Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

bytes_sl said:

Prepare to be frustrated then. The default canon has a dead warden, so the whole Morrigan and godchild angle seems to be irrelevant.

According to Mark Darrah, for players who do not have or choose not to import a world-state into Inquisition, a default "canon" will be provided as in Dragon Age II: an "Ultimate Sacrifice" Dalish Warden, Alistair made King, and Hawke a mage who sided with the mages in DA2.

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Tuco_sl said:

default choice being a dead warden = little relation to your warden.

Frankly my preference would be that hawke died and that whole city he was stuck in burned to the ground.

If they weren't a bunch of dicks they'd just let us play the same character from DAO. And give me the sword I got from the temple of vulak mod.

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Zhaun_sl said:

Who the fuck sided with the mages in DA2?

"We just want to be free... AND USE BLOOD MAGIC TO SUMMON DEMONS EVERYWHERE!!!! WHARGHLEGHARBLE!"

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Tuco_sl said:

I sided with the mages because I don't remember why and almost just quit playing with the top mage turned into a demon. It was the laziest endgame result in history until ME3.

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Zaphid_sl said:

Because the Inquisition commander showed all the signs of a final boss, so you were sure she would turn on you no matter what, siding with the mages was how I thought I'd have the biggest impact. Also, they possibly killed your sister or something like that.

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Teron D'Amun_sl said:

wouldn't be surprised if someone releases a savegame editor/mod that allows you to set all those flags for yourself similar to what you could do with ME2/ME3 saves if you didn't continue an existing character from a previous game

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Kreugen_sl said:

I don't get this. Are you just talking about pricing? I see Tomb Raider for $16, Crysis 3 for $20, Mass Effect 3 for $6, Battlefield 3 $6, Dead Space 3 $20 .. is this price gouging compared to other places?

Why do people think publishers are going to hand Valve money forever when they could run their own service? It's not like fucking GFWL that ran on top of steam and tried to charge you money for shit you already had for free. It's just a fucking online store / DRM setup, same as everything else. Even if you buy a game from a store you'll have to log in to some kind of "service."

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Tuco_sl said:

They existed for DAO and Mass Effect.

Ironically once you go to those savegame websites you learn you're not really a special snowflake and most people are either fully one way or fully the other with a few minor differences.

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Alexzander_sl said:

For me, I've been a steam user/valve customer for over eight years. Not only am I invested in the ecosystem, I also enjoy the sales and promotion for the indy market. I have no want or need for another content delivery client on my system. I also already have Skype/MSN/gchat, so I sure as hell don't need another chat client either.

If EA doesn't want to offer their shit on steam, they just don't want my money. In the rare case they actually publish something I want, I'll just steal it.

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Mixtilplix_sl said:

then uninstalled it

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bytes_sl said:

Prepare to be frustrated then. The default canon has a dead warden, so the whole Morrigan and godchild angle seems to be irrelevant.

According to Mark Darrah, for players who do not have or choose not to import a world-state into Inquisition, a default "canon" will be provided as in Dragon Age II: an "Ultimate Sacrifice" Dalish Warden, Alistair made King, and Hawke a mage who sided with the mages in DA2.

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At this point, the player learns that only a Grey Warden can slay the Archdemon because of the Taint present in a Grey Warden's body. Killing the archdemon releases the demonic essence within it, which is automatically drawn to the Taint in the Grey Warden who slew it, and effectively kills him or her as well; if anyone other than a Warden slays it, the Archdemon's essence survives and finds a new host in the nearest Darkspawn, making the monster effectively immortal. On the night before the final battle, Morrigan offers the player's Warden a way to slay the Archdemon without sacrificing anyone: Morrigan believes that if the player succeeds in conceiving a child with her, that the child would also carry the Taint. Once the Archdemon dies, its demonic essence would be drawn away from any Grey Warden to safely merge with the unborn child instead. The resulting child would be born a demigod, which she plans to raise on her own. Morrigan admits that this was her true motive for joining the player's campaign all along. The player can accept Morrigan's offer, convince Alistair or Loghain to take part instead, or refuse the witch's proposal, causing her to leave the party. If the Warden is female, she can only refuse Morrigan or convince Loghain or Alistair to do it.

The next day, the player and the newly assembled army of Ferelden fight their way through the city of Denerim, which is now overrun by the darkspawn. After fighting their way through the darkspawn horde, and an epic final battle against the archdemon atop Denerim's highest tower, the player is given the chance to deliver the killing blow or to let Alistair/Loghain do it. Either way, the archdemon is killed and the rest of the darkspawn army retreats from Denerim, marking the end of the fifth Blight. Unless the player chose to sleep with Morrigan, whoever slew the Archdemon also perishes. Should the player choose the ritual, the option to allow Alistair/Loghain the final blow is skipped: the cutscene showing the Warden slaying it plays automatically.

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