Newschmoo wrote...
The only time I have cried playing a game was at the end of ME3 (actually thinking about it I did have a sniffle about Mordin) but then I had played all 3 games in a row so I did feel like I had been on a journey with Shepard. The music just really got to me. ME has a great score.
I really liked the score for DAO though, particularly when you were at camp. It just had an ambient feel to it that I found soothing.
Do you think that all DA games should have the Warden as the PC? I can see why he/she isn't from a voiced PC point of view. That would have involved a lot of voice acting work. Saying that I am more fond of my Wardens than Hawke. I think that's due to the origins element.
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I cried the first time I played ME3, and that was without having played ME 1&2. Recently I played the whole trilogy and definitely cried again, but more (when Mordin died, at the end, when EDI's face flashed because I knew she was about to die, and also when Legion died... geez). All three ME games also had my heart racing and had me cheering and callng out loud to the characters.
Also one of my favorite things to do in ME3 is to stop in front of that guy on the bridge and make him salute me. "That's right, b!tch, salute me," I think. Or say aloud. And also "Hey, sweetie!" every time I Joker says hi to Shepard. B/c I don't know, I feel like a mother to him lol
DA:O had no real emotional impact on me, although the Ostagar sequence, with the monsters.. what are they called again lol darkspawn, with them slowly approaching, and the creepy music, it ALWAYS gives me chills. Branka's lover's chant also always gives me heeby jeebies. But none of the music is memorable, save for that Ostagar scene. I can't remember any of it...
DA2... I can recall the tavern song... and Fenris' song, BECAUSE I'VE PLAYED THE GAME SO DAMN MUCH lol But otherwise, no music stands out. And the game never gave me feels, except maybe the cool ending. I think this is in part because it was underdeveloped but also because the ST is sub-par when compared to ME (obviously just my opinion). Fenris is still my favorite character, and I still love playing an elf more than some generic soldier dude, so that doesn't mean I love ME more.
I think if all the DA games had had the same PC it would have impacted me more deeply, but then again, I never would have gotten to romance Fenris and would have been stuck with Zevran all the way through lol Still, I think I do like my various elf Wardens more than Hawke, just because I think they are cute. But DA2 is still the better experience for me because the mute Warden just rips me out of the game completely. I feel like I'm playing a game, not directing a narrative.