Ugh... more of these threads..... Anyway...
Hank84 wrote...
Ending does explain some stuff, just because you dont understand doesnt mean its bad. You dont find out what happened to other characters is because Varric obviously left Hawke after that battle and he could only tell the story up to then. Its perfectly understandable even for someone who didnt do DA1.
Yes, it explains some stuff. Yes, Varric dont know what happens to everyone. Yes, most of it is understandable to people who havent played DA:O. All these things are true in one way or another but that doesnt make it any better.
The ending is in fact terrible. Even in a cliffhanger you need some sort of closure. A cliffhanger in a game is generally a bad idea anyway. A game you play to win. Even if the story is good, and it makes you want to play the game even more, you play to beat the game.
One of the "themes" of the game, the small guy rising to power, ends in fact in act 2. The other theme, mages VS, templars doesnt end at all, it escalates without any closure whatsoever. We know nothing of the Lyrium Idol.
We dont know what Flemeth is up to. We dont know what Morrigan is doing and where. We dont know where the Warden is or where Hawke went. The fact that Hawke is gone makes the whole rise to power thing feel like a waste of time. Especially when you side with the templars and theres no reason for him to leave at all. If there is a reason, once again, we dont know about it.
The only thing we acctually accomplish in the game, besides adding to our own confusion, is killing two (three if you kill Anders) crazy people. The fact that the mage/templar conflict exists without these people makes it even less of an accomplishment.
The ending is bad, theres just no denying it.