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[Mick301981]

aquaticidioticus wrote...

Mick301981 wrote...

 Moments that moved me

DAO:  Duncan's death(most moving cutscene in either DA game imo)
         
            Speeches before the final onslaught, especially Leliana's(my Warden was in a romance with her), and
            Oghren's ("let's show them our hearts, and then show them theirs") - that line gave me chills.

             Morrigan convo before DR(all I could think was you cold, manipulative, witch)

             Seeing Cailin strung up Christ style in RTO(I felt sad in spite of myself).

DA2:    All that Remains
           
               Bethany's fate at the end of Act1( it was foreshadowed, but it still bummed me out)
             
              The quest involving the templar that makes mages tranquil so he can get his jollies(actually creeped me                 out  and pissed me off more than All That Remains)

              Sister Patrice's end(one of the more satisfying scenes in the game for me)

              Anders actions at the end(I wanted to reach my fists through the tv and beat the ever loving crap out of                        him).

               Isabella screwing Hawke over(initially) at the end of Act 2(that really pissed me off).

               The final cutscene, primarily because of a certain character's appearance(actually got me excited for 
               where the story may go).


I'm sure there are more in both games, but those were the ones that I thought of off the top of my head.

That part did make me quite sad.  Probably because I was romancing him and I have seen him change from Awakening to present... and it's just depressing.  I know there is a lot of Anders hate on the forums, but seriously... you have to at least feel for the guy.  
This game made me emotionally distraught in the manner that I felt as helpless as Hawke.  There were certain moments that got to me, don't get me wrong, but it was the ending that made me feel like everything we had worked for just didn't cut it for crazy 'ol Kirkwall.  In other words, the actual feel you get at the end was my biggest emotional moment.  Redundant? Heck yes. 

My Hawke didn't romance Anders, so maybe you saw a side of him that I didn't.  With that said, | didn't hate the guy until that moment.

I'm not really an end justifies the means kind of guy.  Pretty much why I have no sympathy for Loghain either,

Also why I have difficulty playing morally grey characters in general:).

Modifié par Mick301981, 06 mai 2011 - 08:36 .

[Jedi Master of Orion]

Duncan's death was sad but for me it felt more disappointing than tragic.

I actually felt a lot of emotion when Riordin died. Because it was near the end of the game and I could feel a certain sense of exhaustion as the finale of a long game was finally almost upon me and it was obvious he would fail, but I couldn't help but root for him to save the day anyway .

[aquaticidioticus]

Mick301981 wrote...

aquaticidioticus wrote...

Mick301981 wrote...

 Moments that moved me

DAO:  Duncan's death(most moving cutscene in either DA game imo)
         
            Speeches before the final onslaught, especially Leliana's(my Warden was in a romance with her), and
            Oghren's ("let's show them our hearts, and then show them theirs") - that line gave me chills.

             Morrigan convo before DR(all I could think was you cold, manipulative, witch)

             Seeing Cailin strung up Christ style in RTO(I felt sad in spite of myself).

DA2:    All that Remains
           
               Bethany's fate at the end of Act1( it was foreshadowed, but it still bummed me out)
             
              The quest involving the templar that makes mages tranquil so he can get his jollies(actually creeped me                 out  and pissed me off more than All That Remains)

              Sister Patrice's end(one of the more satisfying scenes in the game for me)

              Anders actions at the end(I wanted to reach my fists through the tv and beat the ever loving crap out of                        him).

               Isabella screwing Hawke over(initially) at the end of Act 2(that really pissed me off).

               The final cutscene, primarily because of a certain character's appearance(actually got me excited for 
               where the story may go).


I'm sure there are more in both games, but those were the ones that I thought of off the top of my head.

That part did make me quite sad.  Probably because I was romancing him and I have seen him change from Awakening to present... and it's just depressing.  I know there is a lot of Anders hate on the forums, but seriously... you have to at least feel for the guy.  
This game made me emotionally distraught in the manner that I felt as helpless as Hawke.  There were certain moments that got to me, don't get me wrong, but it was the ending that made me feel like everything we had worked for just didn't cut it for crazy 'ol Kirkwall.  In other words, the actual feel you get at the end was my biggest emotional moment.  Redundant? Heck yes. 

My Hawke didn't romance Anders, so maybe you saw a side of him that I didn't.  With that said, | didn't hate the guy until that moment.

I'm not really an end justifies the means kind of guy.  Pretty much why I have no sympathy for Loghain either,

Also why I have difficulty playing morally grey characters in general:).

Which is funny, because I feel the same way for Loghain myself.  I don't condone Anders' actions AT ALL (as a player anyway... my Hawke most definitely did, but she was a bit loopy, to say the least)... but I do feel for him as a character.
I have a hard time playing morally ambiguous characters as well.  I have yet to play a Renegade character in ME2 for crying out loud.   But... I guess DA2 was just kind of morally ambiguous as a game (particularly your last choice since both sides are filled to the brim with cray cray), so it was a little less tough for me to play a character within that setting who sympathized with Anders.  In DA:O though, hells to the no... my characters have always been good and I can never side with Loghain.  Different strokes for different... games?  

