On the dual protag front I could see them going the route of making the Inquisitor playable during the prolog. To pass over the torch so to speak.
If i confess, i'm not a fan of this approach. If done wrong it's pretty bad and i dread to think of it haha
One plot thread is not enough to carry the character through a whole game. Starting fresh with new PC allows you to give them a connection to the setting, the new Companions and the main plot arc (I doubt stopping Solas is going to be the main plot in DA4) that the Inquisitor won't have and it will be hard to focus on.
Plus, a new PC would mean new LIs, for those of us who were less then thrilled with the one in DAI.
I'm really interested in the dual protagonist approach (it would make perfect narrative sense given Trespasser's ending). Maybe with the Inquisitor doing War Table/tactical planning/etc portions of the game, and a new PC doing the exploration/traditional questing portions?
On the dual protag front I could see them going the route of making the Inquisitor playable during the prolog. To pass over the torch so to speak.
I could see them doing something like that.
I would expect us to be controlling the new PC the majority of the time, with us taking control of the Inquisitor for shorter non-combat sections making decisions about how the inquisitor's network should pursue Solas.
One plot thread is not enough to carry the character through a whole game. Starting fresh with new PC allows you to give them a connection to the setting, the new Companions and the main plot arc (I doubt stopping Solas is going to be the main plot in DA4) that the Inquisitor won't have and it will be hard to focus on.
Plus, a new PC would mean new LIs, for those of us who were less then thrilled with the one in DAI.
Would it appeal to you if the Inquisitor returning offered more LI's for them?
I like that idea. It would allow the new protag to be a lot more small scale then the Inquisitor/ Warden. More like Hawke.
This is part of what bothers me about the returning protagonist. People are going to want new LIs, but they also want more content for all previous LIs. It's an issue the Mass Effect sequels faced and one they never really managed to handle that well.Would it appeal to you if the Inquisitor returning offered more LI's for them?
Yes, this is very much still the Inquisitor's story, more than any other person's story.
DA2 was still much the Wardes story and dai was still much Hawle's story. Sorry but the point is not about sticking with one character.
This is part of what bothers me about the returning protagonist. People are going to want new LIs, but they also want more content for all previous LIs. It's an issue the Mass Effect sequels faced and one they never really managed to handle that well.
The same can be applied more generally to returning characters and content.
Off topic.....You may need to add Solas to that Antagonist poll.
I like that idea. It would allow the new protag to be a lot more small scale then the Inquisitor/ Warden. More like Hawke.
You do know this new protag is diving in to the current Qunari/Tevinter war?
New protagonist for me. I would like to see someone recruited perhaps by the Inquisitor to take the role as hero for hunting down Solas. The Inquisitor can be the one who takes on the advisory role now and sit in the HQ handing out the orders/assignments.
My Inquisitor said to Solas "I'll prove it to you". So I'm expecting him to keep his word.
I hated 2 main heroes crap in Witcher 3, but it may actually work for DA.
I hope the day will come and we will see all our previous main characters standing side by side. At least as spirits. That would be epic. Probably will never happen though.
I voted no. As much as I would like to continue my Lavellan's journey to redeem her vhenan, I just don't think it makes sense. Each of the three games so far have had a different protagonist. The only way I could see them doing it is by making the next game work kind of like Awakening did, where you could play as the same Warden or not. I still don't think they are going to undo the missing arm, though.
Plus, a new PC would mean new LIs, for those of us who were less then thrilled with the one in DAI.
More than likely, most of the core group would be entirely new anyway, because aside from a few being optional, most of them move on to other things afterward anyhow, not to mention being able to kill one. The only companions I really see being able to make it across to another game for Inky's second day out are Cassandra and Sera.
The only companions I really see being able to make it across to another game for Inky's second day out are Cassandra and Sera.
Oh dear lord. I love Varric to death, but no. He barely squeaked along as contributing to DAI, and that's mostly due to his relationship to Cassandra and Hawke. He's kinda played out as a character now.
Eh, I get the feeling that Trespasser would have gone down a very different route if we were meant to play the Inquisitor again in Dragon Age 4.
So I vote new protagonist only.
