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[MidnightsFury]

is to go through your very first complete playthrough with NO WIKI and NO ROMANCE.

Hmmmmm. Can you do it?

Enjoy the game. Stop and admire the graphics. I mean really stop and look at them. Did you miss those beautiful flowers over there? How about the intricate carvings on the wall. Watch how your companions' faces scrunch up when you say something stupid. Listen to the lilt and tone of voices. Make decisions based purely off what you want to do or would do. Not because you worry you won't get to romance John Doe if you go with your gut instincts. Stay off the forums and social media sites until you've completed one playthrough. I guarantee you will come away with a whole new appreciation for the game. Any game, truly. I challenge you to just play.

Modifié par MidnightsFury, 16 décembre 2013 - 10:44 .

[Wulfram]

No Wiki is obvious, unless I'm totally blocked as to what to do. Why would I do no romance? That just means my first romance playthrough will be spoilered.

Modifié par Wulfram, 16 décembre 2013 - 10:50 .

[Decepticon Leader Sully]

Nah the 1st assignment is to get threw it with no STDs from all the sex.. 2nd is to see how long it takes for FOX news to complain about Homosexuality in the game.

[SoulRebel_1979]

MidnightsFury wrote...
NO ROMANCE.

You can't resist the Sandal

[Nonoru]

I don't think the Wikia will be of any help at release.

But yeah, the whole point is to try things out for yourself and share what you experienced with your playthrough over here. That way, it's much more fun. Going in, for the first time, knowing what awaits you kinda defeats the point.

[TribolMan]

I understand doing the first playtrough without using wikis and stuff but I have to ask, why no romance?

[Liyros]

I see your point. Projecting my anxiety about being 'wrong' for whatever reason is a bit silly when I take into account there is an option to simply restart.

[Jorji Costava]

What the OP describes is just how I normally play (never been a huge fan of the romances), so this should be a pretty easy assignment.

[Shark17676]

What does "no romance" have to do with anything?

[BigEvil]

MidnightsFury wrote...
Make decisions based purely off what you want to do or would do.

Why would I ever want to do that? I don't play RPGs to play myself. I'm playing a character, so I do things how they would do them (within the confines of the options available in a cRPG).

[K_Tabris]

The no romances thing might not be to bad. None of them seem particularly appealing for the character I have in mind for the first run.

[Zatche]

EntropicAngel wrote...

The "no romance" one is a bit silly. With no wiki and no prior experience at all with Dragon Age, I jumped into Origins and fell in love with Morrigan. I can't imagine why I would not do that just because it's my first playthrough.

Same. I kinda stumbled on to romancing both Leliana and Morrigan in the same 1st playthrough.

But I will absolutely stay away from the wiki 1st run. I'd rather not spoil the story myself.

[MidnightsFury]

My point with this is to really just enjoy and explore the game, with no pressure.

My very first play through of Origins, my husband had already played, it was only a couple years ago so there was a wealth of info. I got stuck and aggravated so I searched the wiki for help. Which spiraled into depending upon it for every little thing and unbeknownst to me, that shaped some of my decisions and play. DA2 I ditched the wiki and the romance at first. And my first play through was glorious. I took more time, in all honesty, and was able to appreciate (and in some cases, loathe ((Looking at you doubly used dungeons)) other things) my character's journey.

Saying no romance the first go through might sound silly, but it's not. Just my opinion. I love the romances, myself. But *most* people will get caught up in them and begin to make their character's decisions based around that. The anticipation of the romance can throw off the initial experience of the game, I think. Which is also why, and I can understand, some players vehemently oppose the romances. You won't spoil your future romances by eluding them just once. If you don't do them, you won't really miss anything. But what you can gain is a totally new perspective. Just a bit of a social experiment, part poking fun at some of the forumites who are so high strung over the anticipation of the romances that can barely contain themselves, and part just my opinion. Not to be taken too seriously, promise.

