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[hotlikemexico]

It looks like Anders shows up in this video around 3:25. He's got that black shrug-thingy on his shoulders, so I'm assuming it is him (unless that's the new style in Thedas...).

Do you think that's him?
If it is, what do you think his role will be?

Modifié par hotlikemexico, 10 janvier 2011 - 01:37 .

[Sith Grey Warden]

It would be great if he was a companion, which, considering he is standing next to Aveline, Isabela, Varric, and Fenris, is entirely possible.



As for how he ended up in a Templar-dominated city, that's another question.

[BTCentral]

We've seen that in a screenshot before. Personally I'm not convinced it's even Anders.

[Shepard Lives]

BTCentral wrote...
 Personally I'm not convinced it's even Anders.

This. He could well turn out to be him, but I'm quite skeptical.

[Johnny Shepard]

It could be, who knows. The Devs said that Awakening would bridge DA:O with DAII and that characters from Awakening would have an importent part in DAII. That doesnt mean that any of them will be companions but it would be logical that a big character from Awakening would be a companion.

Myself I would have wanted the friendly Darkspawn hero who saved people but since you could have him killed in Awakening it would be impossible.

[Xewaka]

That's just a dude in a Tevinter mage robe. Could be anyone.

[s0meguy6665]

No thanks... I didn't really like any character from awakening.

[GameBoyish]

I'm not holding my breath but he would be a fun addition to the team imho...

[Saibh]

I don't think of fun additions to the team as being dead. Which he can be.



In any case, that would mean a potential three DAO characters as companions. I think that's way too much. I want new companions, not a bunch of my old ones. What would be the point as playing Hawke, in a new country, with a new story, if I'm just bringing the same people.

[The Lesser Evil]

Saibh wrote...

I don't think of fun additions to the team as being dead. Which he can be.

In any case, that would mean a potential three DAO characters as companions. I think that's way too much. I want new companions, not a bunch of my old ones. What would be the point as playing Hawke, in a new country, with a new story, if I'm just bringing the same people.

Three? There's Isabela if you count throwaway NPCs from the DAO, but that's pretty much where my list ends.

Enlighten me, por favor.

[Saibh]

The Lesser Evil wrote...

Saibh wrote...

I don't think of fun additions to the team as being dead. Which he can be.

In any case, that would mean a potential three DAO characters as companions. I think that's way too much. I want new companions, not a bunch of my old ones. What would be the point as playing Hawke, in a new country, with a new story, if I'm just bringing the same people.

Three? There's Isabela if you count throwaway NPCs from the DAO, but that's pretty much where my list ends.

Enlighten me, por favor.

Merrill. Assuming she's really a companion.

[The Lesser Evil]

Saibh wrote...

The Lesser Evil wrote...

Saibh wrote...

I don't think of fun additions to the team as being dead. Which he can be.

In any case, that would mean a potential three DAO characters as companions. I think that's way too much. I want new companions, not a bunch of my old ones. What would be the point as playing Hawke, in a new country, with a new story, if I'm just bringing the same people.

Three? There's Isabela if you count throwaway NPCs from the DAO, but that's pretty much where my list ends.

Enlighten me, por favor.

Merrill. Assuming she's really a companion.

Ah, her.

Yeah.

Wouldn't really feel bad if she wasn't excluded. I liked her voice actress, but she just misses... well, something that would make her an interesting addition to the game. >.>

[David Gaider]

Saibh wrote...
In any case, that would mean a potential three DAO characters as companions. I think that's way too much. I want new companions, not a bunch of my old ones. What would be the point as playing Hawke, in a new country, with a new story, if I'm just bringing the same people.

Any character who was previously a party member that we bring back as a party member again will be because we thought there was more to explore with them.

Minor characters from DAO, such as Isabela, are a different situation entirely. You barely got to know them, if at all. To assume that there's nothing more to them than the sliver you encountered is to ignore the fact that we can have whole new stories for them-- and the connection to DAO gives us a nice base to jump off of.

