Though the game was limited by the engine and tech of its time, I still think DAO is one of the greatest RPGs of all time in terms of worldbuilding and character writing. Whenever I think of the genre of classic dark fantasy, I picture these areas in Ferelden.
It wasn't even Dragon Age's first official Youtube series. But it has been a while: Was it good in hindsight?
The best part I remember is that it starred Felicia Day as an elf.
So I am doing my mage playthrough for the millionth time. But I never really listened to the conversations during the Wicked Hearts plot. I did this time and listened to her sister beg her sister to spend time with her, and listening to Josie tell her not to share childhood memories, I feel they have a great relationship.
Her sister seems to look up to her so much and I find it extremely sweet.
I was wondering about the identity of Masked Andraste from The Last Court and while looking at art of her execution, I realized something: her face was covered when she died. One picture shows her cowled, while the rest obscure her face in various ways because it couldn't be seen when she died.
And then I realized that the last picture was what happened to Andraste: She was killed before the public execution as part of a ritual and her execution summoned a spirit. Her hair was cropped and she looked gaunt when she was stabbed to death.
>The mage claimed some of the spirits around her village had "lived" with her hold for a dozen generations, and sometimes took the form of an animal or departed relatives "when they pass on their wisdom."
>Strangest of all, in the event a "god" is destroyed, the Avvar begin a year-long time of offerings and prayers and rituals I have no interest in knowing about further. At the end of this period, a new spirit takes on the name and role of the old one. I attempted to explain that this was not a "god," merely a spirit drawn in by their desires. The Avvar mage declared, with a ridiculous air of superiority, that that was the point.
Codex entry: From a Mage’s Journal
>As the last group of glyphs light with veilfire, there is a sensation of excitement and anticipation. An Avvar hold celebrates a night festival around an altar piled high with food and drink. The thane begins a song. The hold joins in. The song grows louder and faster. It goes for hours.
>As the sun rises, a blazing spirit appears above the altar. It has the name of the spirit that fell in battle. It is both the same spirit and a different one at the same time.
>There is a ear-splitting roar of—triumph? Welcome? Something more?—from the gathered Avvar. The vision fades.
Andraste had been dead for a while when she was "executed" and her legions of followers inadvertently helped make this magic ritual possible, and Hessarian then used the public execution to perform this ceremony. He used Andraste's hair as proof of her identity. So there's a re-created spirit of Andraste somewhere out there.
Does anybody remember commander Cullen from dai wearing a lion head necklace? I'm trying to find references of it online and it's like it completely disappeared. I swear I remember him wearing a lion head necklace. Lol and sorry you guys made me realize i misspelled lion in the title i was half asleep when I wrote this so that's my excuse i'm sticking with.
NO!!! DON’T BREAK INTO THE GOLDEN CITY!!! UR GOD LIED!!!! Bangs fist against glass
Edit: sorry abt the bad quality. I don’t know why it’s kinda blurry
Let's get something straight up front: I have successfully beaten the base game twice. I have played Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts twice. I know how it works. I am not stuck. I simply do not want to do it again.
At this point I'm largely done with Dragon Age. I understand that it and I want different things from each other, and Wicked Eyes was some pretty early evidence of that. The series went from "Which sword should I stab the darkspawn with?" to "Which fork should I stab the lobster with?"
And no, to me it isn't the same as the Landsmeet. The Landsmeet lets you say, essentially, "You're going to play ball because I have things you need." The Winter Palace feels more like, "Sorry, you used the wrong innuendo with this fussy duke. Minus five points."
And if two complete playthroughs sounds like I got my money's worth, fair enough, but for comparison I've probably played Origins all the way through twenty times.
The reason I'm back is that I beat Inquisition around launch, those saves are long gone, and I keep hearing that Trespasser is actually very good. I want to experience it before I finally close the book on Dragon Age.
I see there isn't a "Skip the Palace" mod comparable to Origins' Skip the Fade or Skip the Deep Roads mods. I understand that Wicked Eyes contains major plot decisions, but those Origins mods handled that by asking you the relevant questions and then dropping you on the other side. In principle, the same thing could be done here.
Failing that, is there a cheat, trainer, save editor, or mod that simply keeps Court Approval maxed out?
I don't need the quest removed completely. I just want to barrel through the Winter Palace with the social equivalent of god mode turned on, make the necessary story choices, and get back to stabbing things.
The dance with Celene was cool. I will give it that. It was not cool enough to pay admission a third time.
Please help me despite the fact that I've spent most of this post being catty about a game you may sincerely love. I promise I do not consider enjoying Wicked Eyes a moral failing.