[TeamLexana]

No romance. I pass.

[Plaintiff]

No. Buzz off.

[Maria Caliban]

MidnightsFury wrote...

Your first assignment for DA:I is to go through your very first complete playthrough with NO WIKI and NO ROMANCE.

That's going to be hard as I'm an admin for the wiki and will likely be working on articles.

Enjoy the game.

Easy enough. Though it's sad that apparently you can only enjoy a game if you don't romance anyone and if you don't look at a wiki.

Stop and admire the graphics. I mean really stop and look at them.

BioWare's graphics are rarely to be admired. I picked up a brand new armor in TOR the other day, dyed it, and started taking pictures. Immediately noticed some fierce pixilation. While parts of it looked fine, the edge where the fabric met the metal was poorly done.

Actually, stopping to examine things closely seems to be a great way to notice all the graphical problems don't exist during a quick glance.

Did you miss those beautiful flowers over there?

I take it you've never stopped to look at BioWare's flowers. They're often 2D and when you walk around, you only see the front because they always 'face' you.

Make decisions based purely off what you want to do or would do.

Yes, because my PC isn't a character with their own thoughts, viewpoints, and desires, but a shallow power fantasy version of myself.

I guarantee you will come away with a whole new appreciation for the game. Any game, truly. I challenge you to just play.

What I get from this is that you really don't understand that others enjoy things you don't while they find things you like less than enjoyable.

This might be related to you thinking RPing can only be playing yourself; if you have no appreciation for actual people being different from you, then you can't appreciate a PC being different from you.

MidnightsFury wrote...

My point with this is to really just enjoy and explore the game, with no pressure.

Do you know that some people play games on the hardest setting possible? This is because 'pressure' is pleasant to some. It adds to the experience, not subtracts from it.

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 17 décembre 2013 - 12:43 .

[Nightdragon8]

Honestly you get more freedom with Skyrim with "making your own stories" than anything else. I got characters who are werewolves or vampires (Dawnguard Vamps cause Vanilla ones suck).

So the different points in which you can "make a character" in that game and NV. Lets you truely make a character you want.

Yes you could just play it and do every quest that comes your way but I think you miss out on alot.

[Gold Dragon]

I will not do the no romance thing, but I do typically play without using the wiki.  First time I used the Wiki in DA2 was over the Alistair letter (I had imported a game from DAO/A/WH that had Alistair as king.  I got a letter from him that I was almost positive was a trap, since Hawke was an Apostate Spirit Healer/Force Mage).

I didn't find anything.  At least, until after I let the scene play out.....
 Yes, I could try without the Wiki/wikia.  It'll be filled by the power gamers inside of 72 hours after launch by those as play straight thru without eating, sleeping or even using the bathroom anyways, so....

Modifié par A Golden Dragon, 17 décembre 2013 - 12:58 .

[Jozape]

MidnightsFury wrote...

is to go through your very first complete playthrough with NO WIKI and NO ROMANCE.

People look at wikis when playing a BioWare game? I would never look at wikis for fear of ruining my experience. Besides, BioWare games are not rocket science.

Stay off the forums and social media sites until you've completed one playthrough.

Always the goal, never achieved.

[Riverdaleswhiteflash]

MidnightsFury wrote...

NO ROMANCE.

Hmmmmm. Can you do it?

It's not a matter of not being able to.

[Angrywolves]

I usually used a faq from gamefaqs.I don't want to miss anything.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

I usually use the Strategy Guide, mainly for just finding the locations of items and quests. As for the no romance part, it depends on how I like the characters so no promises.

Modifié par LDS Darth Revan, 17 décembre 2013 - 02:22 .

[MKDAWUSS]

No Wiki is kinda easy if you get it Day 1, because the DA Wiki hasn't been filled with the walkthroughs and such.

[Cigne]

No wiki on the first playthough is my usual method; the romances happen or they don't.