That's not to say that assumptions expressed in this thread are necessarily correct, I'm just saying that I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the idea, if I were you.

[Beerfish]

Saibh wrote...

I don't think of fun additions to the team as being dead. Which he can be.

In any case, that would mean a potential three DAO characters as companions. I think that's way too much. I want new companions, not a bunch of my old ones. What would be the point as playing Hawke, in a new country, with a new story, if I'm just bringing the same people.

Oh I don't know, Justice/Kristoff pulled it off pretty good. 

[SnakeHelah]

He could return, though I'm not entirely sure, it depends on if you played awakenings, he could have been captured by templars again as far as I remember in one of the epilogues. Oh I don't know.

[Saibh]

David Gaider wrote...

Any character who was previously a party member that we bring back as a party member again will be because we thought there was more to explore with them.

Minor characters from DAO, such as Isabela, are a different situation entirely. You barely got to know them, if at all. To assume that there's nothing more to them than the sliver you encountered is to ignore the fact that we can have whole new stories for them-- and the connection to DAO gives us a nice base to jump off of.

That's not to say that assumptions expressed in this thread are necessarily correct, I'm just saying that I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the idea, if I were you.

Fair enough. But it's not a decision I particularly like. As a writer, exploring older characters (especially ones you didn't have the time/resources to develop) must be a great exercise, and quite a bit of fun. As a player, I'd prefer companions I didn't already have an opinion on, that my Warden didn't already form some sort of relationship about. That way it's Hawke's opinion and Hawke's relationship--not the Warden's idea, and that experience, coloring it.

Anyhow, it's not like I'll cry boo-hoo sobby tears about it.

Modifié par Saibh, 10 janvier 2011 - 03:35 .

[ErichHartmann]

I'm sure if Anders does return the writers don't care what happened in Awakening. Besides, I can't imagine a reasonable amount of people chose to hand over Anders to the Templars. I bet the majority kept him as a companion and he survived somehow.

[Maria Caliban]

shepard_lives wrote...

BTCentral wrote...
 Personally I'm not convinced it's even Anders.

This. He could well turn out to be him, but I'm quite skeptical.

Indeed.

[The Elder King]

David Gaider wrote...

Saibh wrote...
In any case, that would mean a potential three DAO characters as companions. I think that's way too much. I want new companions, not a bunch of my old ones. What would be the point as playing Hawke, in a new country, with a new story, if I'm just bringing the same people.

Any character who was previously a party member that we bring back as a party member again will be because we thought there was more to explore with them.

Minor characters from DAO, such as Isabela, are a different situation entirely. You barely got to know them, if at all. To assume that there's nothing more to them than the sliver you encountered is to ignore the fact that we can have whole new stories for them-- and the connection to DAO gives us a nice base to jump off of.

That's not to say that assumptions expressed in this thread are necessarily correct, I'm just saying that I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the idea, if I were you.

I don't have any problem in the return of a companion of DAO as a companion in DA2, but in the case of Anders, I have some doubts, only because in some endings he remains with the Wardens at Vigil's Keep. I'm ok I there's an explanation about his return, but I wouldn't like an Anders that has the same situation for every type of DAA import.

[HolyAvenger]

One of his DAA endings had him joining Isabela's crew (or so it was implied). I wouldn't be surprised if showed up at all.



(especially given the lack of reveals of mages so far)

[_Aine_]

The Lesser Evil wrote...

Saibh wrote...

The Lesser Evil wrote...

Saibh wrote...

I don't think of fun additions to the team as being dead. Which he can be.

In any case, that would mean a potential three DAO characters as companions. I think that's way too much. I want new companions, not a bunch of my old ones. What would be the point as playing Hawke, in a new country, with a new story, if I'm just bringing the same people.

Three? There's Isabela if you count throwaway NPCs from the DAO, but that's pretty much where my list ends.