[Phaedros]

Yes, I cried at the end. Felt like I'd just been to a funeral...

[BroBear Berbil]

No. There were moments in DA2 you'd think would be suited for tears but I just found them to be emotionally draining and depressing. DA2 is just bad **** constantly happening to you and fast forwarding a bit through time to catch back up with a pretty well-adjusted Hawke each time. They really don't give you any time to soak in the tragedy along the way.

Origins was different. While I didn't cry in that either (closest I came was the moment Duncan realizes the betrayal) you were in the moment. The narrative didn't skip you past the points where the characters would grieve.

The ending to me was just crap. I was too busy trying to figure out wtf was going through the heads of some key characters to get sad about anything. It felt like more of a rush job than the rest of the game and by the end I didn't feel invested in the characters or the story anymore.

Modifié par OnionXI, 06 mai 2011 - 10:27 .

[Frank_The_Bunny]

i admit i got choked up when aveline's hubby died.

other than that, not so much.

[The Spirit of Dance]

i never shed tears for Origins or DA2

[graavigala85]

 Yes, tears of anger and dissapointment

[expanding panic]

I've never shed tears over any game.

[v_ware]

No tears on either one.




KOTOR was intense though.

[sonsonthebia07]

I really enjoyed the game and everything but yeah, the ending was really anti-climatic.

That was definitely one of things I preferred Origins over DA2 in - the ending was that of slaying an ancient evil that threatened the land and a final conversation with your party members that DA2 didn't quite do as well (I've never kept a US save file).

Modifié par sonsonthebia07, 06 mai 2011 - 09:22 .

[roundcrow]

To me, the difference between DAO and DA2 was that there was always some larger goal that I was working towards in the former, but in the latter I couldn't see beyond each FedEx quest and I never got the sense that there was anything larger to pursue.

Despite getting achievements for getting up in the morning, brushing my teeth, and taking a shower, I never really felt like I achieved anything meaningful in DA2. I think that's why I didn't get very attached to my Hawke, or really, to anyone. I know this might sound hyperbolic, but DAO gave me opportunities to think about aspects of morality that I hadn't considered.

I think I was surprised because...it seemed to me like there was so much love for the medium evident in the first game, and what came through as a desire to communicate about human nature and a detailed and well-imagined world. There are flashes of this here and there in DA2, but in the end it did not teach me as much as I wanted to learn about Thedas, or people, or maintain a consistent tone or level of intensity.

My .02, FWIW.

[MorrigansLove]

Why can't Bioware ever make a scene as emotional as this in their games? www.youtube.com/watch

[Merilsell]

MorrigansLove wrote...

Why can't Bioware ever make a scene as emotional as this in their games? www.youtube.com/watch

Best movies ever. I remember me sitting in the midnight premiere of RotK and bawling my eyes out. So many wonderful, emotional moments. Epic. This one still gets me every time.

As for the topic: I felt such a close bond to the events/chars in DA:O the first time gaming it and everything was so emotional for me. Gosh the first time I got Alistair's rose or his declaration of love I was blown away with squee...or meeting Tamlen again with my Dalish was such a punch in the stomach that I literally had to pause the game for a few minutes. Also seeing the Broodmother, Ruck, the fade dreams, the twist with Zathrian, Alistair dying for the woman he loves, the Dark Ritual, the gate speeches of my companions (just to name a few) were such memorable and emotional moments for me which felt and progressed naturally. While I found them forced in DA2 a la "You have to be sad now, look there is even sad music" moments.

So yeah, personally I missed those natural emotional moments in DA2, not because I have compared them to DAO but because I didn't *feel* them or cared enough for my character and her friends for that matter. It left me aside from facepalm inducing moments utterly cold. Sad but true.

Modifié par Merilsell, 06 mai 2011 - 10:05 .

[Brawne]

Zero emotion. Sorry Bioware but you are long way from The one that made me almost cry.

[MorrigansLove]

Merilsell wrote...

MorrigansLove wrote...

Why can't Bioware ever make a scene as emotional as this in their games? www.youtube.com/watch

Best movies ever. I remember me sitting in the midnight premiere of RotK and bawling my eyes out. So many wonderful, emotional moments. Epic. This one still gets me every time.

As for the topic: I felt such a close bond to the events/chars in DA:O the first time gaming it and everything was so emotional for me. Gosh the first time I got Alistair's rose or his declaration of love I was blown away with squee...or meeting Tamlen again with my Dalish was such a punch in the stomach that I literally had to pause the game for a few minutes. Also seeing the Broodmother, Ruck, the fade dreams, the twist with Zathrian, Alistair dying for the woman he loves, the Dark Ritual, the gate speeches of my companions (just to name a few) were such memorable and emotional moments for me which felt and progressed naturally. While I found them forced in DA2 a la "You have to be sad now, look there is even sad music" moments.

