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[Elhanan]

While I did not care for Darkspawn Chronicles initially, it improved over time, and gave a storybook tale of the importance of the Warden (ie; It's A Wonderful Life). I especially liked the scenes with Howe, Herron, and Wade.

[themikefest]

While I did not care for Darkspawn Chronicles initially, it improved over time, and gave a storybook tale of the importance of the Warden (ie; It's A Wonderful Life). I especially liked the scenes with Howe, Herron, and Wade.

I like that dlc even though I played it the fewest amount of times compared to the others.

 

Too bad ME3 didn't have a Reaper Chronicles dlc.

[Elhanan]

Disliked the Boss fight, but enjoyed the rest of Golems, as well as the spiffy stick as a reward.

[thats1evildude]

That ending scene just reminds me of how much better the design of the hurlock alphas is now.

 

DAO Hurlock Alpha: Generic dude in overly-fancy armour. Could easily be a human if they gave it actual dialogue.

 

Spoiler

 

DA2-DAI Hurlock Alpha: Horrific monster.

 

Spoiler

[Ariella]

I pretty much said all of this in my first two posts in this thread. Except I don't really consider Awakening a DLC.

You said All dlc, not just DAO. MotA and Legacy were superior to pretty much all of them.

[Ariella]

That ending scene just reminds me of how much better the design of the hurlock alphas is now.

DAO Hurlock Alpha: Generic dude in fancy armour. Could easily be a human if they gave it actual dialogue.



DA2-DAI Hurlock Alpha: Horrific monster.

Someone is gonna want to burn you at the stake for this...but you're right. The new one reminds me of the cut sequence of the mouth of Sauron in Return of the King.

Edit: for giggles
http://m.youtube.com...h?v=x2Ii4BLiR28

[Elhanan]

The latter one is from DA2; another model was used in DAI and The Descent DLC, I believe.

[rashie]

From what I know about its sales it was far from a failure, although I do find their marketing strategies a bit odd.

[thats1evildude]

The latter one is from DA2; another model was used in DAI and The Descent DLC, I believe.

The hurlock alpha still looks the same in DAI, just slightly updated.

[wolfhowwl]

The only way that I can imagine this comment making any sense is if a toddler still wearing diapers happened to be magically speaking these words before its next feeding.

 

Are they wrong? DA:O DLC was mediocre at best.

 

Witch Hunt and Lair of the Shadowbroker came out on the same day and the comparison was not favorable to the Dragon Age franchise.

[In Exile]

That ending scene just reminds me of how much better the design of the hurlock alphas is now.

 

DAO Hurlock Alpha: Generic dude in overly-fancy armour. Could easily be a human if they gave it actual dialogue.

 

Spoiler

 

DA2-DAI Hurlock Alpha: Horrific monster.

 

Spoiler

 

Not only that, but the armour was so absurdly ornate, even the massive armour Cailan wore was barely a match. The darkspawn looked like the equivalent of a royal guard for some noble human king, not bestial abominations.

[c0bra951]

I guess half is a bit too high. According to the twitter below, I would said 1/4 to 1/3 is a safe bet. I agree the ratio of female players has increased and is increasing, obiviously.

 

https://twitter.com/...816732427055107

 

This proves nothing, though.  4 of my 5 inquisitors are female, and I'm a straight guy.

[Wulfram]

I guess half is a bit too high. According to the twitter below, I would said 1/4 to 1/3 is a safe bet. I agree the ratio of female players has increased and is increasing, obiviously.

 

https://twitter.com/...816732427055107

 

 

I don't think there's much reason to think it's increasing.  It was about 30% for previous games.

[In Exile]

This proves nothing, though.  4 of my 5 inquisitors are female, and I'm a straight guy.

 

So why wouldn't the reverse the true? It's only true if you assume women don't play as men and the choice of sex (favouring one vs. the other) isn't randomly distributed.

[Apollexander]

This proves nothing, though.  4 of my 5 inquisitors are female, and I'm a straight guy.

The fact might never be exactly known. However, the official statistics are more reliable than some examples.

[thewatcheruatu]

So why wouldn't the reverse the true? It's only true if you assume women don't play as men and the choice of sex (favouring one vs. the other) isn't randomly distributed.

