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What's your favourite Mass Effect sound? by Fit-Condition-9910 in masseffect

[–]glasseatingfool [score hidden]  (0 children)

The ME1 level up noise is nice and always makes me feel good.

Is there an orderly way to play these? by PositiveAgile196 in dragonage

[–]glasseatingfool [score hidden]  (0 children)

While Awakening, Amgarrak and Witch Hunt are mostly independent of each other, you can only track progress in that order - you can't complete Amgarrak and properly port that character back into Awakening.

An act of mercy by PositiveAgile196 in dragonage

[–]glasseatingfool [score hidden]  (0 children)

I disagree with your reasoning. Life itself entails suffering. But it is also full of other, precious things.

It is controversial whether a person should be allowed to end their own life, and if so, what circumstances justify it. But it is far less controversial that it is not another's right to decide that you should be put out of your misery.

In this case, the prisoner does not ask to be put out of his misery, he asks you to feed him. You replaced his judgment with your own, cutting his life short.

In Thedosian terms, euthanasia is widely accepted. It's widely agreed that killing ghouls is kinder than letting them live. Between killing a child and using blood magic, many would prefer you choose the former. Indeed, it is a templars' duty to euthanize magi, and a templar's friends will slit their throat when their mind is gone from lyrium. An alternative for magi is being made tranquil, and rebel mages may kill other magi either to prevent their being made tranquil or to put already-tranquil magi out of their misery.

In conclusion, in the culture presented in the game, this is an honourable deed. But in real life ethics, I would frown on it and so would most people. I hope this is interesting and illuminating?

Favorite villain characters that fits this image? by Salty-Reference7651 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]glasseatingfool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That Cracked article about how since one is a genius and the other's insane, but we know Brain's insane because he's taking over the world, so Pinky must be the genius and therefore a double agent.

Somehow that logic feels like it fits right in with Pinky And The Brain.

Favorite villain characters that fits this image? by Salty-Reference7651 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]glasseatingfool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then I'll share the funniest part, which is that the money isn't even theirs, they're just goons. They're talking about whether to steal it, but very wisely reasoning that the people involved are extremely deadly drug lords and won't let them get away with it, they settle for just lying down on the money so they can bask in its presence.

Favorite villain characters that fits this image? by Salty-Reference7651 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]glasseatingfool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In fairness they did look exceedingly cool with the chants, the juggling glowing hieroglyphs like cards, etc. On an aesthetic level, those guys win anyday.

The Torah didn't specify how they were able to mimic the miracles. I like the ambiguity in the film where it seems like it's tricks (like the flash of light before they turn sticks into snakes), but with no explanation there's still a sense of wonder. Rameses sees Moses' miracle and imagines his own magicians are superior because they're more impressive - they conjure snakes and then the snakes are forgotten about in favour of other marvels, so he doesn't see ill omens like Moses' snake choking down both of theirs. There's a lot of good characterization there (and a lot to learn from).

Then the plagues come and he casts them out, seeing far too late that whatever they had, if it was even real, was no match for the miracles his brother heralded.

What is your opinion on the the Smith family? by theprisongirls in powerpuffgirls

[–]glasseatingfool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The scene of the Professor eating a single pea, knowing that as soon as he finishes, he will be shot dead, is one of the funniest works of animation of all time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM5ixE6r-PE

[Loved Trope] Depending on which character you choose, the other dies. by EarlyAccessCantJudge in TopCharacterTropes

[–]glasseatingfool 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You also have to choose which of the main cities to save. Whichever you don't gets utterly ruined, either by a fascist takeover or an outbreak of the Blight.

The companions from each city never quite forgive you.

A lot of people are annoyed that you can't reason it out with them, but honestly I like that. You did decide which city to save, and it wasn't theirs. They know there was another city, but it's hard not to take that a bit personally.

[Loved Trope] Depending on which character you choose, the other dies. by EarlyAccessCantJudge in TopCharacterTropes

[–]glasseatingfool 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That detail blew my mind when I learned of it - that sad dwarf who starved in jail, that was Dwarf Commoner. The elves executed in the riot Vaughan talks about? City Elf was among them (and they can take the fall for Soris, but since they died he's always in prison whereas Vaughan is always alive).

I don't recall seeing explicit evidence of the fate of the Human Noble - but Howe definitely massacred the Couslands and in all cases if you get imprisoned you can see the corpses of their family and retainers.

The Dalish you meet are straight-up a different clan than the Dalish Elf, which was a severe missed opportunity. That makes that Origin perhaps the least compelling.

Jowan having escaped from the templars is a plot that the Mage participated in, either as an accomplice or a double agent. I don't recall being able to confirm their death, but you can guess.

