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[XX55XX]

Which set of characters do you prefer over the other? Dragon Age's, or Mass Effect's?

As much as I liked Dragon Age and its writing, I didn't really like any of the characters whatsoever. The only exceptions were Oghren and Dog. The rest of them... were pretty meh.

In comparison, the writing in Mass Effect wasn't quite up to par with Dragon Age, but I liked the characters far more as a whole. They simply struck me as more memorable... more funny and far less archtypical than Dragon Age's characters.

Overall, I like Mass Effect more as a universe, simply because Dragon Age borrows a little too much medieval-esque fantasy for its own good.

I apologize for my poor analysis, but it's getting a little late, and I need to prepare for my evening bath.

[Noobius_Maximo]

I felt the character development was better in DAO, but Mass Effect 2 had some better and more interesting characters.

[SarEnyaDor]

I prefer the Dragon Age characters.

I actually got to interact with them even if I didn't want to have sex with them.

[DirewolfX]

They both have their exciting characters and their lackluster characters. Leliana, Alistair and Shale were great, but I'm not sure they can compete with Tali, Garrus, Mordin and Legion.

[XX55XX]

SarEnyaDor wrote...

I prefer the Dragon Age characters.
I actually got to interact with them even if I didn't want to have sex with them.

That's true. The conversations were much longer, more involved and there was actually banter between the characters. Whoever helped write the script for Dragon Age should give the ME folks a hand.

[Brass_Buckles]

XX55XX wrote...

SarEnyaDor wrote...

I prefer the Dragon Age characters.
I actually got to interact with them even if I didn't want to have sex with them.

That's true. The conversations were much longer, more involved and there was actually banter between the characters. Whoever helped write the script for Dragon Age should give the ME folks a hand.

David Gaider, are you reading?

[MrBeardface]

I'd say ME2 characters are far, far better. Every one of them was interesting and stirred some emotion, be it positive or negative. They really *do* feel like best of the best, and a weird bunch at that. In Dragon Age Morrigan and Alistair were the only really interesting characters. The rest were okay, but nothing great, even Shale got tiresome after a while. Hell, I'd say the dog had more personality than most of them, especially that rush-job of a romance that was Leilana.

On the other hand, the interactions with your party were far, far better in Dragon Age, no doubt about that.

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[MrBeardface]

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[Yantze]

For me a few of the DA characters were just outright annoying. Alistair and Morrigan both made me want to destroy them. I liked all the ME2 characters on the other hand. DA as people have already wrote was deeper in character development though. There was so much more dialogue and banter. For 3 they really need to bring that back. I was sad I could talk to Garrus like twice before he had to do some calibrations for an eternity.

[Mondo47]

Dragon Age had some nice characters, sure. I had a soft spot for Sten and Shale especially. Oghren had some funny lines and filled the comic relief out, but as soon as Morrigan started telling me how cold her tent was... creeped out to the max. If there ever was a character with a 'throw your soul away here' sign hovering over her head...

ME2's characters aren't as deep or involved as the DA:O ones, certainly, but I felt I had more involved emotionally with them; Grunt being a child requiring guidance, Jack being a broken person that needs to heal, Legion being a toaster developing a soul, Miranda needing to see proof of her worth outside of her perceived perfection...

The DA:O crowd were companions on an adventure. The ME2 crew are a family, with all the attendant disfunctions; and how hard is it to let family go?

[Booglarize]

Noobius_Maximo wrote...

I felt the character development was better in DAO, but Mass Effect 2 had some better and more interesting characters.

True, but Dragon Age was also a much, much longer game, even if all you did was just follow the main plot without doing any side-quests and I think that allowed for more room in terms of developing each character.

With Mass Effect 2, I thought the amount of character development (which for me is largely a function of the number of unique conversations you can have with any given character) was nicely matched to a relatively non-completionist run through the game - i.e. following the main plot for the most part. In my second run through the game where I was set on exploring everything and doing everything (which naturally took longer), I really started to notice the limits to the extent to which each character develops over the course of the game. Didn't hurt the experience too much though as I felt that the content they had was well-written even though I wished there was more of it. 

[Gabey5]

dragon age did a much better job with characters......

[SilkyChicken]

Alistair > Kaiden

Miranda > Morrigan

Garrus > ?? (no equivalent wingman in DAO)

Liara = stoopid

Za'eed > Sten



So, in sum, the only character I would import from DAO is Alistair. Maybe Leliana.

[Urazz]

Noobius_Maximo wrote...

I felt the character development was better in DAO, but Mass Effect 2 had some better and more interesting characters.

I agree.  I think most of this is due to the fact that we get alot of the party members interacting together so we get a more complete picture of their personality and behavior.  We get too little of that in ME2 for my tastes and it was a bit of a flaw in ME1 as well but not as much as ME2.

