watching the garden grow
I have finished Inquistion! Three days before my birthday, what's more!
(I would've started the inquistor for Dorian, but my world state for that hasn't been loaded yet).
One thing I will say, that I've been meaning to say for a while now, is wow this game demonstrates (to me, at least) Bioware's massive boner for FFXII. Nowt wrong with that, most of you know how I feel about FFXII. (I'm getting this mostly from them saying that the gambit system inspired the tactics system, but there's a lot in this game that makes me think I could be trekking around Ivalice, not Thedas. But anyway. There. I've said it now).
I enjoyed it a lot. It made me think a lot of Mass Effect, too, and I liked that. I liked running around the scenery. I liked talking to my dudes (I didn't manage to run everyone out of dialogue, but I did with a couple of people).
It also reminded me a bit of Dragon's Dogma, which was good because I enjoyed that game, too (although I have to still finish it but guuurrrgh too low a level).
Dorian is hilarious if you take him to Emprise du Lion (he complains a lot about the cold and I don't know, I just find it funny because he's obviously spoilt and not used to running about in snow). Although I happened to take him and Cole, and Cole was demonstrating how his powers worked, and said something about someone Dorian had once had an interest in and maaaaan all my feels! (Literally all he does is describe the way the guy smiled, and then says, "He would've said yes, you know." UGHHHHH).
ALSO FUCKING WHAT THERE ARE THREE DRAGONS IN EMPRISE DU LION?
WHHHHHHHHY.
(I haven't killed a dragon yet).
So anyway, I ran around there for a bit, and then thought maybe I'd better do the endgame. So I did. I can see why some people were disappointed with that but honestly? I thought it was no worse than fighting Saren (OK there was a little more running about than that fight, but yeah. Although I guess Saren's fight didn't have a fucking fake archdemon. UGGGGHHHH WHHHHAT).
I got all the feels at the end of the game, which was um...emotional. I also got Dorian calling me his best friend, which YES. I was unprepared for Solas vanishing, but hey, that's why I was avoiding spoilers. OH YES AND FUCKING WHAT RE: THE STINGER.
I literally sat through that scene going, "Oh. Ohhh? Ohhhh" and "Oh no".
(That said, I was spoilt for Solas being Fen'Harel because of tumblr, but I tried to play it like I wasn't, but I'd also been spoilt for Blackwall being a lying toad, so).
(So if I understand it correctly, Flemeth has taken over Solas' body like she would've done Morrigan's?) ETA: According to TVT I got this wrong - he killed Flemeth?? OMFG OHHHHH. Solas, you fucking creep.
Oh talking of whom: looks like Morrigan has contractual immunity, right? ;) I seriously expected her to be dead from that fall and, OK, I don't like her, but that kind of did upset me a little.
Oooh, yeah. Man Leliana is fucking scary, too. I think I broke her as well,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
beccatoria, but you're totally right - it does feel like you're doing the right thing at the time. And I'm not sure I did the "right" thing with Cole? I convinced him to be more spirit like, and I'm not sure I like the outcome.
I played this game on a primarily Paragon setting (a couple of times I reacted as I would have had I been the Inquisitor, but mostly I was good). I always do that, because I don't know, I like it? I like seeing a good outcome, and I like seeing how I can wreck it afterwards. But you know, I'm not so sure that being good all the time is the right thing for this world. I was quite surprised by some of the epilogue outcomes (also Alistair has gone missing WAAAAAAHHHHH), and not what I expected really. So I don't know.
I know there's supposed to be forty or something variations of ending (except that all of them end with Corypheus dead), so I guess it'll be in degrees of nuance. How many of the sidequests did you do, what outcomes and choices you made in the main quests. Well, and your imported world states. (The next one is half sunshine, half OH GOD WHY because ha ha ha ha Bron got to make the choices in DAII and she hates everyone (unless you're Fenris). My Solas romancer is going to have worst ever world state, just because I can, bwahahahahahaha. I am so mean to my pixels :D ).
So yeah, that's basically it. As mentioned above, going to go and replay because of alternate decisions/romances (Leila romanced no-one, but that's OK, neither did my original Warden. But the list of people has grown by one because of the stupid sexy ex-templar. YES I SAID IT).
There's probably other stuff I want to say, but I can't remember it right now/haven't thought about it. Oh but: I've spent so long running about in deserts that I want a Wild West AU though who am I kidding, I want a Wild West AU of EVERYTHING. I'm not kidding when I say I've put actual thought into this. In fact, going to go and think about that now... :)
(I would've started the inquistor for Dorian, but my world state for that hasn't been loaded yet).
