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[Heather Cline]

I went back through the game after getting the bugged ending. I imported my character from the post coronation auto-save from DAO and played through. Still got a sucky ending. Morrigan wouldn't let my female warden come through with her, and she really didn't give much closure for the rest of the game. Disappointed muchly with this DLC.

[NugWrangler]

I enjoyed the two party members and seeing my dog again. As well as the quest, banter, bits of lore, and hints at what is to come in DA2. I'm hoping Finn shows up again as a companion, he was adorable. But the ending was incredibly unsatisfying and answered nothing. I at least wanted to see what Morrigan left for me that was supposed to be "of great interest". Then ending just felt rushed, I'm wondering if content was cut from it too.



I would rate it a 7/10. It's certainly fun but doesn't deliver what it promised.

[Jarlof Seoul]

I played a Male Warden who ramance and DRed Morri. Witch Hunt was a dream come true. Rode off into the sunset with my girl.

[AdrianC25]

it was the by far the worst DLC to date, actually for me it was the only bad DLC but it was very bad and very disappointing

[RubiconI7]

I played LoTSB first....then I played this...kinda made me sad...

[Yrkoon]

Petehog wrote...
for Witch's Hunt..

did you feel the DLC was worth it?

Meh...   Not really.  It was ok.

What would you rate it out of 10?

6

I believe this DLC had the most hype and it was absolutely terrible...  I am an avid fan of Dragon Age. I love everything that Bioware makes. But this was terrible..

What are your thoughts.

Ok, first and formost.  I did not think it was terrible, and you won't see me wailing away in outrage like some others have on this forum.  I thought it was  a very average  effort.    However., this  dlc  WAS incredibly hyped.  Despite this,   It didn't  turn out to be anything special.    You would think that because  it  was billed as the Final DLC for Origins. and that it was about one of the most talked-about  "Unfinished Business" elements in Origin's story, that Bioware would go out of their way to make it something special....  to pull out the stops.  But that simply didn't happen.  They gave us something  very run-of-the-mill.  Completely indistinugishable from any of the other DLCs

Modifié par Yrkoon, 12 septembre 2010 - 04:24 .

[Addai]

I guess I didn't have very high expectations to begin with, based on the other DLC. I also didn't consider Morrigan's romance to be my "big thing" in the game, though I love her character. So for me it either met or slightly exceeded my expectations.

[_000Darkstar]

2/10. Reading about the ending on Dragon Age Wiki probably would have given me more enjoyment, and probably would have left me feeling less like a fool. Here I was expecting a cat and mouse type affair with Morrigan, hot on her trail trying to get answers, gathering clues as to her motives from what little she leaves behind and says to you in your brief encounters, and then concluding in a final encounter where she has no other choice but to stop running and give you what you want. Answers. Revenge. Happy ending. Closure. Bam. Close curtain, enter Dragon Age 2. Instead I get an hour and a half of running around collecting "bear pelts" with a copy and paste Dalish and a cliche bookworm mage, both of whom are only there to fill in the silence between the sword noises with unimportant banter (its a bad sign when the funniest companion only has one line: "Woof") and name dropping to give the illusion of continuity. To top it all off Morrigan is only there for a whole 2 minutes and had dialog that, while bugged for me, would probably not have been very different if it had properly recognized my choices. Witch Hunt was billed as Morrigan's DLC, and we ended up learning more about the damn mirrors than we did about her and what she is planning.



Had my ending been unbugged I might have thought better of it, but as it is, I have no desire to replay it when the patch comes out. Truly disappointed with the effort (or lack thereof) that went into Witch Hunt.

[Esbatty]

Got an unbugged ending on the 360 version, and I got the ending I wanted. My Warden not only got to hear about his child (a son!) but got to be with his beloved and face the future with her. From an RP perspective he got his life back, he was never meant for politics and running organizations, his family died, his friends moved on, he recruited lots of new Wardens, and in the end Ferelden went on without him as the only Champion or Hero he wants to be is Morrigan's.

I also played Lair of the Shadow Broker first and my Shepard also got to continue her relationship as well. So that was totally the best 17.50 and 5 hours spent that week not involving an unexpected pizza dinner.

Modifié par Esbatty, 12 septembre 2010 - 08:44 .

[Jarlof Seoul]

Esbatty wrote...

