Dragon Age Series

[Psychotic]

I sort of raised this in the Mass Effect Andromeda thread but I'm struggling to decide who the worst party member is out of Solas and Vivienne.

Solas:

• Is Welsh
• Has a weird face that is too big for his head what the smurf dude
• Is boring and really into all that weird ass fade trout
• Is Welsh
• Can be guaranteed to give the most ridiculous and fruit loop round-the-god-damn-bend opinion possible
• Is Welsh

Meanwhile I had high hopes for Vivienne when I first met her. I thought she was going to be this sassy gal pal for my Inquisitor and we could gossip and bitch about everyone else. Nope, turns out the woman is completely berserk.

"Hi Vivienne!"
Vivienne disapproves
"Lovely weather we're having, right?"
Vivienne disapproves
"Hey Vivienne do you want all of this free gold?"
Vivienne strongly disapproves

She is absolutely unhinged. I got my own back when she asked me to do what I assume was her loyalty mission and I told her to get to smurf. "I'll remember this," she replied. Oh no Vivienne, don't get all Telltale on me! Anything but that!

[FFNut]

Solas is worse... Welsh.

All joking aside he really is a boring codger.

[fat_moogle]

I've never played any of the Dragon Age games before, but I recently installed Origins on my PS3. Not long set my console up again and I forgot I got it with PS+. I'm too lazy to look back through this thread, so what are peoples impressions on that?

[Pike]

At least Solas has the correct opinion on the Circles, i.e. they should not exist.

I've never played any of the Dragon Age games before, but I recently installed Origins on my PS3. Not long set my console up again and I forgot I got it with PS+. I'm too lazy to look back through this thread, so what are peoples impressions on that?

I LOVE ORIGINS. It's one of my favorite games of all time. I prefer playing it on a PC because it feels a lot more like a retro CRPG but it's okay on a console too. Albeit less methodical and more hack-and-slashy.

[Formalhaut]

I sometimes call Solas the egg. If you don't know why, just look at him.

To be honest, between the two I much prefer Solas. Yes, he can be broody and is intimidatingly intelligent, but he does have a softer side to his personality. His people skills need work, but you know, time spent fade dreaming will do that.

Also, I disagree with Vivienne being unhinged. If anything, she's scarily fixed in her ways. She's heavily pro-circle and if you so much as think about mage freedom her approval plummets fast. It is actually possible to be good friends with her and be pro-mage/anti-circle, but it requires avoiding the conversation options that lower approval and targeting ones that raise them but without compromising your own stance. Of course, you could choose not to bother. That's also pretty valid. Pissing her off is fun.

The worst thing about her though isn't her opinion: she's entitled to it. Her manner is the real poison. She's spiteful and mean to over half the cast for not much reason. Having said that, I like Vivienne as a character, but I hate her as a person. Indira Varma did a great job as her VA.

EDIT: I'm replaying Origins for the first time now and while the story and amount of meaningful sidequests is brilliant (you can bribe, kill, persuade, be mean, all those choices that you can't do in Inquisition), the combat leaves something to be desired.

I actually wouldn't mind it so much if there was a smurfing move to point button. I want my mages (and my archer) to hang back but I can't see a way to tell them to do so. It's pretty frustrating.

[Mr. Carnelian]

One of the biggest problems with Origins is how brown everything is. OTHER COLOURS EXIST, GODDAMNIT!

Other than that: great characters, good quests, decent story. Combat system feels a bit clunky, but the tactics system (like the Gambits in FFXII) is pretty good.

[Madame Adequate]

One of the biggest problems with Origins is how brown everything is. OTHER COLOURS EXIST, GODDAMNIT!

Not in Ferelden they don't. Place is a mound of mabari trout atop a mound of mud.

Also the Egg is great do not speak ill of him.

[Formalhaut]

One of the biggest problems with Origins is how brown everything is. OTHER COLOURS EXIST, GODDAMNIT!

Not in Ferelden they don't. Place is a mound of mabari trout atop a mound of mud.

The Hinterlands is one of the most beautiful places in the game.



Though having said that, the Hissing Wastes replace endless brown with endless, boring sand, so it kinda balances out.

Seriously, the Hissing Wastes was a terrible area.

[Mr. Carnelian]

Also the Egg is great do not speak ill of him.

Agreed. Woefully misguided, obviously, but a very good character.

[Psychotic]

One of the biggest problems with Origins is how brown everything is. OTHER COLOURS EXIST, GODDAMNIT!

Not in Ferelden they don't. Place is a mound of mabari trout atop a mound of mud.

Also the Egg is great do not speak ill of him.

WELSH APOLOGIST FOUND

[Mr. Carnelian]

Not in Ferelden they don't. Place is a mound of mabari trout atop a mound of mud.

Interior of Ferelden palace.
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Interior of Orlesian palace.
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[Madame Adequate]

Yes being Welsh is dire but the truth about him is genuinely - and I can't believe I'm saying this about a smurfing bioware game - one of the best twists in video games.

[Psychotic]

Sure, the twist is great, but it doesn't stop him being a twat - with the exception of his views on Circles.

[Pike]

Honestly considering how much I love Morrowind and DAO I feel like my taste in games is determined by a.) how many elves and mages/wizards are in said game, and b.) how brown and muddy the game is. Apparently, the more brown and muddy the game is, the more I like it. (See also: DAI being my least favorite DA game. Like, still good, but I really LOVED the other two.) (And see also: Oblivion is probably the most colorful TES game but is my least favorite of the three.)

Edit: I'm Team Egg, sorry Psy

[Madame Adequate]

Sure, the twist is great, but it doesn't stop him being a twat - with the exception of his views on Circles.

The only way he is a twat is by sounding Welsh

Okay and not letting a romance Inky help him.