Tag: dragon age 2
honestly the reason Dragon Age 2 is so good was because those characters really felt like your friends. Having the game span seven years is a big factor in this but just the way they were written, the way they stumbled into Hawke and then suddenly fit so well in the narrative without it feeling forced was a great. They all maintain their independence, they don’t follow Hawke blindly but are absolutely ready to throw hands with Meredith because they love Hawke, they’re Hawkes friends and it’s more believable they’re willing to sacrifice their lives for someone they genuinely like instead of following some Chosen One blindly into battle.
Dragon Age Origins has believable friendships too but in my opinion it still largely falls under the “follow the Chosen One” trope, whereas Inquisition feels a little forced with the friendships and they seem more like colleagues but the companion-protag relationship in DA2 11/10 and that will always be Dragon Age 2s strongest plus
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KIRKWALL COFFEE: Episode 1 » [1/?]
If you haven’t watched this incredible YouTube series you need to get on it right now. The team at @nyxrising play the Dragon Age 2 characters in a modern setting and it’s both unbelievably accurate and HILARIOUS. They’ve just uploaded their third episode, so go support them and catch up on all three ASAP ✨
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i replayed mota and there’s no way my hawke would have passed up the opportunity to make a dramatic entrance into chateau haine with bela
(plus i wanted an excuse to draw her in this dress)
Champion & Admiral… sometimes you just want to draw your faves in their fancy outfits (or out of them)
(not pictured is the half hour it takes hawke to unbuckle all that plate armor)
catch my weak ass playing da2 AGAIN,,,i just,,,,,,love them so much 😑 and isabela said she liked to go down to the docks to look at ships
da2 is what happens when you get a bunch of dnd characters and then don’t really give them a campaign you just toss them into a city to live there and have Shenanigans.
“I’m playing a elven blood mage.” “yeah, okay, what’s she doing in a human city?” “research.”
“I’m playing a dwarven bard.” “….and?” “just a dwarven bard.” “is he, like, a spy, a wandering adventure, what? why’s he away from the mountain?” “fuck if i know.”
“My character is a cleric to the god of justice who’s become disillusioned with the established orders of priests and wants to destroy them and start again. His name is Anders.” “Is he from the anderfels?” “No, of course not. He’s Ferelden.”
“My character is an elf. His name is Fenris.”
“Okay… is he a mage? Does he like… transform into a wolf?”
“No, he’s a warrior! He USED to be a slave to a mage, and as a result hates all magic.”
“Fine. Roll for strength.”
“He can use magic to rip people’s hearts out.”
“What.”
“His owner put magic ore in his veins and now he can use a magic punch.”
“…”
“…”
“Why would he-”
“Also he’s in love with a mage.”“Is hawke hot?”
“Oh, Hawke is super hot.”
[rolls a charisma saving throw against the hot mage and fails] “SHIT”
Meanwhile Aveline’s just over here gritting her teeth because she spent three hours on her backstory carefully crafted to intertwine with the recent game lore (Ostagar) and her tragic dead husband (Wesley) and nobody else even seems interested
This explains far more than it should.
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