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<\/p>\nIn the Dragon Age<\/i> DLC “The Darkspawn Chronicles,” meh<\/i>. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to play Dragon Age<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Did the developers of this game literally just sit down and go, “Hey, you know what? Let’s release a DLC where you kill all of your friends<\/i>.” I’m barely<\/i> being facetious! There is an extended cutscene here where the Hurlock Vanguard decapitates Alistar. Why<\/i>. Why would I ever want to see this???<\/p>\n
So here’s the thing: This was a huge surprise, and then the gimmick got old five minutes later. Can we talk about this???<\/p>\n
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LIKE I WAS SO EXCITED HERE! I am a vanguard<\/i>, and I get to play as the bad guys, and it’s the Battle for Denerim FROM THE OPPOSITE POINT OF VIEW. How cool is that? There’s no way this can be ruined!<\/p>\n
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I AM A FUCKING OGRE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS SO AWESOME.<\/p>\n
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WHEN THE SHRIEK GALLOPED, IT MADE ME LAUGH. WOW, THIS RULES.<\/p>\n
And then the appeal washed away super quickly for a couple of reasons:<\/p>\n
I suppose it was bound to happen that I’d dislike something<\/i> in the Dragon Age<\/i> world. I’m thankful, then, that it’s just this DLC and not like\u2026 I don’t know, the whole game<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Onwards! Leliana’s Song is tomorrow, and then The Golems of Amgarrak on Friday!<\/p>\n
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