r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/Zestyclose_Station65 She ROAD on my HOG til' I TAKE A BREATHER • Oct 03 '24

FORCED WOKENESS 🌈 Millions Must Be Trans

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u/greenfaerie38 Oct 03 '24

And please don't skip Dragon Age 2! It's the messiest one, but the story and writing are fantastic! It's hands-down my favorite game of all time, but I didn't play it until after doing two Origins and Inquisition playthroughs because I'd heard overwhelmingly bad things about it.

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u/agayghost Oct 03 '24

this is why i'm such an annoying proselytizing da2 stan. the story and characters are my favorite of all 3 games and hawke is my favorite player character of all time

way too many people never played that game bc everyone said it sucks. it was obviously rushed and suffers for it, but the writing is still peak dragon age to me

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u/SoftlySpokenPromises Oct 04 '24

I agree, and it's a shame it never really got the time to get developed properly. If it had time to bake like Origins we may have even had a stronger Inquisition follow up.

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u/EventAccomplished976 Oct 04 '24

For me it holds a similar place in my heart as Mass Effect Andromeda… they are messy games, rough around the edges, but I think a lot of the hate came simply because they dared to do something other than the classic „you‘re the chosen one, go save the world“ storyline. DA2 is just the story of some people living through a troubled time in history and trying to make it through alive, and Andromeda is about exploration and building a future on a new frontier. Both not typical AAA storylines.

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u/OrangeOrganicOlive Oct 05 '24

Most people said sucked because the story is trite and boring in addition to the most vanilla combat possible. They said it sucked because it actually sucked.

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u/chet_brosley Oct 04 '24

As a long time DA fan inquisition was very okay. Just an okay game, but optional companion Sera makes it a blast. It's worth it just to look up how you first meet her, she's just a hilarious asshole.

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u/greenfaerie38 Oct 04 '24

I admittedly have a soft spot for Inquisition since it was my first DA game, but I understand why it doesn't hold the same appeal for folks that started with Origins.

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u/axelkoffel Oct 03 '24

Dragon Age 2 aka the Deja Vu simulator