coldwetn0se wrote...
...When I eventually got ambushed by Zevran, I let him go, but I honestly thought I would lose companions if I took him with me (again, this is from someone who had NO idea what she was doing....dialogue from Alistair made me think that he or other current companions would leave.) I also didn't have the Stone Prisoner at the time, so again, another companion that I didn't use. NOW, what is the point of this you ask?? Simple; even though I didn't have Zev (sacrilege, I know) and Sten, BW still recorded VO, add content to the game, and render graphics even though they could be missed or not chosen by some as companions. The content is there whether you activate it or not. Same can be said in DLC's. Look at Legacy for example (and I choose this DLC in particular because this seems to be a newer direction BW wants to take by adding more companion immersion into said DLC), you have (potentially) 8 companions to choose from to bring with you on the campaign. All of them have some unique banter and some interjections throughout the story. On top of that, three of them (sibling, Varric and Anders) have even more interaction (content exclusive to said characters) with Hawke and other NPC's. Yet, I could choose never to bring those three if I wished. Still, the content WAS made and "could" be utilized depending on who you bring with you.
All of the squaddies from ME2 should have had such treatment. Each of them should have had quality content, and enough of it to feel satifying. It doesn't matter that they "might" be dead. Because these are RPG's, there is often many different ways people would want to play these games, and those that like perfect runs (all missions/sidequests complete, all characters who can be kept alive, live), would get that. Those that like mulitiple runs with different outcomes, would choose to do many play throughs. I myself have a variety of play throughs. Some not so "perfect", and I take no issue with "loosing out" on content for those specific run throughs because some squaddies/NPC's/Crew are dead. I have other saves where they are not, so I would eventually see ALL content available to me in said game. This would be no different than me never recruiting Sten and Zev, or never choosing to take Varric/sibling/Anders through Legacy. I don't feel cheated, because I CAN still get the content if I choose (there's that word again....choose, choice, chosen, chose)...
Yes, this would have meant money in development. Many have pointed to monies spent for me3 on content that we didn't want and/or need. The focus should have always been on the characters in this game, since that is what drives most of us to play these games to begin with. I had asked the other day about how long it took most of you to play LotSB (last week I played it in about 2.5 hours). If you take into consideration the number of sqaddies/exsquaddies we have, and had given each of them content close to LotSB, then add in other content specific to your main objective (i.e. reapers), time wise, the game would have matched (roughly) the same as ME2. And if all of the character missions would have related to the main one (through gaining of war assets, or finding valuable intel, and getting you and your team other advantages), then this would have truly been a character driven story. The type of story I was most interested in, and I believe others were too. Most people who have played me3, say that the two most memorable missions were Tuchunka and Rannoch. I would argue that those were memorable because they were character driven storylines. Could you imagine if that was the bulk of this game? I think it would have been absolutely amazing. Admittedly, this is just my opinion; my .02.
Alright, I have prattled on long enough, and I apologize for being (yet again) very long winded. Not even sure this will make sense.....(I swear, that is going to be my new mantra....sheesh!)
Well I have understood all what you wrote here so I guess it make sense ^^. I agree with the content should be there IN CASE someone choose this. What I can not understand is WHY they could make the game different after the two precedent episods were succesfull as they were ?? Im glad I had dragon age to comfort me after the betraying they have done to my Thane ;( oops sorry. OUR Thane.
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