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I had the same issue with Mass Effect 2, the default world was practically the opposite of every choice I made.

I am trying to understand what you mean by this. You felt that the choices you made as Shepard were not properly represented in the story?
 
I got the trilogy, but for reasons beyond me the comic refused to be downloaded and (until much fiddling and searching found me a solution) Mass Effect froze right after the final boss battle, so I didn't get a save file I could import [at first].

So, my first playthrough of 2 was with the default world. Which happened to have practically none of the choices I'd made in the first game.
 
I got the trilogy, but for reasons beyond me the comic refused to be downloaded and (until much fiddling and searching found me a solution) Mass Effect froze right after the final boss battle, so I didn't get a save file I could import [at first].

So, my first playthrough of 2 was with the default world. Which happened to have practically none of the choices I'd made in the first game.

Ah, I see. I did not have that issue because I never finished the original Mass Effect. I could see how that would be irksome, though.
 
At the time it really irked me [I'd use more honest language, but that would contravene forum etiquette]. Eventually I found a way around it (lower difficulty and turning off various filters which are set by default to on). It wasn't great, though.

Back to DAI: just killed my first optional dragon. I thought I'd screwed it up because it was going pretty well up until the dragon's last third of health, then my squad started dropping like flies. Except Blackwall. By frantically resurrecting people I scraped a victory (3/4 of my squad had health so low it barely registered). But I slew it, and there was much rejoicing.

I thought I'd end up failing and was already considering how I'd change my approach for next time. The fight was pretty long (I did the first bit with the tactical view, but it was going so well [then] that I switched to real time), so the victory felt glorious indeed.
 
Been quite ill recently, so I blasted through Mass Effect 2 and Metro 2033

ME2
is absolutely brilliant, so much replay-ability. I will be importing my ME1 character for a second play through to see the differences in the story.

Metro 2033 felt quite clunky. Although it is based entirely on the (Russian - best selling) book of the same name, the story was weak, IMO.

However, now I am working through the sequel, Metro: Last Light. This game is far more polished and immersive. Everything works better, sounds better and looks better. So glad I stuck it out with the first one now.
 
Really getting back into my DS. I had a brief Gamecube fling but I'm totally back on the handheld now.

Currently playing: Solotorobo: Red the Hunter

It's a Japanese Action RPG with anthropomorphic dogs and cats as the cast who rather randomly speak French to each other through cutesy little sound bites. It has a distinct steampunk feel: Airships everywhere. You play as Red, who is a dog perpetually chewing a bone and complete various quests via the aid of your robot buddy. The game revolves around picking things up and smashing them down, catching and combo-ing the varous enemies/items. It is a bit of a limited mechanic but the game keeps it fresh through a whole slew of fun mini games from Mario Kart inspired racing to a battle arena where you face other robot pilots or monsters. The main story is fun and the setting is very original. Overall a very good game.
 
Looking at Dragon Age Inquisition. Pretty close to Skyrim. Lots of detail, and I like that your decisions make the game's outcome different. Of course the main story stays the same, as far as I know.
 
Recently beat South Park: The Stick of Truth. I highly recommend it if you enjoy the show, since it really is just like a long episode that you get to participate in.
 
Decided to play Dragon Age Inquisition. Pretty fun so far. So much to do. I started out as a human, but then decided to try Quniari (spelling unsure) it's been more interesting. :)
 
Qunari.

The races do offer some slight differences in dialogue, as well as the rather, er, striking physical differences (I went from female Qunari to female dwarf, and the height difference was massive. For a little while it was really weird).
 
Strangely hooked with grinding on Destiny, leveling up for some Iron Banner PVP. Just started with Watchdogs too.. story seems engaging enough, not really impressed with the graphics given the hype prior to release, still very cool environments.
 
This is a thread after my own heart. :D I am currently switching between games a bit. I recently finished Dragon Age: Inquisition; without knowing about the plot twist at the end, I started off playing a female elven rogue archer and decided to romance Solas, since he was the only one I would not be able to romance under any other story conditions. In the end, I was so glad I did, despite the fact that your charachter gets *mild SPOILER* quick, scroll past!! No nookie! Aargh!! After all that effort?! Sigh.

But I felt like I learned a lot more about his character, the whole backstory involved, and lots of juicy foreshadowing. If you are into the story aspects of the game, I recommend the experience. It may not be totally immersive, but I did save and try some of the different convo options to see what the responses would be out of curiosity. I am disabled, so I have a LOT of time to kill. The game does punish you at tmes for being a Dalish elf (or an elf period), which is a bit weird compared to other fantasy worlds, where elves have traditionally been awesome. I might replay as a human noble and go with the Templars and Chantry bit (went with mages and freedom in my first go) just to see what changes. Besides, I got the game from a pre-order, and when I started, the Keep wasn't working so I was unable to import my world state. What a bummer after all the hype.

