{"id":217,"date":"2012-10-10T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markplays.net\/reviews\/?p=217"},"modified":"2012-10-05T14:31:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T21:31:48","slug":"mark-plays-dragon-age-hour-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.markplays.net\/reviews\/2012\/10\/10\/mark-plays-dragon-age-hour-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Plays &#8216;Dragon Age: Origins&#8217; &#8211; Hour 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the sixth hour of <em>Dragon Age: Origins<\/em>, HELP, THIS PLOTLINE IS OVERWHELMING ME WITH AWESOME. Intrigued? Then it&#8217;s time for Mark to play <em>Dragon Age: Origins<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><!--more-->Hour Six<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Y&#8217;all, I am making <em>all the right decisions<\/em> (I think?!?!?), and it is making my game THE BEST EVER. I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN <em>here are the things I am having fun with<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PRETTY SURE THAT IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE ARCHDEMON IS ACTUALLY A DRAGON THING. HOLY SHIT, WHAT THE FUCK.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I HAVE MY OWN GODDAMN CAMP<\/strong>. Life will never be the same again. I wish I could decorate it. I would put unicorn posters on <em>everything<\/em> just to annoy Alistair. Actually, I&#8217;m at a point where all I do is side with Morrigan on everything so that we can get Alistair mad. It&#8217;s probably going to bite me in the ass later, so I keep giving him really girly gifts like gemstones and necklaces to keep him on my side. This is a <em>brilliant plan<\/em>. Alistair&#8217;s irritation is my <em>life force<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>You meet so many characters in this game! In this hour, I must have spoken to 20 different people. What&#8217;s so entertaining to me is that I just scream shit at these people while I&#8217;m playing, and then I have Roslin be sassy and mean to anyone I don&#8217;t like. I was a little <em>shit<\/em> to Levi when I found him in my camp, but I did agree to do his mission. See, I am a very ~distant~ elf who plays ~hard to get~ but deep down my soul is ~kind~.<\/li>\n<li>Oh god, I made Alistair mad every ten minutes. It was amazing.<\/li>\n<li>YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOUR PARTY EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE CAMP. oh my GOD. That means you can customize a party for a specific mission. THIS IS BRILLIANT.<\/li>\n<li>Every time Zathrian spoke, I mocked whatever he said. He has no sense of humor, and I plan on exploiting that as much as I can.<\/li>\n<li><strong>WEREWOLVES OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. <\/strong>I made that comment last week about wanting to be a werewolf in <em>Skyrim<\/em> AND I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE WEREWOLVES IN THIS UNIVERSE. Holy shit, they are so HIDEOUS and they can TALK and it is the best thing.<\/li>\n<li>Witherfang. I can&#8217;t help but laugh every time someone says his name. It&#8217;s terrible. I bet he was bullied by the other werewolves for it.<\/li>\n<li>There are things in the wood more terrible than werewolves? Sweet baby elves, you can&#8217;t be serious.<\/li>\n<li>CAMMEN. COME ON. Does Roslin have to woo <em>every<\/em> girl for you? I mean, I still agreed to get him a werewolf pelt, but I&#8217;ll do so begrudgingly while insulting him.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MABARI DOMINANCE IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A VIDEO GAME<\/strong>. Adama pees on things to claim them and get boosts. I cannot believe I have never seen a game with this feature. BLESS YOU, BIOWARE, YOU GODDAMN GENIUSES.<\/li>\n<li>Playing Roslin while dual wielding daggers is life affirming. This is what I&#8217;ve always lived for.<\/li>\n<li>There is so much <em>sass<\/em> built into the game, I swear. The Dalish elves <em>all<\/em> found a way to tell Roslin that they were glad she was there <em>despite that she lost the Old Ways<\/em>. Haha, you DICKS. I see what you are doing.<\/li>\n<li>I WANT A HALLA OH MY GOD.<\/li>\n<li>I couldn&#8217;t save the Halla. :(<\/li>\n<li>When that first werewolf started talking, I laughed because I couldn&#8217;t believe that this was actually happening in the game.<\/li>\n<li><strong>WILD SYLVANS NOPE NOPE <em>NOPE<\/em><\/strong>. The first time I awoke one of those things, I screamed. NO THEY ARE HUGE AND CREEPY AND OH MY GOD. They are impervious to stunning! Those <em>cheaters<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>THE GRAND OAK. OH SHIT. He was the first character that I did not sass <em>once<\/em>. I love him deeply already. Of course, he reminds me of the Ents. A lot of this world is borrowed from traditional fantasy mythology and <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>, and it&#8217;s done so well!<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s why I do side missions: <em>Danyla<\/em>. I found her, and my persuasion was high enough that I convinced her to keep talking <em>while she died<\/em>. Okay, kind of a dick move on my part, but I wanted to know more about Witherfang! (LOL.) Then she said that &#8220;It&#8217;s not what you think.&#8221; Wait, <em>what?<\/em> How can this not be what I think? Werewolves are constantly trying to eat me. <em>It&#8217;s pretty clear what&#8217;s going on. <\/em>And then she reveals that some of the werewolves have <em>overcome the curse<\/em>. AND THEN SHE DIED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT. What the hell? IS SHE TELLING THE TRUTH? WHAT IS GOING ON?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am nowhere near the main plot, and I am having the time of my life. My one-hour time cliffhanger&#8217;d me at the exact moment after Danyla died, so I already hate my arbitrary, self-imposed rules. I JUST WANT TO PLAY THIS FOR 24 HOURS STRAIGHT.<\/p>\n<p>God, I am so <em>oppressed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Character Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markplays.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-05-at-1.33.39-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-10-05 at 1.33.39 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.markplays.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-05-at-1.33.39-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.markplays.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-05-at-1.33.39-PM.png 944w, http:\/\/www.markplays.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-05-at-1.33.39-PM-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strength: 21<br \/>\nDexterity: 18<br \/>\nWillpower: 15<br \/>\nMagic: 13<br \/>\nCunning: 16<br \/>\nConstitution: 15<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroic Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kills: 53<br \/>\nDamage Dealt: 7829<br \/>\nFriendly-fire: 0<br \/>\nGreatest damage dealt: 34<br \/>\nContribution to party damage: 34<br \/>\nHit rate: 84<br \/>\nMost powerful foe slain: Wild Sylvan<br \/>\nInjuries: 0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Links Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You can follow me on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/markdoesstuff\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/markdoesstuff\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for any updates and live commentary on upcoming reviews I\u2019m writing.<br \/>\n&#8211; You should read this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2012\/10\/hello-mark-does-stuff-community-lets-discuss-things\/\"><strong>very important post<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about supporting Mark Does Stuff!<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/category\/the-shoebox-project\/\">I\u2019ve started reading\u00a0<em>The Shoebox Project<\/em>\u00a0for Mark Reads<\/a>, the first fanfic \u201cseries\u201d I\u2019ve ever covered! 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