
That is to say, that some of the more.personal moments, are forced by the storyline, further constraining the player and their individual choices, along with their character. I felt at times that some of the plot twists did get to me, but more in a 'damn, that was so out of character, and might have happened regardless of my involvement anyway' kind of way. Dragon Age had the Grey Warden, a classic, silent protagonist of varying race, gender and class, who we could personalise throughout the campaign, through character interactions, and many, many conversation options, involving friendships and romances, and larger, more important decisions. This grants us an experience, making the character an individual, fully voiced, yet still, personal to the player.

The issue is that we have had two games to develop Shepard's character, and we actually care about him/her, and the people/places he/she has come into contact with. So why didn't this tug at my heartstrings? Well, it is actually quite simple: Hawke is the DA equivalent to Shepard of Mass Effect. He/she is fully voiced, has a family, experiences tragedy throughout his/her life, you know, classic hero stuff. I believe that there are a few core reasons for this, so please, bare with me, and tell me what you think: Storyline: In order to give us a more personal storyline, Bioware created Hawke, a rags-to-riches everyman/woman, who is the fabled Champion of Kirkwall. Dragon Age 2 failed, as a sequel, to Origins, as it does not deliver the kind of epic, world changing storyline that its predecessor did. Also I don't give up easily, hell I've played through FFXIII. I also payed good money to get this game, so you can be damn sure I was going to play it. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.I know people will be up in arms about this, the usual nay-sayers with their rebuttal of 'if you didn't like it, why did you play it?', will have a field day, so to initially nip this in the bud, I will say this: I am a huge Bioware fan, and I pre-ordered this game, buying it on day 1 because I believed in the developers I love. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here.

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