Got an unbugged ending on the 360 version, and I got the ending I wanted. My Warden not only got to hear about his child (a son!) but got to be with his beloved and face the future with her. From an RP perspective he got his life back, he was never meant for politics and running organizations, his family died, his friends moved on, he recruited lots of new Wardens, and in the end Ferelden went on without him as the only Champion or Hero he wants to be is Morrigan's.

I also played Lair of the Shadow Broker first and my Shepard also got to continue her relationship as well. So that was totally the best 17.50 and 5 hours spent that week not involving an unexpected pizza dinner.

You nailed it. I too save the world with my romancing/DRing Warden, but Morri's ended up being the only championship I cared about.

[tuppence95]

I liked much of the dlc.  The new companions were interesting, the Easter eggs were fun, and I enjoyed much of the gameplay.   My ending was bugged.  Even overlooking the bug, it felt rushed ... like they ran out of time, so they simply just ended it with a lead-in to DA2.  I managed to do the workaround by using an earlier save.  I could see, from the Dog dialog, that it worked and that the DR was being recognized, but I haven't replayed it yet.  I still wish they had taken the time to do a short cut scene at the end to wrap things up ... especially for those who went with Morrigan!  Dammit, at least show us that Finn took Dog or that Dog went with the warden!

I think I would have felt it was worth the money, if it hadn't been for the way it was presented to us.  Bioware knew that we were expecting 2 years of content, and they must've known how upset we'd be at not getting it.  I wish they had just come forward with an announcement about dropping that plan and explaining to us that they need to concentrate on DA2.   Sure, some people would've been upset, but I don't think there would've been this much outrage.  Instead, they announced WH with a lot of hype about how we'd be getting the end to our warden's story and ... oh, yeah, it's the final DLC.  I posted a question about what happened to the 2 years?  Chris Priestly replied.  I don't know the man.  Maybe he meant to simply pass on the news.  I guess it's his style, but the way he worded the post, ending it with his usual snarly face, made it sound like he was being smug.  That post was his opportunity to make up for the fact that they failed to announce that they dropped that plan.  Instead he did a snarky 2 years content = DA2.  And they obviously knew that a Morrigan dlc would cause a LOT of excitement.  They really hyped it up.  Why tell us that our questions would be answered, and our wardens would get some sort of closure when they won't?    I was left feeling like all the answers  that we've been waiting for = DA2.  

So now we have a large number of really irritated fans who feel they've been let down, and some of them are even Morrigan fans.  This was a dlc on par with many of their other dlcs.  Definitely not as good as Stone Prisoner, Warden's Keep or RtO, but certainly better than DSC and GoA.  Without the over-hype and the very poor communications about cutting off more content, I think we'd be somewhat sad, but satisfied players right now.  Some Customer Service goes a long way toward keeping your players feeling good about this place.  When you have bad news for us, just announce it.  Don't just let us find out in a snarky way.  And don't blow up the hype so much that we're bound to feel let down.

I still have a lot of faith in Bioware.  Even after all this, I will probably still buy DA2, and I'll most likely enjoy it.  I have enormous faith in David Gaider and the other writers.  I just wish the company would do a little better in communicating with their players.

[Heldenbrand]

Stacked against Lair of the Shadow Broker, which also represents a major point of continuity between two main games, I have to say Witch Hunt let me down. Liara, even not being a playable character in the heart of Mass Effect 2, was still given enormous playtime and her 'ending' was fantastic. The boss fights were dramatic and very entertaining, in the end it even provided bonus insight into character backgrounds and entertaining Easter Eggs about them in dossiers.



Witch Hunt by contrast, understandably factoring in its cheaper price tag, provided very little in the way of content. You simply revisited locations already seen throughout Origins and Awakening, you had transient characters with some briefly amusing dialogue but not particularly memorable. The ending was full of bugs which could make getting the ending you felt you 'deserved' by the way you interacted with the character difficult to achieve. It answered no questions, only presented more details to the questions that were already in place. The only thing it offered was yet another 'ending' to the saga of the Warden. For instance, look again at Mass Effect 2. Lair of the Shadow Broker doesn't attempt to add a new 'ending', there is only one ending. It simply added more story or more of an epilogue to the existing ending depending upon when you finish it.



The appeal of Dragon Age to contrast Mass Effect was a more detailed story oriented gameplay, whereas Mass Effect had more of an action movie feel to it. This seemed rushed, which is understandable with Dragon Age 2 so near on the horizon, however if that is the case it should have been released as a free patch to go along with Awakening or the release should have been delayed until closer to Dragon Age 2 so that more development time could have been put into it. Believe me, I'm not worried about Dragon Age 2; I'll still likely preorder the Collectors Edition as soon as it is announced, but I am more reticent about the future of DLC from this series if it continues down its rather shady history here.

