Feel so bad about what happened to Dragon Age

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Feel so bad about what happened to Dragon Age

The first game had such a vibe to it. Gritty but grounded. And amazing writing. With that incredible main theme. Mwah! It was just something special.
But then it got progressively more and more D&Dfied with each sequel until it was completely lost. Over the top gaudy high-fantasy designs and the devs shoehorning in their woke politics with 0 self-awareness, tact or care for the world they're working with. And even if you look past all that just plain bad writing.

I actually can't think of a single setting that got ruined more mercilessly than Dragon Age.

For me it was turning qunari into purple horn guys, parts of da2 were tolerable

The fuck are you talking about retard? It got less D&Dified with each sequel, which was a bad thing. Nu-Anon Babble is proof that the Flynn effect is an illusion and that low IQ creatures have just adapted to presenting themselves as modern and professional without possessing any actual brains.

The first one was extremely basic compared to any other game in the genre back then. Hell, DAO had those fucking four-skill chains in the skill tree! I still remember my disappointment the first time I saw it. The magic itself was extremely underwhelming, after something like Baldur's Gate the game looked like a little brother with Down syndrome.

Giving Morrigan gifts until she eventually got naked in camp blew my 12 year old mind.
Ruined my perception of how male/female relationships work though.

It's all over
Even the art and "art" is dead
All we have left is some slop

I always felt ME got prioritized and DA got shafted by EA in 2nd games but I have no proof of this

Are you talking about how Qunari and Elves became their own thing rather than being generic? I felt that was the best part of DA2

DA2 was actually the first time I remember people noticing how weird it was that everyone was gay. Back then I used gamefaqs and the forums were talking about how they wouldn't want to go to sleep around any of the guys in the the game. It's crazy how quick Bioware normalized faggotry.

Kinda nice slop though...

DA2 ruined the Qunari.

DAO is fine but I really love DA2, it's just the right story for me and told in the right way.

It's mainly Anders, the retarded game has a dialogue wheel with good options being at top and if you choose good options, which vast majority of players do, in his first or second dialogue he makes a very blunt move on you and if you decline he gets a rivalry point
This was absurdly retarded and got mocked by everyone. It's worse than most fag relationships in current games honestly

i would kill for an Oblivion Remastered style remake of DA:O.

Gameplay aside, DA2 had a great idea for its story. I wish more RPGs tried to give us something unique like that instead of THE DARKNESS COMES YOU'RE THE CHOSEN ONE! to be honest I don't play modern games so maybe my knowledge on the subject isn't relevant anymore.

The story would have been better if they didn't fuck up the setting so much and dress everyone in biker gear.

biker gear was extremely appropriate for a couple of characters. the characters in DA2 are unintentionally the best janky crew in an RPG ever.

I kinda liked the Rivals system they had going in DA2. Yeah, it was rushed and Bioware fucked up by forgetting that rivalry can be friendly, but it was nice to not have your companion tweaking out over some minor disagreement.

in an RPG ever

Alright, let's not get carried away here. I agree that they were fine though.

It was retardedly implemented, if you were moderate with Fenris instead of being pro or anti mage he could fight you in the end. Fulfilling his rivalry point by saying how mages are great and his slavery was deserved actually saved him

I meant that they are fucking ridiculous and terrible "heroes" and retardedly edgy and it works so well overall. The whole setup is extremely charming because they're so weird and bad. That's what makes it perfect.

janky crew

Cringe

Oh, I think I agree then.

also for the record very very good voice cast, nothing bad about their performances. they are probably performances that dont remotely belong in the same game with each other but it's good. welsh merrill accent kills me every time

It always sucked from the very first game.

OP is a faggot that has never once played dnd but they've seen stupid threads whining about dangerhairs and wizards of the coast so they associate dnd with politics rather than mechanics.

Loghain was the best written video game villain in history but the audience was unfortunately too low IQ to get it.

Anyone saying DA2 had any redeeming features can be safely ignored

Anyone saying DA2's problem was Anders being a gay terrorist can also be safely ignored

I associate D&D with high-fantasy kitchen sink bullcrap and bad writing.

You're talking about Forgotten Realms, you absolute imbecile.

amazing writing

kek. it's nuBioWare 6 years early.

With that incredible main theme

LMFAO
that's mogged by BG 1 and 2's effortlessly
didn't read the rest. it's clear (You)'re a tasteless retard.

Yes.

is writing a feature?

ANOTHER WAVE

Indeed.
If only we knew back then how much worse things were going to get.

The only fantasy thing I've played recently that doesn't go for a melodramatic world-changing storyline is an indie project called Roadwarden.
I hesitate to call it a game, closer to a text adventure really.
Still, was a pretty good time.

well you're still wrong.