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Stanley Woo wrote...
I'm not sure if it's been brought up already, but how do players here feel about the way religion was handled in Dragon Age: Origins--a fictional monotheism which could very easily be compared to real-world religions?
It is interesting and engaging? Does it seem preachy or modeled too closely on a real-world religion? Did you even notice? Did you want to learn more about it?
And to keep it on topic for the forum: What kind of religion system do you think would fit in well with the Mass Effect universe? What role would a modern-day Earth religion deity play for a space-faring, alien-meeting human?
And thank you all for keeping it mature and professional. I appreciate that.
I'm a pretty religious monotheist so I really appreciated the inclusion of a monotheistic religion that my character could believe in if they chose. I also have a degree in history so it became extremely obvious quite early that Thedas is very much inspired by medieval Europe. Since Bioware did such a fantastic job of catching the feel of that era, I think it would have been impractical and almost silly to make Thedas society secular or polytheistic given the importance of monotheistic religions in Europe in the Middle Ages. It made the setting much more dynamic and interesting. The balance of course is to make sure that the storytelling doesn't "take sides." Give players ample opportunities to say things like "I don't believe in the Maker" or "Stuff it, you religious wacko!" I think Bioware succeeded in doing this very thing. They don't take sides on the issue. The player can hate the Chantry for good reason (persecution of mages, Exalted March on the elves, etc.) but they can also love it for good reasons (overthrow of Tevinter, stopping abominations, etc.)
However, I would have to say I don't want to see human religion touched on in Mass Effect. Thedas is a made-up place completely removed from the real world, while Mass Effect is a fictionalized representation of OUR future. If you made up a religion for humans, I would want to know why the old ones faded away which could raise some sensitive topics that would make people angry. The implication that their religion would not survive the ages would tick them off, trust me. If you portrayed an actual religion than people would start screaming "Why Islam and not Buddhism?" and so on. I don't mind exploreing alien religions because they are just that :alien and I approve of vague spirituality as presented by Ashley. Simple statements like "I believe in God" work fine but everything else is just inviting unneeded conflict. One exception I might consider alright would be a human convert to some alien religion or an alien convert to some human religion. (I think the codex said some turians had picked up Zen Buddhism.) If you could really tie that to just the one character and explore it as their personal choice and personality without making sweeping generalizations I think it could work. It would also be very interesting.
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But, then again I'm Pagan! I also thought the Dwarven religion was very neat (and so never let that Dwarf involved with the Chantry get anywhere!). I liked that you provided alternatives, though I wish if you were another race(elven or dwarf) you would be able to explain more about your own religion to your companions instead of just being like, "Now who's that Andraste person again?" I liked that its very vague, so atheists and relgious types alike can pick and chose what they want their character to be like.
