with Morrigan (my main characters love interest). When i chose i wanted to go after her, i actually really meant it, i felt a strong urge to do so. At the epilogue when it shows Morrigan, the ring, and her regrets, tears dwelled in my eyes and my heart actually ached in pain. The reaction i recieved freaked me out cuz i was never an emotional person.

Is it normal for a new RPG player to feel this way?

*HUGS* Welcome to what good games can really do to you...

I'll second that. I can get so immerced that sad parts actually bring tears to my eyes.

[Cenwyn]

Mecha Tengu wrote...

just dont take video games and fiction too seriously else you end up larping....

However doing Larping, Belegarth, Dagorhir or any fighting game is a lot of fun and damn good exercise. Again as long as one distinguishes that stuff like this is a fun game to get involved in and should not be considered reality. Agree on that point.
 
I am in Dagorhir and have been doing it long before DA came out. I enjoy the hell out of live fighting just because it gives me a chance to actually lead and strategize real people not just RPG’s. I fight with some very talented fighters who use real time battle and weapon techniques even though we use foam based boffer weapons. (And we are not talking soft foam here either, you get hit and you will feel it). Plus you can beat the crap out of each other for a few hours within the rules and in mock battles with many other like minded and crazy armed lunatics.
 
I enjoy my few hours on Sundays when I go out in my real armor grade leather (not this lamellar stuff) fighting gear, sword and shield. Get that aggression out and visit with friends. Really awesome fun in my book.

[Mecha Tengu]

Cenwyn wrote...

Mecha Tengu wrote...

just dont take video games and fiction too seriously else you end up larping....

However doing Larping, Belegarth, Dagorhir or any fighting game is a lot of fun and damn good exercise. Again as long as one distinguishes that stuff like this is a fun game to get involved in and should not be considered reality. Agree on that point.

pffftttt exercicse my ass. I bet that was all the "Exercise" those nerds get every week.

[jaikss]

ninja0809 wrote...

So my best friend recommended me to get this game cuz he said it was awesome. It is the first RPG game i ever played, and i must say the money was worth it. However, i can't help but feel so emotionally attatched to this game, especially at the ending when i ended things with Morrigan (my main characters love interest). When i chose i wanted to go after her, i actually really meant it, i felt a strong urge to do so. At the epilogue when it shows Morrigan, the ring, and her regrets, tears dwelled in my eyes and my heart actually ached in pain. The reaction i recieved freaked me out cuz i was never an emotional person.

Is it normal for a new RPG player to feel this way?

Thats pretty much spot on my experience with dao actually lol.Just goes to show how well the game is really made as im Really not the type to get moved one way or another over a game/movie/etc.

[Squeelookle]

Tystone wrote...

By the way...Alistair is mine...so hands off!

You can have him.
Normalcy is relative no matter how you look at it.  This game has never made me cry, but it has made me laugh and (sometimes) feel all warm and fuzzy inside.... almost like hugging a kitten.
However, off the top of my head, there had been one RPG that has made me cry: Phantasy Star II.
I was considerably younger at the time but there's one scene in particular that sometimes still does it.
Slightly on/off topic:
Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time made me cry too, when I lost Disc 1.
Back to .hack //Infection for me for now...

[metalcraze33]

I am totally in loves With Zevran when he looks all sad i want to give him hugs

[HoonDing]

Let's put it another way - is it normal that I want to kill some of the characters?

[Tigress M]

I am one of those women who often sheds a tear or three with a good book or an exceptionally touching movie scene. I did not know I was also a woman to cry at a game until I played DAO for the first time. But, not only did I cry, I laughed, I loved (much to the amusement of my husband of 10 years) and fumed at various points along the way.



As many have said, becoming emotionally invested in a game simply means the story line has been exceptionally well written and this is one of the best game stories I have ever had the pleasure of encountering.



What I think amazed me the most was the unexpected turn of events that pop up along the way. Trying not to give anything away but scenes like the one between Alistair and my Dalish elf after the Landsmeet and Morrigan's offer before the final battle felt like left hooks out of nowhere. And as much as they shocked and infuriated me, they brought a whole new level of emotional enjoyment to the gaming experience.

[Ashaman X]

Welcome to the world of RPG's lol. For many years, I only played first person shooters, and few at that because I had a poor computer. One day I got Neverwinter Nights 1, and my whole outlook on games changed. Being a fantasy book reading nerd, it was an experience to build up my character. The same thing has happened since then with ME and DA. Since you can craft and shape your character, he/she really becomes the alternate version you have always secretly imagined.



Luckily, Bioware is one of the best, if not the best in the business of making these feelings become real.