Well, I'm only in the second chapter of this game. But so far I have been in only one combat, which was entirely optional (it was an arena fight) Otherwise I have been able to talk, bribe, or threaten my way though everything. Heck once I solved two separate quests to deal with groups of troublemakers by bribing one group to attack the other!
This guy's like if a Ferengi and TOny SOprano had an illicit love child
Okay, I may have to get this game now.
Well, since Bioware excels in Special Snowflake characters, I tend to enjoy them sparingly. I liked the Inquisitor because Black City - totally headcanoning that I went there and became a God to rule the world - but appreciated Hawke most out of all three protagonists so far. Being a person simply trying to survive in the midst of a Blight beats being Bioware's routine savior of the world/galaxy any day for me, because the latter is almost always what their RPGs are about. The Warden is my second favorite, even though they're determinant and will likely only have references in future games.
Special snowflakes have their place, I liked the Spirit Monk in Jade Empire. Shepard and the Inquisitor got way too much ego stroking though, everyone telling them all about how unapproachably awesome they are.
Hawke was a welcome break from that
I felt Hawke got a ton of ego-stroking too. Maybe less than Quizzie and Shepard, but with less sense that it was justified with what they'd actually done.
True, I guess I was just thankful not to be made out as the messiah for awhile. With Hawke it was more "Your a person that gets things done well", even if it was inaccurate.
True, I guess I was just thankful not to be made out as the messiah for awhile. With Hawke it was more "Your a person that gets things done well", even if it was inaccurate.
I really don't see any of these guys as a special snowflake or super bad a--. The characters fit the story they are in. Hawk was just there. Everything bad seem to happen to Hawk. That was his/her story. You knew it was coming because Varric was being interrogated.
The Warden is unique in that he/she gets screwed in the beginning of the game. The Taint is a bag way to go. The Warden is the person against all odds "makes it". It is the story of ultimate sacrifice. Even if you win and live you have the Taint which will drive you crazy before you become a ghoul.
The Inquisitor accidentally gets the mark which closes Rift. Special snowflake??? For the most part I thought the Inquisitor just uses the mark to close Rifts and send Cory back to the fade. That person was a skilled mage/warrior/rogue before the mark. In the end that person loses their arm.
What character did I like the most, Inquisitor first and Warden second. Both these characters were able to make major decisions on their own. Hawk was my least favorite because things just happened to them. They had no control of what was happening.
Thinking about the DAI story as a story, I think the protagonists badassness bothers me more than their special snowflakeness
Protagonist was in the right/wrong place and the right/wrong time and picked up a power crucial to saving the world - OK
Protagonist gets hailed as a holy figure because of those powers, though they may or may not believe that themselves - Interesting
Protagonist rises to the challenge of leadership that circumstance has put them in - Cool
Protagonist also turns out to be one of the best combatants in the world, independently of their special ability - seems unnecessary and makes the protagonist a bit of a mary sue.
I wonder if we couldn't have a DA game where the companions were actually better combatants than the protagonist, so we don't have to be like Frodo, Aragorn and Legolas all wrapped into one.
Sera and Viv are two of the strongest characters in DAI. Sera and Viv can solo a dragon. I don't think this game tried to make your character stronger. You didn't get the big extra boost like the warden did in the fade.
Sera and Viv are two of the strongest characters in DAI. Sera and Viv can solo a dragon. I don't think this game tried to make your character stronger. You didn't get the big extra boost like the warden did in the fade.
Just once I'd like to play a bumbling nincompoop hero who somehow saves the world in spite of (or even because of) their own spectacular incompetence.
Try Tales from the Borderlands. Rhys pretty well falls into this category.
Fiona less so, but she's clearly in over her head a lot too 
Just once I'd like to play a bumbling nincompoop hero who somehow saves the world in spite of (or even because of) their own spectacular incompetence.
Ha. The Dragon Age equivalent of Johnny English, who everyone can see is a blind imbecile yet who somehow saves the day, anyway.
I imagine you'd do ridiculous and awesome things like killing a high dragon by leaning against a boulder, which then falls right on top of said dragon's head before your party even knows it's there, and eliminating an assassin who's trying to kill you by accidentally putting deathroot extract on your own food, which the assassin then proceeds to eat because you give it to him out of kindness, thinking he's your loyal friend. lol
Thedas thinks you're the ultimate badass; only your close companions know you suck at everything, but survive thanks to the Maker's strange luck. 
Ha. The Dragon Age equivalent of Johnny English, who everyone can see is a blind imbecile yet who somehow saves the day, anyway.
I imagine you'd do ridiculous and awesome things like killing a high dragon by leaning against a boulder, which then falls right on top of said dragon's head before your party even knows it's there, and eliminating an assassin who's trying to kill you by accidentally putting deathroot extract on your own food, which the assassin then proceeds to eat because you give it to him out of kindness, thinking he's your loyal friend. lol
Thedas thinks you're the ultimate badass; only your close companions know you suck at everything, but survive thanks to the Maker's strange luck.
The Inquisitor isn't really made more powerful than their companions, but they're not weaker -they can take the same specialisations, after all - but considering their companions include people like the Hero of Orlais, a First Enchanter, Red Jenny and [spoiler] that still makes them pretty crazily awesome.
The HoF and Hawke both had much less exalted company.
It fits the story. HOF was deemed an outlaw. Hawk wasn't even in a mission. People think the world is about to end so it makes sense top notch people will join the Inquisition. The Divine is dead what else is Cass going to do with her time?
Just once I'd like to play a bumbling nincompoop hero who somehow saves the world in spite of (or even because of) their own spectacular incompetence.
I think I would prefer a Ciaphas Cain, the so called coward who in spite of doing everything to stay out of danger ends up in anyway and saves the day building up a glorious legend they'd rather not have because it makes people want to put them into greater danger.
I think I would prefer a Ciaphas Cain, the so called coward who in spite of doing everything to stay out of danger ends up in anyway and saves the day building up a glorious legend they'd rather not have because it makes people want to put them into greater danger.
How about a Johnny Depp Captain Jack Sparrow type. He is not a hero type, but has no other choice but to save the world. He can play dumb and outwit the trickster.
Well, I'm only in the second chapter of this game. But so far I have been in only one combat, which was entirely optional (it was an arena fight) Otherwise I have been able to talk, bribe, or threaten my way though everything. Heck once I solved two separate quests to deal with groups of troublemakers by bribing one group to attack the other!
This guy's like if a Ferengi and TOny SOprano had an illicit love child
Awesome Let me know how it goes. I might get a laptop for games for Christmas, lol. 
Also, some of them are importing to console, got Wasteland 2 on PS4 last week. 
You know what? I want to play a Dragon Age where your not the leader of an organization or even your companions.
Hmm I think I only seen that done once in Amazon Princess Loren where Loren was the hero and you were her slave companion.
Hmm I think I only seen that done once in Amazon Princess Loren where Loren was the hero and you were her slave companion.
Alpha Protocol. Your own organization's trying to kill you.
Badass normal. Special snowflakes are for kids. Or Kanye West.
You know what? I want to play a Dragon Age where your not the leader of an organization or even your companions.
Put me down for badass normal as well. It's just makes for a more compelling story most of the time.
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