I LOVED the optional dragon battles, they did a great job making them feel very epic. I love dragons though, and some of them (the Sandy Howler stands out in my memory) I felt bad for killing, just because they were such magnificent creatures and I liked the world better with them still in it! It was a real twist of the knife for me that they made them be *sleeping* when you come upon them, lying curled up on their sides, at their most vulnerable, snoring gentle dragon snores... Nooo!! NOW you want me to KILL her?? :cry: The drops from the dragon battles made me wish I had done the earlier in the game, as they had some good loot I could have used. As it was, I pretty much crafted everything.

I thought it more than a little improbable, however, that these mother dragons which are supposed to be SO rare, would wait until they were low on health and start sending their babies into the fray to get killed by the team of bad-ass warriors first...? No self-respecting mother would do something like that. I guess if she lived but the babies died, perhaps she could make more...but what if she couldn't? After all, they are UBER rare, and we never did see a single male. Shouldn't she be protecting the babies rather than sending them to the slaughter?

I could go on for a long time about the intricacies of DAI, but I will *try* to spare you the endless text walls. Hey, YOU try being house/bed-bound for six years. It would make any reasonably sane person stir-crazy...and I make no claims on sanity. ;)
 
I like the Dragon Age world a lot, including the elves being rubbish bit (elves always being pretty and wise and graceful and generally super can grate sometimes).

I hope they settle down with the format a bit, though. Whilst I've enjoyed the three games, and don't mind the varying protagonists, the substantial changes to the way the games work do make it feel slightly disjointed.

And I'm calling Bianca as a companion in the next game (or a large DLC).
 
Bianca was great...I was glad to finally get the real story on Varric's crossbow! I really enjoy the Dragon Age world too. I've been reading about some of the other bits of backstory and lore in the novels and graphic novels and such, and I'm going to give them a try. I was surprised how much they really tie it all back into the games, even including the Facebook game, etc. Have you read any of the books? What did you think?
 
I like the Dragon Age world a lot, including the elves being rubbish bit (elves always being pretty and wise and graceful and generally super can grate sometimes).

I hope they settle down with the format a bit, though. Whilst I've enjoyed the three games, and don't mind the varying protagonists, the substantial changes to the way the games work do make it feel slightly disjointed.

And I'm calling Bianca as a companion in the next game (or a large DLC).

Oh yeah, and about the elves...I enjoy seeing different takes on the familiar tropes and archetypes and such as long as they are done in a way that is internally consistent with the story world. These are very well done in that respect. This is actually the first time I have played an elf in a DA game, because generally I play these games partly because I enjoy feeling like a badass. It's a fine balance, because if my character gets too OP it isn't a challenge and isn't really fun anymore, but hey, I am disanfrancised and unempowered IRL; I play these games to *escape* that feeling. I want to feel empowered, to feel a sense of real agency. It really wasn't that bad playing the elf this time though, despite all the hate from NPCs. I was still a badass, even if the NPCs had trouble admitting it at first. It was a bit over the top going around and having everyone calling me, "Your Worship" all the time, but it was funny and not without precedent, given that the original Chant of Light had a whole verse about the Elf who was Andraste's right hand man. Ahh, the revisionist histories. :rolleyes:

It's good when there is some grit and darkness to make the world more believable, but too much just gives you crapsack, which isn't really realistic either, and again, I play to *escape.* There were a couple of moments in the game when I had three or four crapsack-ish quests in a row and I tried all the approaches and they all lead to the same outcome, which made me feel like what I did and my choices didn't really matter as much as I thought they did. Then Bioware comes out and says they need to have *more* dysfunctional relationships in the series going forward... Really?? Careful, Bioware! :eek: We can feel like crap in Real Life for free. o_O I still love it though, so far. :)
 
The only extra-curricular, as it were, I've done for Dragon Age was the red lyrium something or other game on the official site which got me some slightly overpowered gear in Skyhold. My reading list is vast and my wallet's emptier than a eunuch's underpants so I haven't even looked at the novels/comics, though I've heard snippets of what they contain.

My last playthrough was as a very honourable elf who didn't even believe in the Maker (but Cassandra still liked him ;) ).

Choices are difficult, because if they're all meaningful that means a stack of extra writing that might never be seen (I play games to death but I know others only have a single playthrough). Plus, importing means if you have even 4 major binary choices per game, then you end up with 16 possibilities (I think, my maths is awful), and before long you'll have hundreds of variables. On the other hand, from a player perspective, a faux choice can be worse than none.

Weirdly, I think the only videogame I ever read books about was Sonic the Hedgehog. Martin Adams wrote four and I really enjoyed them as a child and learnt about the grandmother paradox of time travel, transmogrification (seriously) and other things from them.
 

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