In the context of the world that Bioware created however, the fact that the Warden makes the call is justified by everything you do in the game that leads up to that moment and you having the reputation that makes your opinion carry weight. That's kind of the whole point. If you're going to dismiss that as just game mechanics, then the entire story and setting and world collapse because all of it is leading up to the story that Gaider and Co. want to tell.
My point is basically this - the fact that the warden gets to make that decision at the landsmeet makes no sense in the context and history that's presented in the rest of the game by DG and co. - unless you're playing a human noble. The game is totally inconsisent within itself - bascially because they are trying to shoehorn six different origins down one path that really only makes sense for one origin.
I mean, in the context of the game city elves are hated, dalish elves are distrusted, mages are feared and no one who is a human seems to care about dwarves or their opinions. But all of the sudden, everyone gives a shit about what that character's opinion is because they are a grey warden and can kick Loghain's ass? From most of what we see, most people are entirely indifferent to the grey wardens.
I don't buy that somehow there's this great tradition in Ferelden of the biggest asskicker in a duel gets to pick the king. This is not consistant with what we see in the books about how Maric became king. It's a game mechanic and not particularly evidence of anything. Don't get me wrong, I get trying to figure out how to work this game mechanic into the story in a way that makes sense, but this doesn't make sense to me when viewed with the attitudes, dialogue, history and context of everything else presented.
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My point is basically this - the fact that the warden gets to make that decision at the landsmeet makes no sense in the context and history that's presented in the rest of the game by DG and co. - unless you're playing a human noble. The game is totally inconsisent within itself - bascially because they are trying to shoehorn six different origins down one path that really only makes sense for one origin.
I mean, in the context of the game city elves are hated, dalish elves are distrusted, mages are feared and no one who is a human seems to care about dwarves or their opinions. But all of the sudden, everyone gives a shit about what that character's opinion is because they are a grey warden and can kick Loghain's ass? From most of what we see, most people are entirely indifferent to the grey wardens.
I don't buy that somehow there's this great tradition in Ferelden of the biggest asskicker in a duel gets to pick the king. This is not consistant with what we see in the books about how Maric became king. It's a game mechanic and not particularly evidence of anything. Don't get me wrong, I get trying to figure out how to work this game mechanic into the story in a way that makes sense, but this doesn't make sense to me when viewed with the attitudes, dialogue, history and context of everything else presented.