 

These stats always interest me. For whatever reason, I almost always play female characters. Have done so in all three Dragon Age titles. Played female Shepard in Mass Effect. Majority of my characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic are female (though I did play a male Revan in KotOR, come to think of it). Etc. Not sure why. Maybe it's the fact that almost every action movie I've ever seen has a male protagonist, so I do this to balance things out. Or maybe it's merely that I like creating female avatars more than males, or I simply prefer listening to female voices.

 

Anyway, it's interesting. I read that over 80% of players played male Shepard in Mass Effect 3. To me, this is almost mind boggling considering that everybody should know that female Shepard is, like, a zillion times better than male Shepard.

[jkd1975]

The DLCs are indeed quite overpriced for the content and the content lacks 'meat' so to speak.  It's all well and good to enrich the lore and I appreciate it but there needs to be a compelling storyline within the DLC itself to build on.  All and all I was quite happy with the base game of DAI.  Bioware clearly listened to fans and delivered something great.  In fact my only real complaint about DAI, as I've told friends, is that they perhaps played it a bit too safe by hitting so many of the same beats as Origins.  The DLC for DAI so far has been lackluster IMO and from the reviews I've read and listened to online that is a feeling shared by many.  Honestly I don't understand after Mass Effect 2 and 3 and even DA2 all had wonderful DLC IMO.  I'm not sure what is going wrong here.

[Elhanan]

Nothing going wrong, at least for me. While the DLC is higher priced than I would like, have already gotten many hours of game play from both JoH and Descent. I pass on the item packs, but these storied DLC have been worth my investment.

[jkd1975]

Nothing going wrong, at least for me. While the DLC is higher priced than I would like, have already gotten many hours of game play from both JoH and Descent. I pass on the item packs, but these storied DLC have been worth my investment.

 

Oh yes thank you the item packs I meant to mention as well.  The item packs are not only over priced but should actually not even exist.  The items should be included in story based DLC.  This nickel and diming of the consumer/fan needs to stop.

 

Also you say that nothing is wrong in your opinion and that is perfectly fine.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion and mine is there is very much something wrong here.  The questions then being do enough people agree with me, will they express and voice discontent and will Bioware listen?  

 

One thing I like about Bioware is the willingness, even eagerness they have to listen to fan feedback.  I do appreciate that.

[Elhanan]

The thing I disliked about JoH were the huge numbers of spiders. However, my brother reportedly leveled his character because of them and other encounters.

And Descent allows the Player to amass a great deal of gold, and supplies a shop with Crafting materials. The only lesser thing for me was the final Boss fight; was hoping for something more like the Dragons or Gurd.

[c0bra951]

The fact might never be exactly known. However, the official statistics are more reliable than some examples.

 

My point was that the gender of the inquisitor has nothing to do with the gender of the player.  As someone else pointed out, many guys will create female characters to control.  To that I'll add that I think it's mostly true in 3rd-person games, where you look at what you've wrought through the entire game.

 

As for Shepard in ME, I see that character as strictly male.  Don't know why.  Didn't even occur to me to make Shepard female.

[Apollexander]

My point was that the gender of the inquisitor has nothing to do with the gender of the player.  As someone else pointed out, many guys will create female characters to control.  To that I'll add that I think it's mostly true in 3rd-person games, where you look at what you've wrought through the entire game.

 

As for Shepard in ME, I see that character as strictly male.  Don't know why.  Didn't even occur to me to make Shepard female.

 

I think it's not totally 'has nothing to do with'. Although not every player creates a character in their own gender, most of them will do. That's why I said 'I would said 1/4 to 1/3 is a safe bet'. It's just an estimation.

[Lady Ishtar]

The thing I disliked about JoH were the huge numbers of spiders. However, my brother reportedly leveled his character because of them and other encounters.

And Descent allows the Player to amass a great deal of gold, and supplies a shop with Crafting materials. The only lesser thing for me was the final Boss fight; was hoping for something more like the Dragons or Gurd.

Even the tranquil is starting to notice the worst game ever conceived by mankind is awful. Thank god.

[Andraste_Reborn]

Even the tranquil is starting to notice the worst game ever conceived by mankind is awful. Thank god.

 

Uhuh. Because Inquisition is clearly worse than E.T. or Superman N64 or Daikatana or Duke Nukem Forever or Ride to Hell: Retribution or a thousand tie-in shovelware games and everyone will recognise this any day now.

 

(Yes, I know, I know, don't feed the troll. It's just such a boggling statement!)