"Stephenie Meyer claims to have made Bella Swan's character intentionally bland, so that readers could better envision themselves in her place. Maybe that's why Hawke never worked for me; I never had any idea who she was. That kind of writing just doesn't appeal to me."
In what universe is this good writing or business practice. I'm not boring, and I don't want my video incarnation to be bland and boring either!
I absolutely loved the companions and characters in DA2, but the rest of the game outside those specific characterizations felt a little lazy to me. Even just the 'backstory' for Anders' meld with Justice struck me as extremely flippant.
It was like they didn't have the energy or the time or whatever to go back to Origins and Awakenings and look at the possible outcomes and options, then project the timeline forward. It felt like they had gotten someone to play one runthrough as a templar sympathizing human noble, and then said "Here, write a lead in to the next game".
I absolutely loved the characters in DA:2, but I loved them on the merits of the artists who created the looks for the characters and the voice actors who breathed life into those characters, and definately not the stunning storyline and depth of plot.
It was in some ways like comparing A Song of Ice and Fire to something like a Dragonlance novel.
This sounds overly harsh I guess, but I was so disapointed in the vids and reviews of DA:2 that it took me nearly 6 months post release to buy it, and I had to grind through 3 playthroughs to be able to overlook the many flaws to actually really appreciated the genius of the actors in the game. For me, they saved the franchise and made it a game I can now enjoy playing over again and again.
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In what universe is this good writing or business practice. I'm not boring, and I don't want my video incarnation to be bland and boring either!
I absolutely loved the companions and characters in DA2, but the rest of the game outside those specific characterizations felt a little lazy to me. Even just the 'backstory' for Anders' meld with Justice struck me as extremely flippant.
It was like they didn't have the energy or the time or whatever to go back to Origins and Awakenings and look at the possible outcomes and options, then project the timeline forward. It felt like they had gotten someone to play one runthrough as a templar sympathizing human noble, and then said "Here, write a lead in to the next game".
I absolutely loved the characters in DA:2, but I loved them on the merits of the artists who created the looks for the characters and the voice actors who breathed life into those characters, and definately not the stunning storyline and depth of plot.
It was in some ways like comparing A Song of Ice and Fire to something like a Dragonlance novel.
This sounds overly harsh I guess, but I was so disapointed in the vids and reviews of DA:2 that it took me nearly 6 months post release to buy it, and I had to grind through 3 playthroughs to be able to overlook the many flaws to actually really appreciated the genius of the actors in the game. For me, they saved the franchise and made it a game I can now enjoy playing over again and again.