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I am mostly ambivalent about Origins, apart from when it skeeves me or downright annoys me.
I will put this behind a spoiler cut, however, because for once in my life I can't be the last person on the planet to play this. Can I? (Who am I kidding? I am, right. I always am).
Two things stick in my mind right now:
1. In the Dalish Camp in the Brecilian Forest, there's a tiny sidequest involving a love-stricken elf and the girl he fancies the pants off. I feel really bad about it, because my soon-to-be silver-tongued rogue basically talked her into the end result (getting together with aforementioned male elf, as I couldn't bring myself to be nasty and tell her she was horrible).
But here's the thing - if memory serves, the female elf makes no mention of reciprocating male elf's feelings. So basically, I just convinced her that she feels something she might not. And I feel really awful for it.
2. I intimidated the Chantry Mother (or whatever she's called) into giving me the key to Sten's cage so I could release him (an end result I was pleased about, as I didn't want to kill him. Ask me how bad I feel about about all the innocent people I've accidentally mauled so far). I wasn't pleased at the intimidate, however, nor the reaction I got from the Mother (she yelled at me, told me to GTFO of the Chantry, and never speak to her again).
The trouble with that was that, because of the previous dialogue choices I'd made, the intimidate response was the best of a bad bunch. I still had the elves from problem number one fresh in my mind, so I didn't want to use either persuade option (especially not the ones where lying's involved), nor did I want the negative responses. So, I picked that one, and I really wish I hadn't.
(3. Kind of. I've mown several people down, when I didn't even know they had quests and so on, just because I didn't know how to deal with them. Like, I slaughtered the Mad Hermit in the Brecilian Forest just for the Grand Oak's acorn (I love the Grand Oak!) because I didn't know he had a quest that needed completing in order to get the acorn, and so I ended up making him mad and he attacked me. Whoops).
But those are the worst. Apart from Sten not believing Morrigan is a woman, nor that he's seen any women warriors or mages so far (he has; frequently). But that's not a player choice, that's the writing. Oh, and Morrigan's default costume. Christ almighty, that was even worse than I'd imagined when I'd read about it.
Yes, I know they're just pixels, but GODDAMNIT. Ugh, way to get to my guilt complex.
I will put this behind a spoiler cut, however, because for once in my life I can't be the last person on the planet to play this. Can I? (Who am I kidding? I am, right. I always am).
Two things stick in my mind right now:
1. In the Dalish Camp in the Brecilian Forest, there's a tiny sidequest involving a love-stricken elf and the girl he fancies the pants off. I feel really bad about it, because my soon-to-be silver-tongued rogue basically talked her into the end result (getting together with aforementioned male elf, as I couldn't bring myself to be nasty and tell her she was horrible).
But here's the thing - if memory serves, the female elf makes no mention of reciprocating male elf's feelings. So basically, I just convinced her that she feels something she might not. And I feel really awful for it.
2. I intimidated the Chantry Mother (or whatever she's called) into giving me the key to Sten's cage so I could release him (an end result I was pleased about, as I didn't want to kill him. Ask me how bad I feel about about all the innocent people I've accidentally mauled so far). I wasn't pleased at the intimidate, however, nor the reaction I got from the Mother (she yelled at me, told me to GTFO of the Chantry, and never speak to her again).
The trouble with that was that, because of the previous dialogue choices I'd made, the intimidate response was the best of a bad bunch. I still had the elves from problem number one fresh in my mind, so I didn't want to use either persuade option (especially not the ones where lying's involved), nor did I want the negative responses. So, I picked that one, and I really wish I hadn't.
(3. Kind of. I've mown several people down, when I didn't even know they had quests and so on, just because I didn't know how to deal with them. Like, I slaughtered the Mad Hermit in the Brecilian Forest just for the Grand Oak's acorn (I love the Grand Oak!) because I didn't know he had a quest that needed completing in order to get the acorn, and so I ended up making him mad and he attacked me. Whoops).
But those are the worst. Apart from Sten not believing Morrigan is a woman, nor that he's seen any women warriors or mages so far (he has; frequently). But that's not a player choice, that's the writing. Oh, and Morrigan's default costume. Christ almighty, that was even worse than I'd imagined when I'd read about it.
Yes, I know they're just pixels, but GODDAMNIT. Ugh, way to get to my guilt complex.