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Feb. 9th, 2019 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
penvillain on my second playthrough of dragon age: inquisition. playing as trevelyan, romancing blackwall and trying to make different decisions from the first go around.
so this was my first time playing "champions of the just," and i like it so much more than the mage plot in redcliffe. i got really mad playing the game the first time because time travel is just ... not something i want in dragon age, and it was way, way, way confusing to just get thrown into that. the templar plot, on the other hand, uses age-old dragon age tropes to make the player get to know their herald a little better, and the most confusing aspect of it is just cole's general deal. even the red lyrium stuff has already been brought up numerous times, even if you haven't played da2.
one thing i think is kinda cool about the divergent plots here is that the mage plot shows you the consequences of a world ruled by corypheus, which emboldens you as a player to do whatever it takes to stop him. but with envy driving the templar plot, you get to see the consequences of a world ruled by YOU, an inquisitor who becomes a tyrant, which makes you as a player a bit more careful about the decisions you make. it's really fun to think about how playing through only ONE of them the first time could affect the way you make decisions throughout the game. it's just a totally different way to frame what's coming.
so this was my first time playing "champions of the just," and i like it so much more than the mage plot in redcliffe. i got really mad playing the game the first time because time travel is just ... not something i want in dragon age, and it was way, way, way confusing to just get thrown into that. the templar plot, on the other hand, uses age-old dragon age tropes to make the player get to know their herald a little better, and the most confusing aspect of it is just cole's general deal. even the red lyrium stuff has already been brought up numerous times, even if you haven't played da2.
one thing i think is kinda cool about the divergent plots here is that the mage plot shows you the consequences of a world ruled by corypheus, which emboldens you as a player to do whatever it takes to stop him. but with envy driving the templar plot, you get to see the consequences of a world ruled by YOU, an inquisitor who becomes a tyrant, which makes you as a player a bit more careful about the decisions you make. it's really fun to think about how playing through only ONE of them the first time could affect the way you make decisions throughout the game. it's just a totally different way to frame what's coming.