So yeah, personally I missed those natural emotional moments in DA2, not because I have compared them to DAO but because I didn't *feel* them or cared enough for my character and her friends for that matter. It left me aside from facepalm inducing moments utterly cold. Sad but true.

I think we just became best friends.

[AgentWhale]

First time I got to the ending of DA:O I declined the Dark Ritual with the full intention sacrificing myself.

But when we the time came Alistair came up to me that it's his turn to save me now, and tears started to well up, then about what a terrible king he would have been, and I started to laugh through the tears, I couldn't bring myself to stop him, "Do it Alistair, just do it!"

Modifié par AgentWhale, 06 mai 2011 - 10:27 .

[Zanallen]

I didn't cry in DA II, but I didn't in DA:O either. I don't recall ever crying about a video game.

[Hatchetman77]

aquaticidioticus wrote...
I have a hard time playing morally ambiguous characters as well.  I have yet to play a Renegade character in ME2

I had the same problem.  I had to force myself through an evil playthrough of DA:O, and even then I wasen't really evil, I was just arrogant and selfish.  I couldn't do it all at once and I had to have two chraracters going at the same time swo I could switch to the good one.  After that first evil playthrough though it got much easier.  I made a second evil character who was just downright evil.  If that warden does make an appearance in DA3 it will be because my Warden is the primary antagonist and Hawke will have to kill him.

[Rockpopple]

Seriously? People cried at the end of Origins? Wow. Okay. lol.

I didn't, nor did I cry for Dragon Age II. I did cry at the end of Mass Effect 2, but only because I was blown away by how epic the ending was.

Same as the Dark Knight, actually. Cried at the end of that movie out of sheer epic awesomeness.

The only thing that's made me cry out of actual emotion recently was Toy Story 3.

Dragon Age: Origins made people cry? Huh. Different strokes.

[aquaticidioticus]

Hatchetman77 wrote...

aquaticidioticus wrote...
I have a hard time playing morally ambiguous characters as well.  I have yet to play a Renegade character in ME2

I had the same problem.  I had to force myself through an evil playthrough of DA:O, and even then I wasen't really evil, I was just arrogant and selfish.  I couldn't do it all at once and I had to have two chraracters going at the same time swo I could switch to the good one.  After that first evil playthrough though it got much easier.  I made a second evil character who was just downright evil.  If that warden does make an appearance in DA3 it will be because my Warden is the primary antagonist and Hawke will have to kill him.

You've inspired me to try and make it through an evil pt in DA:O, if only for Hawke potentially being able to kill them.  Epic showdown? I think so.
On a side note: I love your sig.  The Blight Orfins were one of the best things in Awakening. 

[aquaticidioticus]

Rockpopple wrote...

Seriously? People cried at the end of Origins? Wow. Okay. lol.

I didn't, nor did I cry for Dragon Age II. I did cry at the end of Mass Effect 2, but only because I was blown away by how epic the ending was.

Same as the Dark Knight, actually. Cried at the end of that movie out of sheer epic awesomeness.

The only thing that's made me cry out of actual emotion recently was Toy Story 3.

Dragon Age: Origins made people cry? Huh. Different strokes.

I only teared up (more like welled up a little) when my own Warden sacrified herself. Otherwise, not so much.  And I agree with the Toy Story 3 sentiment... deary was I a mess when that movie ended.  

[Aradace]

I gotta go with Rockpopple on this one and say Origins made people cry? Seriously? Even the ONE time I sacrificed my Warden to stop the Archdemon I still didnt even come close to shedding a tear. Not even so much as a knot in my throat. I kinda just shrugged during the funeral and said "Wow, that was pointless."

Didnt cry at the end of DA2 either. Albeit I enjoyed everything about the game (including the ending because I HATE epilogue stills) 100 times more than Origins. But I still didnt cry.

Does this mean Im an emotionless husk? No, it means that video games and movies (as good as some are) lack the capacity to make me even shed a croc tear. Now if my mother died, sure, I'd cry because it's my mother (Not to mention when she goes I'll technically be considered an orphan but that's neither here nor there.) If my doberman died, hell yea I'd cry. He's the closest thing to a child I'll ever want and I spoil him rotten lol. If my wife died, that should go without saying, yea, I'll cry.

But come ON!! A game?! Seriously?! I can even give some head room for "some" movies, but a video game? No, just, no...

[sonsonthebia07]

Well, this is in my opinion the most emotional scene in a video game that I've ever experienced. I can't watch it without my eyes watering up.

I can't say I've actually cried from a scene in a movie or a video game though. I'm emotionally inept.

[Aradace]

Omg I hated Lost Odyssey lol XD