Bust art of my Warden Aren, a blood mage wielding her magic

Screenshot of the same character as before from Dragon Age Origins

I am nostalgic today (I am playing RT and thinking back of the glorious times when DA was tactical and not an action game...)

This is Aren, my ace bloodmage warden who romanced Leliana and Morrigan. (It's complicated)

She has probably the most complex DAO worldstate I've ever made
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Like, it's one of the very first moves you learn, and yet Solas managed to pull it off. I can only assume in game Rook has never played or they should have seen this coming 😅 (Iron Bull probably would have...)
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I have to say, as a chess player, it tickles me that they named the main character Rook and then had one of the most well-known chess moves be a major plot point 😅🙈
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Screenshot from a conversation in Rogue Trader: Irene: The payment will be unfair, as I will be robbing you blind. But you will remain in charge. Do we have a deal? Vladaym Tocara the Liege: That is a reasonable business proposal. I wouldn't have even gotten this much from the esteemed Incendia Chorda - she would've both robbed us and asserted her own authority. And so I agree. *he pauses, then adds with a dry smile,* You are a dangerous woman, Your Ladyship.

Never has something in a game been so damn in character for Irene as finally being the cutthroat merchant she was always meant to be.

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Reddit Screenshot of user tomjames9681 saying: Embodying the late stage Bethesda dialogue options meme: -Yes -Yes with quip -Yes with threat -No but eventually yes

When I criticize the writing of the latest dragon game it's not about no evil options or whatever, it's about lack of roleplaying and the fact that almost all "options" are mild variants of the same flavor and impact nothing.
It's basically this all game:

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Finished the dragon game and started another Rogue Trader run as a palate cleanser and let me tell you, making Irene as a Rogue Trader is absolutely perfect for her. She gets to take people's money, be unhinged and set herself on fire all the time. It's her destiny. 😅
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Lotro has very classic tab targeted combat as well but the game has the unbeatable bonus of being the most comprehensive and detailed Tolkien adaptation that exists. Other MMOs just straight up lose against that for me 😅
Also it still has something of a class identity...
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Yoshi P said play other games and then come back, but while part one works great, part two just isn't happening 😅 Bc I made the mistake of actually playing a lot of other games and man did it highlight how incredibly boring XIV's combat and over world leveling is to me. 😅
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I am playing a Psyker Blade Dancer in my current RT run and having so much fun with it #Averyplays

Screenshot of the title screen of Rogue Trader

Here we go again
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Can't believe BW made an insanely attractive and cool NPC with the Viper, gave him the most bonkers and should-be-impactful actual identity, and not only can you only find out through scattered notes but also no one in the game acknowledges this massive thing. Ever.
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Female elf from Dragon Age Veilguard in a very low cut coat showing her autopsy scars

I absolutely love that her scars are showing in this outfit. Makes some people even more uncomfortable around her.
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They could have made them interesting and controversial, instead they feel like a parody of old Zorro movies, and the game trying to convince me they should be in charge of Antiva? Those child-trafficking murderers? Nope. Save your own city, I'm out. 🤷
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Also I remember the Crows from Zevran's tales. It doesn't matter how fancy you render their city, I will NEVER like them as a group or faction that the game is trying to sell me as nice and sympathetic people. Nope.
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Me: I love all the companions

Also me. 3 seconds earlier: I don't care for Lucanis

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Screenshot of a female elf from Dragon Age The Veilguard

Screenshot of a female elf from Dragon Age The Veilguard

Screenshot of a female elf from Dragon Age The Veilguard

Screenshot of a female elf from Dragon Age The Veilguard

Please look at Elegy, my Mourn Watch Rook with a huge crush on Emmrich. She's my weird little freak that others look at funny for her obsession with everything dead.
She's also a trans woman and basically a blood mage.
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Ngl, I kinda lost it when the Crows storyline blatantly quoted the Lion King - I couldn't take them seriously before but after that it was goodbye all immersion 🤣

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Screenshot of a female elf in a white robe in Dragon Age The Veilguard

Excuse me, who allowed you to look this good in Solas' pajamas???
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Female elf from Dragon age The Veilguard

Female elf from Dragon age The Veilguard

I just keep being drawn to the CC to make yet another elf 😅🙈 #Rook #Averyplays #Veilguard

CC schreenshot of a female elf from Dragon Age Veilguard with short hair

I really love the CC, I keep making characters
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a choice wheel from the newest Dragon Age game. Someone asking: "Are you awake?" and the three option to answer are: 1: Mmfpf 2: Mmmffp and 3: Nhh

Without context, but I feel seen! 👀

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Screenshot of a female elf from Dragon Age The Veilguard

Rose is going to look badass and mildly inappropriate the entire time. 💕
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I really enjoy that they have a cosmetic system this time, but I would enjoy it even more if I didn't find 90% of the armors and 100% of the helmets butt ugly 🙈
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Wait, Emmrich has an NPC romance option as well? And it's so adorable 🥹💕
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The good thing about there being basically zero substantial and detailed lore about Liches in Dragon Age just means I can go as weird, wild, and messed up as I want with my headcanons ^^
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Screenshot of a female elf from Dragon Age Veilguard

Alright, second run, this time as a rogue from the Mourn Watch.
Rose is a trans, has a shaky aim with arrows but is fast with the knives, and has her own little battle with corruption going on.

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One pacing issue I really can't get over in the beginning:

Neve: "Omg, the blight! We need special people, and there is only one logical choice!"

My Rook: "Yes! The Grey-"

Neve: "The Crows, we definitely need an assassin!"

🤣🙈
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Picture of the steam achievement for finishing Dragon Age The Veilguard

I am finished 👀🙈❤️
And man, I have some imo valid critiques but ultimately the story worked for me, and damn, 14 years after the Suicide Mission they did it again and really stuck the landing.
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Screenshot of a male elf from Dragon Age Veilguard in a chest-free outfit

There we go, he got the hot outfit and wears it well.
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I am also in danger of actually shipping Solas - just not with the Inquisitor bc I am all about the dynamic he has with a snarky Rook.
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