I dislike it, but I find I can get through pretty quick.
Suprisingly, I recently did a playthrough and discovered something new there. I never really paid attention to the various planes before (Burning Tower, Templar Nightmare, etc), and how these are all fantasies of the people trapped by Sloth. Like he keeps the mages content just thinking about power and killing each other and controlling Golems. While the Templars are pissed off, with fire based powers, fueled by Rage demons. Sloth is tapping into their fantasies of anger and destruction.
I don't know. I usually just run through and never pay attention, but the symbolism is funny.
So yeah, I found something new to appreciate... but I still don't want to play again. I think this will be my last playthrough.
He feeds to their fantasy which keeps them 'content' enough to not try to get out. Niall is the only one other than the shapeshifters that get what's happening. And even the shapeshifters are back and forth from level headed to torment/trapped like when you meet the mouse, the mouse knows what is going on. The one who is the spirit form, he's a templar I think but not in templar armor... which is showing he is not caught in that fantasy at all or even caught up in the templar mindset. There's no reason anyone in this place would be anyone other than who was in the tower. So who would be there in regular non templar armor? Someone who sees himself more as a warrior than a templar. Templar isn't his identity. Might be why his form is spirit form. Of all the forms, that is mostly one to defend itself and heal. Kind of protection oriented. Crushing prison is a control power that will kill but it's primary function is to stop attacks by putting you in a prison that happens to crush you but unless you have a very weak target, in and of itself it will not kill or at least not quickly. Freeze also more about stopping an attack. It can kill weak targets but it will slow or weaken most others. And healing.... purely protective. Spirit form has a pretty powerful melee. Warrior like but no weapons. Clever
The only templars that were able to resist were the two in the fade (burning man, spirit form and maybe the mouse who could also be a mage or chantry as we don't really see anything but the mouse) ... and cullen who had to be trapped in some force field because he had the most power to resist. I think that really says a damn lot about the templars and their 'abilities' and discipline. All the templars you see in the tower other than Cullen (or outside the doors) are dead or under control. You would think more would have had more ability to resist which I think goes back to what alistair says about it being about discipline and suggests many of the templars that fell victim might have not had the discipline or have been there for the wrong reasons (power, control, etc).
I bet the mouse was a mage.. reminds me of the mage opening. A mage who gets trapped there and isn't part of that mess might want to hide. That's basically what the demon in the fade in the mage opening tells you only he lies to you.
The Golem is a Mage. So that is power/control. Mostly massive power but there's the whole undercurrent there because golems have a control rod. Who holds the control rod? Templars essentially and the Chantry. And he's being attacked by the chantry. That one is brilliant, especially when you think about Shale's story, how the mage controlled her. Only in the fade nobody has a control rod.
The symbolism is well done. That is one thing you can say about the fade for sure.
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