-I know this is the no-spoiler section. And I've tried real heard not to spoil, but if I do end up spoiling something for anyone, I apologize-
Regarding team-members:
• First and biggest part of Awakening I didn't care for at all, was the fact I couldn't have Alistair and Lelianna in my team, when the FAQ for Awakening first came out, it said you would be able to play it with an imported character with your old companions or the new ones, or start as a new Grey Warden (but the old companions part was later removed, why?).
• I know that the point above might sound mundane to some of you, but I really enjoyed playing with Alistair and Lelianna (I got one female char and one male char as mains, "play through the game in all possible ways". My male char is with Lelianna and my female char is married to Alistair), and I was really looking forward to playing Awakening once with the team from Origins; Alistair, Lelianna and Wynne. Then one time with just the new people, and finally, one last time doing it without importing one of my Origin characters (play as a new Grey Warden).
• Then to my disappointment, in regards to the Origin team members, you only get to see Alistair/Anorra/Loghain for about 4 minutes in the start, and then wynne for an equal amount of time later in Amaranthine. And that is all you see from any of the original main companions. Which brings up Shale. Wynne and Shale said that they were going to travel to see if they could find a way for Shale to become a dwarf again, we heard nothing of that in Awakening from Wynne, and to top if off, I found several crystal weps/armor pieces for Shale, which left me hoping I'd run into Shale.
• It's not all bad and negative, I did enjoy playing with Oghren (don't understand why people dislike him so much, fun and carefree, but serious when he needs to be), Anders and Howe. The other new people introduced have some fun parts, but so far I've only played through it using the 3 mentioned above. I did enjoy it, but was still left a bit disappointed when I found out I couldn't use my old companions from Origins.
Regarding dialogues with team-members:
• There's been a lot of different opinons on this matter, and I thought I'd share my thoughts on the matter as well. I must say I miss how it was in Origins, I rather enjoyed being able to ask my party members rather inane questions (get to know them better), when I wanted to, and not on those rare occasions where they initiate it, or you can click on an object behind where they stand in order to trigger a conversation.
• A little disappointed that the only person you could really 'talk' with was Oghren, I already knew much of him from Origins, and thus, I knew his attitude and the outcome of the conversation options I chose (knew what kind of answers he likes and dislikes). Not saying that I didn't like it, just saying I would've liked to see more conversation plots, and conversations in general with the other party members..
• Just as in Origins, the bickering/arguing/mocking/talking between them as you run around exploring/fighting is well made, and I was happy to see you kept that aspect alive in Awakening.
Regarding what happens after completing Awakening:
• This is a tricky point to bring up, without spoiling that is, but after you start the final quest, you can't do anything besides it (just like in Origins, once you enter Redcliffe Castle after the Landsmeet, all you can do is the final battle), which was a bit annoying for me, cause I couldn't put Sigrun through the joining ritual, once I returned to the keep after finding her, all I could do was start the final quest.
• I was hoping there was a 'free roam - prior to "the last quest"' as Origins have, except, in Awakening you would be able to travel eveywhere you've been in order to finish your sidequests and such. It isn't the biggest issue, but it would've been nice to have the option, to finish everything you've started, but couldn't finish.
Final notes, as mentioned at the very top, this wasn't meant as a 'bash and flame' post, so if any Devs read this, I am sorry if I offended you in anyway. I really love Dragon Age, both Origins and Awakening. I just wanted to put what's bothering me about it down 'on paper'.
Point of bringing all of this up, obviously it's far too late to change things in Awakening as it's been released, but I'm secretly hoping (like a high-school girl with a crush on Justin Timberlake, hoping she gets to meet him. Yes, that bad.) that there will be some addons or a 2nd 'expansion' to Awakening where you actually get to find and 're-recruit' your old companions, and face down a new threat, or something similar.
Other than that, I would like to thank all of you who've worked on both Dragon Age: Origins and Awakening, regardless of the size of their role. Amazing experience, and I know that there will never be time when I 'put Dragon Age up on the shelf to collect dust.'
Sincerely,
Smaaen - Mikael.
Modifié par Smaaen90, 24 mars 2010 - 01:09 .
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