[Mondo_]

I liked ME2's better BUT.. they had less to say to each other and less to say in general. DA:O wins hands down on character depth.

[AM50]

XX55XX wrote...

Which set of characters do you prefer over the other? Dragon Age's, or Mass Effect's?

As much as I liked Dragon Age and its writing, I didn't really like any of the characters whatsoever. The only exceptions were Oghren and Dog. The rest of them... were pretty meh.

In comparison, the writing in Mass Effect wasn't quite up to par with Dragon Age, but I liked the characters far more as a whole. They simply struck me as more memorable... more funny and far less archtypical than Dragon Age's characters.

Overall, I like Mass Effect more as a universe, simply because Dragon Age borrows a little too much medieval-esque fantasy for its own good.

I apologize for my poor analysis, but it's getting a little late, and I need to prepare for my evening bath.

The Dragon Age characters were more fleshed out but it also made you work for conversation using the favor meter. I liked the character interactions in DA much more but I like the story soooo much more in ME.

[Madecologist]

ME2 character were cool and the fact they each got their own showcase (ie loyalty) mission was nifty. That said I much prefered the dialogue banter between partymates in DA:O and even if the protangonist was silent (I do like the cinematic voiced Shepard), I still prefered that you could get into much deeper conversations with your own party members, sometimes right there in the field. Heck the banter was influenced by your relationships too, like Alister teasing Leliana about your romance with her, or Alister and Wynne going at it with the grannie jokes. Oghren flirting with Wynne was pure gold.

Nothing beated the jealously confrontation of Leliana when my bi-curious Mage shagged Zevran, andhe totally lied his way through it blaming Zevran was being a goof.

In short I prefered ME2 as a game, but DA:O had much more little things going for it when it came to teammates, in the end it added up.

[trigger2kill1]

I agree the writing was better for DA than for ME2, that said if ME2 was a true sequel to ME1 then I'm not sure what the answer to your question would have been.

[The Capital Gaultier]

Much prefer Mass Effect. There are many more conversations in Dragon Age, but the one-sided conversations got to me eventually.

[Onyx Jaguar]

Noobius_Maximo wrote...

I felt the character development was better in DAO, but Mass Effect 2 had some better and more interesting characters.

Pretty much sums up how I feel.

[Urazz]

MrBeardface wrote...



I'd say ME2 characters are far, far better. Every one of them was interesting and stirred some emotion, be it positive or negative. They really *do* feel like best of the best, and a weird bunch at that. In Dragon Age Morrigan and Alistair were the only really interesting characters. The rest were okay, but nothing great, even Shale got tiresome after a while. Hell, I'd say the dog had more personality than most of them, especially that rush-job of a romance that was Leilana.



On the other hand, the interactions with your party were far, far better in Dragon Age, no doubt about that.

I agree Alistair and Morrigan were the best developed characters in Dragon Age. The ME2 characters had better backgrounds and potential stories compared to the other characters in Dragon Age, but lacked party banter which had their development stop at a certain point in my opinion.

[OH-UP-THIS!]

I've played and still am playing both, and the characters are, by far not comparable.



Both games have their distinct, different 'flavours' for a reason. To me, anyways.

[Exile Isan]

Alistair is just awesome, I liked the friendship track with Leliana, and being a dog lover dog was cool beyond words, but overall I like the ME squadmates better (Kaidan, Garrus, Tali, Samara and Thane being my favs). Or maybe it's because I like ME better overall than I did DA. I liked DA, but I love ME/ME2 if you get my meaning.

[Barquiel]

I prefer the Mass Effect universe but the Dragon Age characters are better imo (party banter make the difference)

[Booglarize]

Mondo47 wrote...

Dragon Age had some nice characters, sure. I had a soft spot for Sten and Shale especially. Oghren had some funny lines and filled the comic relief out, but as soon as Morrigan started telling me how cold her tent was... creeped out to the max. If there ever was a character with a 'throw your soul away here' sign hovering over her head...

Oddly enough, I had a completely different experience with Morrigan in the game - my character was basically just friends with her up until I completed her personal quest and killed Flemeth, after which she confessed feelings for my character in a much more hesitant and sentimental way, and I was won over even though I didn't figure her for the type. 

Of course, it didn't last very long because she really is genuinely crazy, and relapsed into that whole "Love is a weakness" phase before long. Still, fun while it lasted. Also, the romance with her (at least the route that I went down) was the first I'd seen where there were actual ups and downs, rather than a stable, straightforward transition from courtship to relationship. The closest thing in ME2 was probably Jack.

I think she was my favourite character from the game, after Alistair. Still, I think I prefer Jack because she generally felt like a better-written character whose excuses for acting the way she did and believing the things she did seemed more plausible than Morrigan's.