(Please no spoilers) I’m around the end of act 1 in dragon age 2 and Carver can’t stand me; I’m playing a mage and a lot our perspectives seem to clash but I’ve only lost approval with him a few times. He also starts with negative friendship I think, which I didn’t fully understand, because yes there’s conflict but we’re still brothers?
I did the quest where you find out about your heritage and stuff, and that quest had a nice wrap up with Carver softening up a little, but I think it only gave like 10 friendship or something.
Are there more opportunities to develop the sibling bond or is Carver just always just a little bitter towards mage Hawke?
Are there any games out there that are similar to Dragon Age but set in a modern era? Ive always thought it would be cool to see the interaction of magic and modern technology.
Hello everyone! As the titles suggests I’m feeling very lost when it comes to this game (I’m playing on PS5, not sure that matters). For context I’ve not played a ton of games like this but I’ve played many many hours of Baldur’s Gate 3 with little to no issues. This game is very complex and I’m having a hard time figuring out what to do when. I have not played any other DA title though I have watched a few hours of play thrus of DA:O.
For example with the Hinterlands. I didn’t realize that in this game you want to leave certain areas and come back. So I have been literally just grinding the Hinterlands until like level 7 and I run into impossible level 12 rifts lol I finally looked up wtf to do because I felt like I was just stumbling upon stuff with no context and managed to get to some of the main story but overall I feel lost. I silo’d myself into siding with the mage’s because I didn’t really think the templars were an option but lightly looking in to avoid spoilers there’s also that track and I didn’t explore that so I’ll likely go back in my save.
All that to say any tips, tricks or guides about what order to do quests in would be highly appreciated. Since I’ve played many hours of BG3 I know there’s likely whole plot lines or things I’m missing by not doing things in the right order, and I want to make sure I’m sitting all the right stuff to fully enjoy this game.
Thanks all!
Hi everyone! I recently purchased the Dragon Age: The world of Thedas: Vol 1 used on Ebay. It has signatures on the inside of the book that I'm not sure who they belong to? Does anyone have any idea who these belong to or are they just random names the previous owner wrote inside?
Thanks!
Hello everyone! As the titles suggests I’m feeling very lost when it comes to this game (I’m playing on PS5, not sure that matters). For context I’ve not played a ton of games like this but I’ve played many many hours of Baldur’s Gate 3 with little to no issues. This game is very complex and I’m having a hard time figuring out what to do when. I have not played any other DA title though I have watched a few hours of play thrus of DA:O.
For example with the Hinterlands. I didn’t realize that in this game you want to leave certain areas and come back. So I have been literally just grinding the Hinterlands until like level 7 and I run into impossible level 12 rifts lol I finally looked up wtf to do because I felt like I was just stumbling upon stuff with no context and managed to get to some of the main story but overall I feel lost. I silo’d myself into siding with the mage’s because I didn’t really think the templars were an option but lightly looking in to avoid spoilers there’s also that track and I didn’t explore that so I’ll likely go back in my save.
All that to say any tips, tricks or guides about what order to do quests in would be highly appreciated. Since I’ve played many hours of BG3 I know there’s likely whole plot lines or things I’m missing by not doing things in the right order, and I want to make sure I’m sitting all the right stuff to fully enjoy this game.
Thanks all!
The title says it all : Fenris doesn't hate Hawke but doesn't like him either, and I'm near the end of act 2.
I've started playing DA2 this week, and so far I'm doubtful but having fun. For my first run I've decided, since I've seen that it's one of the fans' favorite, to romance Fenris with a 100% rivalry.
I thought it would be easy since I knew he didn't really like mages at all, and I chose a mage Hawke that is very supportive of mages/magic (even tho sometimes it feels like he forgets he's a mage.)
Turns out I was wrong cuz we're stuck, going back and forth between friendship and rivalry. I gain rivalry when I pick options to support mages/show I'm a mage, or show interest in magic, but gain friendship when I stand up against slavery or refuses to ally myself with demons and blood mages.
Moreover, I think I was supposed to have A Moment (the one where he sort off pins hawk against a wall and kiss him or something like that?) with him, but uh... Yeah nothing happened at all.
Also I made sure to always pick the heart option when it showed up.
So... Yeah. I'm stuck in the middle with him.
All that yap just to ask one question : Does that matter? Will I still be able to romance him even if he's just feeling nothing at all about Hawke? Or do I still need a certain percentage of friendship/rivalry to be able to romance him ?
Or should I just give up and try to romance someone else? (tho I think it's way too late for that...)