[Eviijj]

I think it was simply "False Advertisment" for this DLC. No secrets revealed.

I did suspect that maybe Morrigan simply sacrificed herself at the end of Origins to save the Warden.

So I was glad that was cleared up. I think if you romanced Morrigan then it was a good ending for the Warden.



I just got the feeling that they did not have enough material even for a DLC. I think that the short conversation was what they wanted to set up for DA2. And all that came before was tacked on in an attempt to justify charging people the money for it.

Walking through re-used areas clicking on magical, invisible blobs was very cheap.

I can see a lot of people on these forums not happy with the DLC. But everyone keeps buying it will Bioware sort it out?

I think if Bioware advertised it honestly they would have said -



* Explore areas you been through before clicking on magical, invisible blobs left by sneaky elves you did not spot before and have a short conversation with Morrigan which will leave you even more confused than you were before.



* Unlock a super special joke ending which a mystery gift left by Morrigan is never revealed.



* And watch in disbelief as the Warden and his new companions walk off before the show ends to get a refund, too broken heated and disappointed to even care what the mystery gift was.



I guess that sums it up for me then

[fIreChuckEr]

<SARCASM>



What, you all didn't like your $5 advertisement for Dragon Age 2? I like paying for ads, its great.



</SARCASM>

[DarthValo81]

Compared to the other Bioware DLC released that day, it was terrible.

[spottyblanket]

I think I'm the only person who liked these DLC. Ending was sweet and open ended, felt like a prlogue for DA2. Also, book titles in the library - EPIC WIN. I liked all the little touches in the game, like Morrigan gretting dog, Sandal and two mages giggling about me bedding the pirate lady.

[Greed1914]

I"d probably go with a 7/10 for me.  While I would have liked more of an explanation in the ending, I was entirely expecting for the "answers" to be more of a set up for DA2, so it's hard to be disappointed in that.  However,  I have to dock it a bit for recycling all of the areas.  Sure, it was kind of neat going back to a couple of places from the various Origins and having this end where Awakening ended, but let's face it, they were recycled areas, so it's hard to justify the $7.  Finally, even though my game wasn't bugged, I still have to dock it a bit for the bug because it's a pretty big error to have the end of our Warden's tale glitch like that. 

[Ramante]

I played it twice, once with my rogue FemCousland that married Alistair, DR not recognized so that one doesn't count. And once with my mage FemHuman that one got the correct ending.



What I liked

- Dog was there and he could use warrior talents (yay)

- Dog played a (big) part -> his presence was acknowledged by party members and in banter between the mages and stuff

- My 'history' was recognized -> Cullen was mentioned, Finn called my mage a hero

- Party banter was nice

- Morrigan's dialogue was 'all right'



What I didn't liked

- Fights were not that exciting (even on higher difficulty), being able to 'blood control' the dragons during the endfight was too easy

- Fem Warden couldn't go with Morrigan (or have I missed some dialogue options?)

- I was looking for answers, but ended up with more questions



I'll give the DLC a 7/10, though it might get higher once I have played it with my Warden that was in a romance with Morrigan. I expect the DLC to be more 'important' to my male Warden. I loved the items that you received in Origins and Awakening as a reward (the bow is amazing, I love it). ^^

[Bratt1204]

Exactly as a predicted - ABSOLUTE RUBBISH. The DLC was much shorter than I expected and there was certainly NO "dramatic ending" to our Warden's story as Bioware claimed there would be in this DLC. What a catastrophe - how disappointing to end DA:O in such a pathetic way. After this trash I refuse to buy DA:2 - Bioware (EA) does not deserve any more patronage from me.

[Lord Gremlin]

9/10



Morrigan fan here.

[Bratt1204]

Lord Gremlin wrote...

9/10

Morrigan fan here.

How can you give this DLC a 9/10?? Especially if you are a Morrigan fan?? What was a 9 in this game, seriously?? You saw Morrigan for what... 10 seconds....and she said just about nothing - then she gave you a "very interesting" book you couldn't even read? Utter stupidity.  This was a complete and utter cop-out by Bioware - complete waste of time 

[tuppence95]

Bratt1204 wrote...

Lord Gremlin wrote...

9/10

Morrigan fan here.

