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[Sardart]

...... that surely I won't satisfy. But:

What I have after ending this game that sooo loudly yells for an expansion ?
A lingering sensation of losing hope in everything.

Although DA2 storyline enthralled me even more than DA:O; making me prefer the second installment over the first, it is totally filled with very bad and painfull feelings. Everyone in the end lose something, and recover almost anything. People can't be anymore so easily pulled and pushed and take their own decisions; making 'em surely more " Alive " than DA:O, rendering partially useless the Champion in the other hand.

And what my Hawke sees in the end ?
Death and Chaos.

That can surely be interesting to continue on the journey. But it leaves a weird feeling.

Father dead. Brother dead. Sister dead or left for good. Mother dead.
Come on, at least give peace to the poor dog.

Anders - that I liked the most as a char in the previous installment - got my blade on his throat.
Companions left me for " various reasons ".... like " hey sorry, we fought a ****ton of dragons, but we can't afford to have the world against us. Bye bye. .... ah btw you are cursed "
Merril is no more the accursed one; Hawke is.

And can I get some relax over a romance ?
May I have my bastard but strong and lovely Morrigan, or my sweet menage-a-trois Leliana ?

No.
I have a STD pirate that won't ever be "mine", and that I'll have to share with others.
Can at least Isabella gives me some sort of relief, of strenght to endure ? Nope, because she usually prefer to flee.

In the other hand I have Merill, and that would be the right cherry on top; shouldering eachother, hoping to live in a dream, fleeing reality and living as loser outcasts.

Better a male ? Anders ? Kill the damn bastard, he is no Gollum, he hasn't a second chance or "future plans" XD

I actually think the whole game would be better appreciated as a Chaotic-Evil or Neutral-Neutral traits, laying waste on everything or leaving all the issues without caring for anything.
Because in the end, a Good Hawke that worked its ass hard to keep a balance, will watch powerless a landscape of death and decay.
Who cares for Law ? Live the moment as it is the very climax of your life. Feed the damned Isabella to the Arishok, as he will surely make her pray for a bit of chastity in the end. Yaah leave her rot in some gang banging qunari fortress.
And give me an option to execute Merril in behalf of the elves.

So personally I won't perpetuate some suicidal intents, but surely that ending didn't left me satisfied.
....... but I guess ol' bioware knows how to hype things up for dlcs.
....Thinkin' about that leaves even less hope on humans and their greed.

Deatwish anyone else ?

[Edge2177]

Honestly, did you ever play Baldur's Gate 2? It had two separate parts, Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal. There wasn't a great ending for SoA, and the expansion gave a 'true' ending to a heroic storyline. Is it too much to ask you to wait for the next part?

[OLDIRTYBARON]

I thank the OP for today's dose crazy people saying crazy ****.

[Shepard Lives]

When I finished the game I definitely got the feeling that one of the main themes presented was that being good sucks, but it's worth it.

[Teshayel]

Edge2177 wrote...

Honestly, did you ever play Baldur's Gate 2? It had two separate parts, Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal. There wasn't a great ending for SoA, and the expansion gave a 'true' ending to a heroic storyline. Is it too much to ask you to wait for the next part?

Totally agree here. DA2 is much more like Baldur's Gate than any of the other RPGs Bioware got out since. Cannot wait for the third installment

Modifié par Teshayel, 18 mars 2011 - 05:27 .

[Icy Magebane]

I'm not sure I even understand the OP. If you mean would my Hawke lose all hope because of the events surrounding him, no. I hate stories where the hero dies, so obviously mine would not succumb to despair and end his own life.

I agree that the story was fairly depressing, however, and I'm not really looking forward to a continuation of the DA story. Honestly, I didn't give a damn about what was going on around me by the end. Hawke lost all control of the situation (if he had any to begin with), and basically DA seems like a franchise where no matter what you do, your character and the world itself are going to get screwed. Not really my cup of tea.

Modifié par Icy Magebane, 18 mars 2011 - 05:35 .

[Medhia Nox]

You must not be a fan of the Greeks then Icy Magebane.

[Icy Magebane]

lol... not the stories where the heroes die, no. I just don't like tragedies. Too much of that in real life to be bothered with it in literature. (shrug)

[Lord_Saulot]

Dealing with real issue is one of the main points of literature. Tragedy is just as important as comedy, though I can appreciate that it might not be what you are looking for now.

[mopotter]

Icy Magebane wrote...

I'm not sure I even understand the OP. If you mean would my Hawke lose all hope because of the events surrounding him, no. I hate stories where the hero dies, so obviously mine would not succumb to despair and end his own life.

I agree that the story was fairly depressing, however, and I'm not really looking forward to a continuation of the DA story. Honestly, I didn't give a damn about what was going on around me by the end. Hawke lost all control of the situation (if he had any to begin with), and basically DA seems like a franchise where no matter what you do, your character and the world itself are going to get screwed. Not really my cup of tea.

Me too.  I play video games to forget about what's happening in the real world, not to be depressed.  Sad,  very sad.  I've always enjoyed BW games and now, I'll be getting ME3 because I have1 and 2, but for any other game, I'll have to wait till it's out, see a walk through or talk to someone who has played it and if it's a totally depressing ending, I'll go back to an old game.  

They do a great job with their characters, but a depressing ending isn't something I want to spend my time or money on.  I don't need a video game to remind me what it feels like to have your mom die.  i don't want a video game that is as depressing as the real world.  Why pay for depression, i can just read the paper or watch the news for that.

[mopotter]

Lord_Saulot wrote...

Dealing with real issue is one of the main points of literature. Tragedy is just as important as comedy, though I can appreciate that it might not be what you are looking for now.

 If I find a new author I've never read, I check out the ending before buying it.  I'll always take Much Ado About Nothing over Romeo and Juliet.

If i want to be depressed, I go through my family album and see pictures of my loved ones who have died, or watch the news or talk to a friend who at 44 is recovering from a slight stroke and is pregnant and had to take a loan out for the shots they want her to take.  Life can suck.  i want a video game to make me forget that for a while.   The last couple of BW games (DA:O and 2)  have had great stories, interesting characters that I liked, but for me failed in the most important part of the game.  Having a couple of endings that can be seen as a happy ones along with the depressing ones.