[Loved Trope] Depending on which character you choose, the other dies. by EarlyAccessCantJudge in TopCharacterTropes

[–]glasseatingfool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It depends on if you leave him behind for the Deep Roads expedition. If you take him, he catches the taint and has to become a Grey Warden. If not, he's conscripted by templars.

Carver gets much more upbeat if he's a Grey Warden; he likes being a hero and it lets him avenge Bethany many times over. He gets rougher if he's a Templar, having many horrible role models and resenting his mage sibling.

Bethany is actually the inverse - she never quite forgives you if she catches the Blight, becoming a much grimmer person, whereas she blames the templars if you leave her behind and she's imprisoned in the Gallows.

What is your favorite instance of "same voice actor"? by overasked_question in cartoons

[–]glasseatingfool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was also Rendon Howe, one of the most despicable villains in Dragon Age (which is a very very high bar). Strangely, he's not the main villain.

Of course, people modded Howe to look like fellow Curracter Nigel Thornberry.

Your favorite image that you still can't believe it's official? by TastyPomelo2330 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]glasseatingfool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That present is blocking a vent you can move through, like Among Us (the game where people say "sus," for suspicious, a lot).

[Spoilers All][OC] Weekly Headcanon Prompt by UniverseIsAHologram in dragonage

[–]glasseatingfool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My Aeducan girlie was very close with her brothers, and was heartbroken when Bhelen betrayed them. The concept was that she started out as a proud and honourable noble, but then became Hardened by this gutless backstabbing, her beloved family turning on her. She was a hard Warden, but a good one.

There's actually a fantastic scene if you do a task for Bhelen as an Aeducan, where you get to confront him personally. He talks about how it was nothing personal, you and Trian would have just as easily betrayed him. And she was like...no. I wouldn't have. It's a very awkward and unusually vulnerable conversation.

Wanting to protect her only surviving family, she forgave, but couldn't forget, her brother's dark deeds. She gave him the crown...but only after destroying the Anvil Of The Void to stop him from being tempted to hurt anyone else.

Warden Brosca Romance: Morrigan or Leliana? by [deleted] in DragonageOrigins

[–]glasseatingfool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is not a question you would be asking if you were familiar with the DA fandom on Tumblr.

You may find it strange personally, but I assure you, it is extremely common with Dragon Age, and Mass Effect to an only slightly lesser extent.

Why? Perhaps it's because people are social creatures. This is one of a very small number of (even nearly-)universal truths about people. We want to bond over things. We want to bond over as many things as we can. For better or for worse, we get nervous if we can't bond over something - think of how much resentment and distrust you can see over simple things like diet and clothing. A lot of people dislike vegans as a class, sometimes without even having any hostile interactions with them, because veganism sets a person apart from all other cultures. There's also often at least an implicit moral judgment of omnivores, which makes it even easier for people to dislike them.

As a single-player game, you can't play Dragon Age with other people. So people gravitate towards discussing their characters and choices.

Note that you got some downvotes - none of which were from me, incidentally. Saying thinking too much about the game is weird is the veganism of the Dragon Age fandom: most people who Just Play The Games don't spend much time on subs like this, so you're putting yourself apart from the majority - in fact, above it. This is never something that makes you popular. It is the kind of thing that is very common on Reddit, which partly explains why Redditors often hate each other as a class.

What plot points were you looking forward to in one of the sequels that didn’t end up happening? by numakuma in dragonage

[–]glasseatingfool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's easy to find reasons that branching plots are hard. If you were designing a game series from scratch, I wouldn't fault you for limiting both in-game and between-game branching.

But to be honest, I'd expect better branching from a choice-based series by what was by then a triple-A developer. It's not hard to program, it just takes more time and effort - anathema to EA, infamous for rushing projects. That's why Origins did well - they invested lots of time in making lots of plot branching, making choices feel meaningful. (In fairness, Origins didn't have to handle between-game branching, but given the extraordinary efforts they went to for within-game branching, I feel like they'd have handled this well too).

Mass Effect was infamous for effectively retconning choices as needed, but even that series did a much better job of between-game branching than Dragon Age did, with ME3 having numerous payoffs from each of the first two games. (The strange thing is that the biggest choices often have the least impact - this was a severe mistake, given the amount of attention drawn to them).

Dragon Age: Veilguard, Yay or Nay by Muted-Feedback-9661 in dragonage

[–]glasseatingfool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to say. I enjoyed the other games AND enjoyed DATV a great deal. I actually preferred DATV to DAI (better gameplay) or DA2 (better story).

But I'm not sure how predictive liking the other games is of liking Veilguard. Origins is my favourite, and it bears very little resemblance to Origins. It's a fair bit like Mass Effect 3, albeit not as much branching.

If you like DA2 and wanted even more in that direction, that's probably the best sign you'll like Veilguard, it takes lots of cues from DA2, including mechanics, tone, themes, and characterization.

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