How can you give this DLC a 9/10?? Especially if you are a Morrigan fan?? What was a 9 in this game, seriously?? You saw Morrigan for what... 10 seconds....and she said just about nothing - then she gave you a "very interesting" book you couldn't even read? Utter stupidity.  This was a complete and utter cop-out by Bioware - complete waste of time 

The OP was asking for reasons why people enjoyed WH.  He said:

Petehog wrote...

I don't want this to be a flame thread. I just want to see whether those who ACTUALLY got the right ending were HAPPY. 

I don't think you need to talk down to someone for saying they enjoyed the dlc.  Not everyone has the same taste.  But it would be nice to know specifically why LordGremlin gave it a 9/10.  Being a Morrigan fan doesn't automatically mean someone would rate it that high.  I've seen some fans who were disappointed.

I guess I'd rate the first 2/3 of WH 6/10.  And the last 1/3 of it I thought was a 2/10.  For the reasons I stated in my earlier post.

[Giltspur]

Petehog wrote...

for Witch's Hunt..

did you feel the DLC was worth it?

What would you rate it out of 10?

I need to know..because I thought I had a bugged ending...

and then after reading the comments all around...

I realized I had the correct ending...and I was still very much unhappy with the DLC.

I believe this DLC had the most hype and it was absolutely terrible...I am an avid fan of Dragon Age. I love everything that Bioware makes. But this was terrible..

What are your thoughts.

I don't want this to be a flame thread. I just want to see whether those who ACTUALLY got the right ending were HAPPY.

This is one of those cases where your expectations can have a big impact on your enjoyment, and the marketing of the DLC set people up for disappointment.  Personally, I really liked it.  8.5-9.0 out of 10.

My main warden is a Morrigan fanboy.  Well, not a fanboy (as he did call her harpy once and generally overruled or ignored most of her suggestions) but a sympathizer that might be lovestruck to the point of delusion. 

What's tough about the Dark Ritual is that Morrigan isn't being honest with your character and is afraid to level with you and tries to use the potential of rejection to manipulate you: which is a pretty crappy, albeit common, for a romantic partner to do.  Do you go stern and fair and say that you can't go along with her or do you take a leap of faith that could have disastrous consequences for yourself and perhaps even the world?

My Warden accepted the Dark Ritual and got some closure to the agonizing he did after making his decision and then having her disappear.  And he'll even find out the answers to some of his questions.  Granted, we the audience don't see it yet.

Is Bioware teasing too much?  I have a very high tolerance for teasing so I liked the DLC.  Those that want answers now or want different answers (like details on the baby and its importance) might be diisappointed.  

To me though, Witch Hunt provided useful feedback from Bioware on DAO's primary moral dilemma and also does a good job explaining why the spotlight leaves Morrigan and the Warden for awhile and instead shines on Hawke for DA2.

[harrier25699]

 I got into the beginning of the WH dlc purely out of anticipation.  I was excited to buy it, download it etc.  I read every book in the library and laughed at good old Sandal "Enchantment!".  I started to get a bit miffed when I found myself running around the basement again, having seen it all too many times rolling mage characters.  I also found it rather odd that my new mage companion was allowed to leave the tower so easily, but this didn't spoil much.  When I saw the world map and several existing waypoints I thought that this dlc was going to be epic, and that helped me get into it a bit more.  However I soon found myself revisiting the same places from the Origin campaign and started to lose interest in it.  The new party members were ok but combined with the easiness of the combat (nightmare/hard) by the time I had reached Morrigan I felt a bit let down.  I had hoped that I would get to quest for a short while (at least) with Morrigan but instead we held a conversation.  This part I liked to a point, though I felt somewhat railroaded by the dialogue choices.  It ended somewhat abruptly and without any real warning I was back at the main menu with the DAO 1 storyline now complete.  I admit I was open-mouthed at this point, thinking "omg is that it?".  I thought overall more should have been done with the closure of the story, and compared to other DLC considering this was known to be the last DLC for DAO it was rather brief.

Positives: New party members, some new equipment rewards for existing and new characters, new dialog with Morrigan.

Negatives: Reuse of old areas, new boss creature way too easy, content over too soon, dialogue choices with Morrigan (not bugged) were too few, the ending sequence in general was very disappointing.

5/10.   Sadly too much 'meh!' and not enough 'awesome!' for me.  Perhaps the hyped anticipation of this closing DLC combined with playing ME2's superb LotSB on the same day set my standards higher than WH was able to deliver.

Modifié par harrier25699, 14 septembre 2010 - 12:10 .