I have been playing the game since 2015
And I keep coming back to the game.
It is a beautiful game with a great story.
And every time I try something new and pass on the saves to the sequel games or change it in the keep to get new dialogues and new options,
Many characters are extremely well written including Alistair, Morrigan, Leliana, and yes, Cully Wully
And mass effect has very much the renegade and paragon options and let's be honest... that makes the game "easier to be renegade or huge paragon"
But dragon age origin is different.
Are there choices that you sometimes don't make because it goes against your own moral compass or do you...?
I currently play Mager and normally I like to be Surana.
Because the elf and mage dialogues and the fact that she is an unwritten book
Which you can fill in yourself...
Now I choose Amell... Never done that...
The choices I make go against my own moral compass.. for example,
I betray Jowan..
She is still Naive... And trusts Irving...
She actually wants to help Jowan...
But Irving has his own agenda and in the end
and My Mage goes along with Duncan against her wishes...
And yes I know Jowan.. is not innocent..
in fact he was not exactly a friend,
I doubt a bit whether he was ever really in love with Lilly...
I know he became a bloodmage because he was jealous of the warden and because she/ he is a star pupil of irving and more powerful..
I also want to believe in Jowan's sincerity and his love for Lilly..
Still, I think he also used her to escape...
But I think that's how we fill in the story...
Let's be honest
LIlly is ultimately the only one who is screwed...
But there is no option to save her... and it doesn't matter what choice you make. Unfortunately.
And later I choose the Templars because of Cullen
Because my warden was also in love with Cullen, it was forbidden... it was never discussed with each other...
Yet she has a soft spot for him, and to see him so traumatized...
It Breaks her heart... Is that the path I would normally take?
No... quite a wrong choice to do it this way...
Still, I'm going to do it... also because I never did that.
(I take the preferable option so don't let all the mages die but I put them under supervision that is the third option)
I also let Isolde sacrifice her myself...
I don't know how to score points with Alistair with that option..
Well I'll buy him a present at Bodahn Feddic...(so wrong)
But again I never done that before, it makes me curious. What I think is extremely important is that Conner Continues to live...
(AND you have no choice if you choose Templars)
But just before the urn of ashes starts...
I will release Jowan...After he did the ritual
That is apparently possibility but you need a Bug fix mod...
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/4689
And I do that out of guilt And Because later in the game you will see Jowan again..
Let's be honest, all the characters are so very young in the game... that sometimes I think...
That responsibility...
TO actually have to make those choices...
This time I also choose the Dalish elves and not the werewolves...
While when I experience the story like this every time,
i always tend to choose the werewolves...
The story touches me... I also know that it doesn't have much impact in the end... in the sequel games... so I choose this choice now..
Not the werewolves, but the elves
I also choose King Bhelen.. and I keep the Anvil intact..
I myself think that despite everything and also because he is a tyrant...
let's be honest...
Bhelen is the better king for Ozemmar...
Yet I notice when I make that choice and he says that Pyral Harrowmont is going to be executed...
It feels very bad... and wrong...
And Yes the Anvil will stay intact
Seems quite useful to me..
I also know that it would be abused of course...
And would yet create victims...
(But I know from the epilogue that branka.. ends everything in the end. like Caridin' did... who knows in the future...you never know
( So shale I will pick you up later)
I am a real Alistair Lover so I go for that Romance....
Normally I would be a man and go for Morrigan,
But I love the dynamics between mages and templars.
I also think that Cullens Love FOR YOU
And how he speaks (about only the Amell mage in Dragon age 2) As an Extra bonus
( I think Cullen is very well written, you really see his growth through the games and the conflict he has.)
I also become a blood mage...
(without sacrificing Conner...)
BUT iam gonna use the intimidation option...
Because my warde
(even though we don't see anything about it)
My warden Believes that she can help Alistair and herself in the future...With having that kind of magic
(I got the idea from the wardens keep)
Also Solas talks about blood magic in dragon age Inq as not necessarily bad....
In previous games I would have made Alistair King and put Loghain on my team...
I'm not doing that now,
I'm letting Alistair to be a Warden
So bye bye Loghain..What I also think is a shame,
I think Morrigan's dialogue dynamics and Whyne are greatI With him
Also plan to make Leliana harder...
And I'm going to try... to poison the ashes...😅
Never done it but I'm curious..
And maybe you have more ideas that could be extreme... But worth it?
But what I especially want to know...
What choices did you make and why?
HUGS from The Netherlands.