Dragon Age.

[Cynovolans]

Also, comment if you think this is the ideal ending:

Spoiler :

Hardened Alistair marries Anora, while Loghain is killed delivering the final blow. Seems appropriate to me. Alistair doesn't become a drunkard, Morrigan doesn't become the mother of a dark goddess, Anora gets what she wanted (and she doesn't become a tyrant because Alistair co-governs), the Warden survives to be with Leliana and Loghain redeems himself from his errors.

Spoiler from Witch Hunt.

Spoiler :

Morrigan reveals she actually gives birth to a son, who she says is innocent.

 

[Maniacal]

Eh both the Dwarven kings are kind of gray, the choice isn't black and white.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

So, one year after Dragon Age came out there's an ultimate edition including Awakenings and every DLC for 30€.
The lesson learned: Don't buy Dragon Age 2 and try to avoid spoilers for 12 months...

 

[LightSpectra]

Yeah, but I've heard all of them are terrible. The Warden's Keep one is passable and Return to Ostagar is literally the worst DLC I've ever played. After that I've gotten no more.

 

[GoodGame]

So, one year after Dragon Age came out there's an ultimate edition including Awakenings and every DLC for 30€.
The lesson learned: Don't buy Dragon Age 2 and try to avoid spoilers for 12 months...

Seems like GoTYs really do come out early, like within 12 months even. Civ4 bucked that trend though.

 

[Maniacal]

Depends if they have expansion packs or not and how long those take to come out.

 

[LightSpectra]

I think my game is glitched. I just finished the Mage's Circle and Redcliff Castle quests but I haven't had Alistair trigger his sidequest yet. He also hasn't revealed to the Warden that his father is youknowho, which usually happens the first time I go to Redcliff.

 

[Maniacal]

Maybe he doesn't like you enough?

 

[LightSpectra]

I have 90 some approval...

 

[chegel]

Maybe your approval is too high. There are some dialogues that are not triggered if you raised it too fast. I do not know however if this is the case with Alistair's story.

 

[PromeZeus]

I'm going to buy/get this game on Thursday (Ultimate Edition )

I'm kind a "newbie" into this kind of game - on which level I should start and with which kind of character?

Any other advises?

P.S: Is this game over-rated ?

 

[PeteAtoms]

I guess the easy setting would be best. There is no reason to play on a higher difficulty unless you are just looking for the challenge.

Warriors are almost always the defacto 'newb' characters in RPG's.

 

[Maniacal]

Nah its worth getting, its not the most original setting or plot but its pretty fun and really long. Unless you're willing to get a few basic mods like the lock bash mod, I'd recommend playing as a rogue or always keeping one of the two rogues in your party so you don't miss out on any locked chests.

It doesn't really matter which race you play as.

 

[Disgustipated]

I think it is an original setting and plot. Yes you have elves and dwarves, but they are different than the usual D&D type stuff. I still haven't played the expansion (I might request it for a christmas present), but the original game had an amazing story. Combat was challenging and fun.

Playing a rogue character is probably easiest. As NPC rogues aren't really any good at backstabbing- unless you control them manually. There aren't many mage choices in this game (the original at least, I don't know about the expansion), so that's always a good choice too.

 

[Rub'Rum]

Yes you have elves and dwarves, but they are different than the usual D&D type stuff.

I liked the game quite a lot (although my second playthrough reveals to be lacklustre...) and I don't want to be confrontational and all... But can you explain how Dragon Age elves and dwarves were different?

To me, the only original thing might be that elves were slaves to humans, although really it's just those in Ferelden since as soon as you meet elves that still live in the forest they are the typical Lord of the Rings agile forest dwellers of wisdom and ancient history.

Dwarves are still brash (often) drunkards who live underground with overly proud dwarf kings.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Elves aren't the superior immortal beings they are in clasical fantasy settings, although EnslavedElves have popped up in media from time to time. They are also culturally different from standard depictions, being seperated into jews and native-american gypsies. The dalish are quite belligerent and aren't regarded as mysterious forest dwellers and more as unwashed troublemakers.
Dwarves have many standard dwarvish features, but their culture has chinese (ancestor worship) and indian (caste system) characteristics.
Not a huge deviation from the norm, but still a nice touch.

You're right about the second playthrough though. My biggest complaint about Dragon Age is the replay value. Most times different origin stories boil down to some people remarking "Oh, you're an elf" after the inital 1-2 hours of gameplay. I would have liked it more if there were origin specific side quests later in the game...

 

[PeteAtoms]

I agree with the races not being entirely unique as far as fantasy worlds go. There was nothing about them that surprised me in the least.

I am really grateful however, that the races weren't too alien for the sake of being unique. I definitely would not play it if it had the races found in the Final Fantasy series.

There is some chatter between Zevran and Oghren IIRC, that is kind of funny however, that breaks the 4th wall (maybe).

Zevran: Hello my stocky little friend!
Oghren: Huh. You got small breasts for a gal.
Zevran: Ah. This is where we begin the typical dwarven/elven rivalry, is it?
Oghren: Nahhh.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Well, Bioware will change the appearance of the Qunari in Dragon Age 2 and most will have horns to look more like Ogres. There's also an interview where I read they might slightly change the appearance of other races.
I suspect dwarves will get compund eyes and exoskeletons, and elves will have beaks and feathers...
And the human woman in this picture sems to have beard.

Spoiler :

 

[LightSpectra]

That would be a tattoo.

 

[Maniacal]

Those are very similar "standards of beauty" seeing as how they are all based on humans.