I always helped them make peace.

Does anyone think hawk will be the playable character for da3? They keep saying hes so important in the da world, but he didn't do anything that was more...world save-ish(?) than the warden, and no one really knows what happened to him or warden, so i assume they may turn up for the sequel if nothing else

[censored] Hawke, I want a new protogonist that isn't in nutella.

You and my Dalish elf share exactly the same sentiments. Genocide is always a pretty thing. Always.

so i recently bought DA2 and currently have no idea what the plot behind it is... what exactly am i striving for im still very early in the game and trying to earn 50 soveriengs so far i have 2 ... ive done at least 20 quest now ... im currently wanting to glitch just to get past this part but all the quest ive done so far come with cutscenes ...

Hold your horses, we need to get all the DLC for DA2 first. So far we know there's going to be a DLC featuring Isabela (based on what Varric says in the end).

Frankly it wouldn't surprise me if they just make a DLC based on each companion after the end of the campaign.

And I really didnt get the sense that Hawke was "the most important person in the Dragon Age Universe".

Warden, Hero of Fereldan and Champion of Kirkwall, who would blend in better in the new chapter of the sage? I know, a new character.......

I found it and still do hard to take the dalish seriously with their Irish voices, although Merril she's funny.

Me also, its not the voice though its there fugly appearance. Although, Fenris looks bad ass and Merril is cute. I don't know what happened to Zevran, he looks creepy.

... Sppiler tags. I know what happens not everyone deos however.

Fenris looks ugly, mainly becuase he reminds me of a jrpg caracter, he even has the angst. Its funny they mocked FF made a game as linear, uglier and fenris looks like a jrpg character.

LOL sorry about that I went on a tangent and forgot I was spoiling the plot. I actually like Fenris, I don't like his outfit but I think he looks cool. He reminds me of Dante from Devil May Cry. Bioware actually mocked Final Fantasy for making a linear game? LOL, ain't all Bioware games linear in a way?

As linear as Morrowind. :shrug: In a nutshell: you walk, can take a left and a right turn, both end at the same place.

Is that a joke? Morrowind isn't linear. You can take your path in Morrowind, while in games like Dragon Age there are invisible walls and forced fast travel. I never played many Bioware games so I'm not sure what all of them are like. I've only played Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, DAO, DA2, KOTOR, and a bit of Neverwinter Nights 2. So far all of those seem to be very linear compared to Oblivion or Morrowind.

Are you sure about that

So your definition of "not linear" is "being able to walk wherever you want without invisible walls"? I think you're misunderstanding the term.

I'm pretty sure it isn't. I'm going to play it when I get home to see what you guys are talking about. If it is linear than it is no where near as linear as DA2.

Considering some people play the game MONTHS, and dont even touch the MQ, yes I am sure.

That would fall under breadth, not under non linearity.

Thats pretty much what not linear is. Unless your refering to the Main quest or something.

I though "non-linearity" is about how one reach the game's (unending) end?

Yes, you are misunderstanding the term. Whether a game is linear or not doesn't depend on whether there are invisible walls or not. Linearity refers to the storyline, not... "potential walkline". None of Bethesda's games have multiple storyline endings Morrowind included, unless you count your character dying and you not wanting to load a save to continue playing but then basically all games have multiple endings. It doesn't matter that you can do various non-main quests in various order and choose your own pacing of going through the main quest (you can basically do that in BioWare's games as well). What matters is how forked the main storyline is and how many different endings it has and how your choices affect it.

edit: For your information, whether the game has extensive invisible walls or not determines whether it is "open-world" or not, not whether it's linear or not.

For some linear is gameplay.

And D2 has a linear story too, so fail.
Unless you think having the same ending, but swapping 2 words makes it different ? DA2 is linear, in gameplay and story.

I wasn't saying that it isn't linear, I was just saying that it's as linear as Morrowind which, I think, is a good thing.

If morrowind is linear then what is a example of a non linear game? I looked up non linear games and elder scrolls was a example.