Prior to the dlc I would have been largely fine with a new protagonist. After seeing my underground Inquisition in Haven plotting to deal with Solas, I don't want to be left out. They could have easily had the inquisitor be ignorant of Solas's larger plans and retire into the sunset, instead they dragged them back into the action, stabbing the map at Tevinter. For those complaining about the loss of lower arm, I think having prosthetic arms would be a cool gameplay mechanic. My inquisitor was a knight enchanter, I don't see any reason they couldn't summon a fade arm. Or have Dagna build some cool ones with different options.
I believe this post by TheRevanchist from the other thread sums up how I feel:
http://forum.bioware...undation/page-6
I don't frankly care what they decided some ten or so years ago, about characters only getting 1 game, and any loose ends after that game are **** out of luck. Who cares about emotional closure for these characters, who cares if they have dangling threads hanging over your heads, who cares about whatever sequel bait we give you using said character. Any and all loose ends we may or may not acknowledge about said characters are irrelevant because "Thedas is the character" (which does not really say anything, or even really justify's why characters only get 1 whole game). All the characters do is clean up the mess the last one left, and by the time there done, there is juuuuust enough time left for THEM to make their own mess so the NEXT guy has something to clean up for the next 2/3 of the next game. It is frankly a pointless pattern of repetition with the next convenient Baddy Of The Week to harasses you. Nothing really happens, there is no overarching plot, or threat, because everything HAS to be tied up in a cute little bow just enough so the world will limp on long enough for the next character to get their shot in the revolving door of relevance.
Solas is clearly someone that was planned from Day 1 of Dragon Age Origins. There is evidence everywhere to support that line of thought. This is the first time this setting has actually had a bad guy that can be more than just Baddy Of The Week. But by continuing this pattern of Revolving Door heroes, they remove all emotional investment the characters have regarding the figure in question. The new characters don't have the emotional baggage that will make fighting them so worthwhile to begin with. Sure the players have it to some degree, but not as much as they would be if the character remained the same until that particular bit of baggage is stored away. Shepard is the best example of this. Replace Solas with Saren/The Reapers. would you have really been all that invested if Shepard ACTUALLY died in ME2, and got replaced by either Miranda or Jacob? Then they die or get crippled or w/e and another guy took over in ME3 to finish the fight? I highly doubt you would have been. Particular antagonists are linked to particular protagonists, due to actions over the course of the story. Simply slotting another guy in to deal with him diminishes the experience in ways I cannot express.
Solas is linked, irreparably to the Inquisitor due to their interactions. He played you, utterly and completely. You were a tool, not even a person to him. A bug who destroying is a mercy he wishes to grant you, because to him your life has no value or meaning. He tricked you into cleaning up the mess of his failed plan to destroy you and everyone you ever knew. You were nothing but a pawn on his chess board, all while possibly whispering sweet nothings into your ear and telling you how important you are to him. This is betrayal of the deepest levels. things that rock a person to their very core. Your character declared, in no uncertain terms, that they are coming for him, because of what he did. What he did not just to the world, or what he plans to do to it, but what he did to you. It is Revenge, it is Closure, it is Justice, it is Love, it is Rage. It is all of these things. The whole game was not about Corypheus, he was merely a side affect of the cause. The Inquisition was formed to close the Breach, to find and stop those responsible, and restore order to the chaos, with or without anyone's approval. That duty has not been fulfilled. The culprit is still out there, and has no plans to stop. This story is not over. The Warden's story IS over. Hawke's story IS over. THIS one though....is not over. It is in fact, just beginning. Because the gloves are off, no more masks, no more deceptions. Everyone knows who the players are now. Now....now the real battle begins.
This is part of what bothers me about the returning protagonist. People are going to want new LIs, but they also want more content for all previous LIs. It's an issue the Mass Effect sequels faced and one they never really managed to handle that well.
The same can be applied more generally to returning characters and content.
Yeah, i see what you mean. There will be problems no matter what they decide to do. Since i see the romances as an unimportant factor of the game, it wouldn't bother me. Sort of like the letter you can get from Zevran and Leliana in Awakening. That was enough for me. That wouldn't be possible with the Inquisitor, though, because it's likely Josephine and Cullen may be "advisers" still, which would mean people who didn't romance those two would be bitterly disappointed. Still, Bioware have surprised me before with doing stuff i didn't think would work, so i'll remain optimistic.
I'd really like origins, with one of the origins being inquisitor Lavellan 
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But I'll be happy as long as I get to control the Inquisitor in any confrontation with Solas, and that there is a decent level of variation in the actual outcome.
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