Enlighten me, por favor.

Merrill. Assuming she's really a companion.

Ah, her.

Yeah.

Wouldn't really feel bad if she wasn't excluded. I liked her voice actress, but she just misses... well, something that would make her an interesting addition to the game. >.>

Sometimes I feel like the only one who didn't like Merrill.  I don't know why exactly, I just didn't like her.  *shrugs* 

That said, I am not adverse at  all to re-visiting old characters if they bring something to the story.  Some people I wanted to know better typically died though, so little chance of most of them.  

Now, I can't say I am counted as an Anders fan either, but technically, he WOULD fit the chantry vs tower thing that seems to be brewing, and has been for a while.  I wouldn't be against it.  Could be very interesting, and maybe he would win me over. 

Not that him being logical means anything, of course. 

Modifié par shantisands, 10 janvier 2011 - 03:45 .

[Maria Caliban]

After ME 2, where every companion had an entire thread dedicated to bringing them back, I'm surprised that people might companion about three people we've happened to meet (only one of which was a permanent companion, one of which was a NPC, and one of which was a companion for all of five minutes) becoming permanant companions.

I suppose it's the nature of the different series.

Isabela looks to be fun. I'd be interested in learning about a land that wasn't controlled by the Chantry/Qun and that didn't view mages as monsters. Given that she was apparently a slave trader, I expect my squeeky clean PC might head down a rivalry path with her. The idea bothered me at first but now I'm looking forward to how that works out.

I don't even remember Merrial. I like the idea of having a dalish in my group as we'll probably be exploring elven ruins again, and she's probably less hostile than Velanna. I hope she's more the polite, walking encyclopedia type like Tali and Liana in ME. (If she's in)

Anders never did much for me, but I never finished Awakening.

shantisands wrote...

Sometimes I feel like the only one who didn't like Merrill.  I don't know why exactly, I just didn't like her.  *shrugs*

I have no idea how anyone could like or dislike her. That's like saying, "You know that guy I passed on the way to work who waved at me? I don't like that guy."

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 10 janvier 2011 - 03:54 .

[Addai]

@shantisands, Merrill is kind of bossy, so maybe that's what you're responding to. After Velanna I would rather have a Dalish hunk of beefcake rather than another female Dalish mage, but I'm happy the Dalish are being treated at all.

As for Anders, I could see it being another Garrus, where some people want him as LI so they bring him back but keep it under wraps until the game comes out. We haven't had any mage reveals and there should be another male LI, too, assuming Fenris to be one and there likely to be a human. I have zero interest in Anders myself, but am starting to think it could be him.

Modifié par Addai67, 10 janvier 2011 - 03:59 .

[Tinxa]

Saibh wrote...

Anyhow, it's not like I'll cry boo-hoo sobby tears about it.

But, but... but you must!!! What would the forum be if people stopped crying and complaining about minor game features

Personally I hope it's not Anders. I liked him in Awakening but for DA2 I wouldn't like him in my party, especially since it's so many different ways he could end up. And yeah "one" ending where he ends up on a pirate ship isn't going to cut it.

Merril is ok I guess. I'm not that invested in Dalish origin and if she's a bit boring there that's just the point. In DA2 her personality could be anything. To a human Hawke she could be just as mean as Vellana (though I hope not as I hated Velanna)

[David Gaider]

hhh89 wrote...
I don't have any problem in the return of a companion of DAO as a companion in DA2, but in the case of Anders, I have some doubts, only because in some endings he remains with the Wardens at Vigil's Keep. I'm ok I there's an explanation about his return, but I wouldn't like an Anders that has the same situation for every type of DAA import.

No matter what character we bring in, if they had any epilogue text (no matter how far into the future that epilogue forecast) I'm positive that we won't treat them nearly as sacrosanct as some people on these forums will think we should. That's not, you'll note, the same as not dealing with them at all.