Elysis wrote...
My Warden will sacrifice herself any day of the week.
So will mine - if she's blooming-well allowed! My first playthrough ended with Warden Commander rather than Ultimate Sacrifice, but not through any wish of mine or my character's. (Alistair had been in my party for the entire game. Why would I leave him at the gates instead of taking him to fight the archdemon with me? Seems fairly irresponsible as another Warden could be the difference between victory and defeat.)
Now, in dramatic terms, pulling this kind of trick on the player is very effective. I'm not saying I don't want plot twists and surprises. But I don't want to be bitten in the ass for thinking things through. (David Gaider has said that anyone would thought it through should have realised that Alistair wouldn't let the woman he loves sacrifice herself, but my character was focused on how best to defeat the archdemon, and it seemed stupid to leave Alistair behind. So I thought things through differently than Mr. Gaider did, but I felt my conclusions were valid.)
Elysis wrote...
I don't want my Shepard to have to do the same. Or have to chose between Kaidan and the Universe. 'Cause she'll chose the Universe. And then will become the local drunk. 
This is just it. Shepard will do what she has to do - and I wish there were more really tough paragon choices, honestly, so that doing the right thing was a bit harder. But that doesn't mean that playing the game should be traumatic.
sesheta255 wrote...
If it comes down to it, I'd sacrifice Shepard before I sacrificed Kaidan.
Same here (again, assuming that the game allows it). But I feel the situation's a bit different to Dragon Age. Kaidan already lost Shepard once. Seeing her die again would just be awful. I would seriously feel worse for Kaidan in that situation than I would for Shepard. I mean, Alistair is very far from trauma-free, but when I think of Kaidan's struggle to get over the loss of Shepard, getting her back, working through his complicated emotions, and maybe eventually opening up again - only to lose her once more - I just cannot put words to how painful that would be. Awful!
Modifié par Estelindis, 22 janvier 2011 - 03:07 .