One thing I will say, that I've been meaning to say for a while now, is wow this game demonstrates (to me, at least) Bioware's massive boner for FFXII. Nowt wrong with that, most of you know how I feel about FFXII. (I'm getting this mostly from them saying that the gambit system inspired the tactics system, but there's a lot in this game that makes me think I could be trekking around Ivalice, not Thedas. But anyway. There. I've said it now).
I enjoyed it a lot. It made me think a lot of Mass Effect, too, and I liked that. I liked running around the scenery. I liked talking to my dudes (I didn't manage to run everyone out of dialogue, but I did with a couple of people).
It also reminded me a bit of Dragon's Dogma, which was good because I enjoyed that game, too (although I have to still finish it but guuurrrgh too low a level).
Dorian is hilarious if you take him to Emprise du Lion (he complains a lot about the cold and I don't know, I just find it funny because he's obviously spoilt and not used to running about in snow). Although I happened to take him and Cole, and Cole was demonstrating how his powers worked, and said something about someone Dorian had once had an interest in and maaaaan all my feels! (Literally all he does is describe the way the guy smiled, and then says, "He would've said yes, you know." UGHHHHH).
ALSO FUCKING WHAT THERE ARE THREE DRAGONS IN EMPRISE DU LION?
WHHHHHHHHY.
(I haven't killed a dragon yet).
So anyway, I ran around there for a bit, and then thought maybe I'd better do the endgame. So I did. I can see why some people were disappointed with that but honestly? I thought it was no worse than fighting Saren (OK there was a little more running about than that fight, but yeah. Although I guess Saren's fight didn't have a fucking fake archdemon. UGGGGHHHH WHHHHAT).
I got all the feels at the end of the game, which was um...emotional. I also got Dorian calling me his best friend, which YES. I was unprepared for Solas vanishing, but hey, that's why I was avoiding spoilers. OH YES AND FUCKING WHAT RE: THE STINGER.
I literally sat through that scene going, "Oh. Ohhh? Ohhhh" and "Oh no".
(That said, I was spoilt for Solas being Fen'Harel because of tumblr, but I tried to play it like I wasn't, but I'd also been spoilt for Blackwall being a lying toad, so).
(So if I understand it correctly, Flemeth has taken over Solas' body like she would've done Morrigan's?) ETA: According to TVT I got this wrong - he killed Flemeth?? OMFG OHHHHH. Solas, you fucking creep.
Oh talking of whom: looks like Morrigan has contractual immunity, right? ;) I seriously expected her to be dead from that fall and, OK, I don't like her, but that kind of did upset me a little.
Oooh, yeah. Man Leliana is fucking scary, too. I think I broke her as well,
beccatoria, but you're totally right - it does feel like you're doing the right thing at the time. And I'm not sure I did the "right" thing with Cole? I convinced him to be more spirit like, and I'm not sure I like the outcome.I played this game on a primarily Paragon setting (a couple of times I reacted as I would have had I been the Inquisitor, but mostly I was good). I always do that, because I don't know, I like it? I like seeing a good outcome, and I like seeing how I can wreck it afterwards. But you know, I'm not so sure that being good all the time is the right thing for this world. I was quite surprised by some of the epilogue outcomes (also Alistair has gone missing WAAAAAAHHHHH), and not what I expected really. So I don't know.
I know there's supposed to be forty or something variations of ending (except that all of them end with Corypheus dead), so I guess it'll be in degrees of nuance. How many of the sidequests did you do, what outcomes and choices you made in the main quests. Well, and your imported world states. (The next one is half sunshine, half OH GOD WHY because ha ha ha ha Bron got to make the choices in DAII and she hates everyone (unless you're Fenris). My Solas romancer is going to have worst ever world state, just because I can, bwahahahahahaha. I am so mean to my pixels :D ).
So yeah, that's basically it. As mentioned above, going to go and replay because of alternate decisions/romances (Leila romanced no-one, but that's OK, neither did my original Warden. But the list of people has grown by one because of the stupid sexy ex-templar. YES I SAID IT).
There's probably other stuff I want to say, but I can't remember it right now/haven't thought about it. Oh but: I've spent so long running about in deserts that I want a Wild West AU though who am I kidding, I want a Wild West AU of EVERYTHING. I'm not kidding when I say I've put actual thought into this. In fact, going to go and think about that now... :)